Allen M. BILES

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• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Allen Twp., Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Allen, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1880, Living in Allenport, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1880; Coal Miner
• Census: 1900, Living in Allen Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1900, Paperhanger

Allen married Ellen TIPPINS on 24 Sep 1874. Ellen (daughter of Thomas TIPPINS and Mary ?) was born about 1854 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Caroline SCHWANGER in 1890. Caroline was born in Jan 1856 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Allenport, Washington County, Pennsylvania

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• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Allenport, Washington County, Pennsylvania

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• Census: 1900, Living with Aunt and Uncle, Arthur and Carrie Dale, in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1910, Living with Aunt Carrie Dale, in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: Sep 1918, Miner at Vista Coal Co. in Allenport, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1920, Living in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1920, Coal Miner
• Census: 1930, Living in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1930, Laborer - Coal Mine

Family/Spouse: Estella JAMES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1910, Living with mother in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1920, Living in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1920, Traveling Salesman
• Census: 1930, Living in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1930, Yard Checker - Railroad Freight Office

Family/Spouse: Hazel Viola REAM. Hazel (daughter of Henry REAM and Dequilla STEPHENS) was born on 29 Jun 1892 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in Dec 1970; was buried in Belle Vernon Cemetery, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania

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GRACE E. TODD
Poway, California
Formerly of Allenport

Private funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 for Grace E. todd, 99, a lifelong resident of Allenport, who passed away Jan. 5, 2011 in Poway, Calif. A daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Estella (James) Biles, she was born Oct. 25, 1911, in Allenport. She was a member of the Allenport United Methodist Church. Grace was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother to her sons, Ralph todd and wife, Dolly, and Glenn Lee Todd, all of Allenport; daughter, Donna Kaufman and husband, Norman, of Poway, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great grandchildren. She will be deeply missed by her granddaughter, Bette Cass, who would make frequent trips from San Diego to visit Grace. To Grace, she was more than her granddaughter, she was her soul mate. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph, who passed away Nov. 12, 1972; sisters, Ethel Smith, Mary Martin and Edith Pritchard; daughter, Shirley Ann todd; and granddaughter, Michelle Todd. Arrangements were handled by MELENYZER-DUBARR FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATION SERVICES IND., 1008 Furlong Ave., Roscoe.

Family/Spouse: Ralph TODD. Ralph was born on 27 Jan 1911; died on 12 Nov 1972 in Allenport, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Family/Spouse: Roger Washington MARTIN. Roger was born in abt. 1908 in West Virginia; died in Dec 1974 in Allenport, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Family/Spouse: ? SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen, Washington Co., Pennsylvania

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Edith M. Pritchard, 88, of Allenport, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. She was born April 26, 1920, in Vesta, Pa., a daughter of the late Cleve and Stella (James) Biles. Mrs. Pritchard was a member of the Allenport United Methodist Church. Survivors include two children, Carol (Joseph R.) Ghenne, of Allenport, and Jeffrey (Ellen) Pritchard Sr., of Elco; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Luann (Edward) Wentzell and Lisa (Chad) Dochinez, all of California, Pa., Jefrey Pritchard Jr., Amanda Campbell, Erin and Cara Wentzell, Macey Dochinez and Jacob Pritchard; one sister, Grace Todd, of Allenport; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Pritchard, in March 1969; and tow sisters, Mary Martin and Ethel Smith. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the MELENYZER-DuBARR FUNERAL HOMES INC. AND CREMATION SERVICES, Roscoe... where funeral services will be held Friday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Monongahela Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Robert PRITCHARD. Robert was born on 28 Dec 1917; died in Mar 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Allen Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania

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• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania

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Allen R. was serving in the U.S. Army, stationed in Europe at the time of Harve's Death.

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DR. ALLEN REAM BILES

Allen Ream Biles was born August 9, 1921 in Allenport, Pa. to Louis hayes Biles and Hazel Viola Ream - Biles.

He was born at home in the Biles' Homestead in Allenport on the Monogahalea River in Washington County.

He was the 2nd oldest child of the 5 children his parents had and he was the oldest son. He joined the U.S. Army in 1939 when he was 18 years old. He was a W.W.II Veteran with 13 years served in the U.S. Army Military Police. He became a MP Sargent. He was part of the invasion at Normandy and received a "Purple Heart" for a bullet he received in his left knee.

Allen served under General Eisenhower in Germany at the end of the war, rescuing the living prisoners from the death camps.

Allen left the Military in 1952 and moved to Pontiac, Michigan. He was a Deputy Sheriff with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, leaving in 1956 to work for GM's Pontiac Motor Division as a Security Officer in Pontiac, Michigan. He retired from General Motors with 31 years of service.

During this time Allen earned his Doctor of Divinity Degree and also became an Ethical Hypnotist.

He became a 33rd Degree Master Mason, served as a Worshipful Master at Roosevelt Lodge in Pontiac.

He was also a Member of the Knights Templar and the Rosicrucian Society.

Allen LOVED to have lengthy discourse on philosophy and religion. He produced many teachings on Meditation, Higher Thought and the relationship between the Un-conscious Mind and the Conscious Mind.

In 1942 he married Grace Ray and they had three (3) boys; Allen David, Harve and William. Harve drowned at age 9 in the Monogahalea River in Charleroi, PA. He and Grace divorced about 1949 and he married a German woman named Giesla. They were only married 2 1/2 years.

On June 22, 1957 he married Jeanette Ann Frick of Waterford, Michigan and they had one son, Allen Lloyd who was raised as an Only Child. Allen & Jeanette were divorced on April 12, 1974.

He married Ellen Felice in 1976 and they were divorced the same year. No Children.

He married Carrie Jo Hubble in 1978 and they were divorced in 1979. No Children.

At the end of Allen Ream Biles' life he was a man who had many acquaintances, but few close friends.

He cared deeply for his childhood friend David Lauder of Belle Vernon, PA.

At his death, Allen Ream Biles had 9 Grand-children.
Allen David fathered 3 sons - David, Samuel & Adam.
Allen Lloyd fathered 6 children; 4 sons - Allen II, Steven, Christopher & Kevin - 2 daughters; Andrea & Lydia.

Mr. Biles was cremated and his ashes are buried in the Plot at the foot of his beloved Mother, Hazel Viola Ream - Biles.

Allen married Grace DAVIS on bef. Aug 1943, and was divorced in abt. 1949. Grace was born on 9 Aug 1921 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Oct 2006 in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Gisela in abt. 1951, and was divorced in bet. 1953-1954. Gisela was born on 12 Oct 1910 in Germany; died on 19 Jul 1971 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Jeanette Ann FRICK on 22 Jun 1957, and was divorced on 12 Apr 1974. Jeanette was born on 8 May 1936 in Holly, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Ellen FELICE in 1975, and was divorced in 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Allen married Carrie Jo HUBBLE in 1978, and was divorced in abt. 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania

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• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Allen Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Family/Spouse: Dolly ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Norman KAUFMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph R. GHENNE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ellen ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cause of Death (Facts Pg): Drowned

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The Charleroi Mail Newspaper; Washington County Pennsylvania, Friday, May 25, 1951, Front page:
Headline:SMALL BOY DROWNS IN RIVER OFFSET HERE
Harve Biles Steps into 12-Foot Depth Uncle Recovers Body
Grappling Hook Contact Body of Fallowfield Ave. Lad Four Hours After Death In Monogahela River Here
Small Companion of Lad took clothes home
Stepping off a shore and -ledge into 12 feet of water, Harve Adrian Biles, age six years, 615 Fallowfield avenue, drowned in the Monogahela River here late yesterday. His lifeless body was brought up by a grappling hook in the hands of an uncle four hours after the late afternoon tragedy.
The accident occurred about 5:15 p.m. near an anchored houseboat on the lower section of the Chamber of Commerce grounds. Harve Davis, the boy's uncle contacted the body with a grappling hook at 9:05 p.m. from one four small craft which engaged in the search. The remains were brought ashore and removed before the distraught gaze of hundreds of onlookers who watched the operations.
The lad was said to have never played at the riverside before. 'He went to the river with a small girl playmate and it was her action in removing his clothes to her home that the drowning was discovered.
The boy had intended wading about on the three foot sandbar which exists near the death spot. Dredging of several years ago to provide a place for boat mooring causes a dangerous shelf offset into deep water there.
When the girl reported to her parents that she had waited in vain for the boy to return from he water and summarily, in childlike innocence, brought the lad's clothing away and the alarm was given. Charleroi police were called and instigated the search with local and North Charleroi fired departments co-operating, Edmond Santini of North Charleroi was notified by police and that department's rescue boat was hauled to the scene, while local firemen also went into the hunt took their light plant to the river in preparation for grappling after dark. Alfred Netti used his power boat in the work, while three power boats were manned by police, firemen and other grapplers, additional hooks having been obtained from Belle Vernon.
Harve Davis, uncle of the boy, felt the contact on his grappling line and drew the inert form to the surface a few feet from the houseboat and at the point just about where the boy is believed to have gone down. Deputy Coroner Francis Slezak took charge of the remains and they were later turned over to the Schrock Funeral Home.
After the alarm, word of the drowning spread rapidly. Scores went to the river and lined the bank for the long vigil of searching.
The boy was born Nov. 9, 1944, in North Charleroi, a son of Allen Biles, who is in Germany, and Grace Davis Metzger, 615 Fallowfield Avenue, Charleroi.
He was a member of the Sunday School of the First Christain Church.
In addition to his father and mother, he leaves his stepfather, Bradley Metzger, and two brothers, Allen Davis Biles and William L. Biles; a half -brother, Bradley Metzger; two half sisters Sharon Lee Metzger and Dorothea Alice Metzger.



"The Daily Courier" Connellsville, Pa - October 25, 1951

Sues for $30,000

WASHINGTON, Pa Oct 25 - A suit to recover $30,000 damages for the death of her son, Harve A. Biles, a minor, has been filed by Mrs. Esther Grace Metzer of Charleroi against Clifford Alen Popp of Rostraver township, Westmorland county. The accident occurred at Charleroi October 19, 1954. (May 1951)

Family/Spouse: Christine Marie BOGAR. Christine (daughter of Alexander Tibor BOGAR and Marcia Maureen SZEWCZYK) was born on 3 Dec 1959 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]