1878 Pitzman Clifton Area Map

By 1860 the Clifton area was comprised of portions of five large tracts owned by Benjamin F Buchanan, David W. Graham   Peter Lindell and the Christy and Cooper estates.

Solomon and Frances Sublette, after there marriage, had moved into new Quarters on the Farm, probably into the house occupied by the Herfords near the southeast corner of the Tract, facing what is now Shaw Ave. In the same year, 1848, Lawyers representing Solomon, Frances and Andrew Sublette sold 188 Acres of the Springs Tract, including Resort Facilities and the Stone House, to David W. Graham. Two years latter Graham resold 29.99 Acres of that Tract Acres containing the House and Resort to Thomas Allen. Much of the remaining land Graham subdivided.

Thomas Allen was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Jonathan and Eunice Larned Allen, and was grandson to Rev. Thomas Allen, a noted American revolutionary. He attended Pittsfield Academy and Berkshire Gymnasium, graduated from Union College in 1832, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1835. In 1837, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he founded the newspaper The Madisonian, a Democratic newspaper. He was the printer of the United States House of Representatives from 1837-1839, and printer to the United States Senate from 1839-1842.

In 1842 Allen married Ann Russell and moved to St. Louis, Missouri. He was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 1850, remaining a member of that body through 1854. In 1851 he became president of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (Pacific Railroad), and in 1852 took the first steam locomotive to cross the Mississippi River. He was also the organizer of the banking house Allen, Copp & Nisbet in 1858. He subsequently sold his railway interests and retired from business. In 1876 he donated the Berkshire Athenaeum to his hometown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Allen was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri in 1881, and died in Washington, D.C. before his first term was completed, in April, 1882. He was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Additional land owners as shown on the above 1878 Clifton Area Map

Name: Nathan D Allen
Home in 1870:Central, Saint Louis, Missouri   Census Image
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Age in 1870:50
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870:Central, St Louis, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Taxtimber Dealer
Value of real estate: $20,000
Post Office: Creve Coeur

Name: Nathan D. Allen
Home in 1880:Central, Saint Louis, Missouri   Census Image
Age:61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Caroline
Occupation: Real Estate Agent
Marital Status: Married
Race: White

St. Louis, Missouri Directories, 1889-1890
Name: Nathan D. Allen
Location 1:16 S. Broadway
Location 2:r. Webster Groves
Business Name: Oak Hill Cemetery Assn.
Occupation: Secretary
Year:1890
City: St. Louis
State: MO
Gender: Male

Name: Nathan D Allen
Location 1:2 N. Fourth
Location 2:r. Webster Groves
Business Name: Oak Hill Cemetery Ass'n
Occupation: Secretary
State: MO

Forever Oak Hill is the oldest cemetery in St. Louis County and one of the first rural cemeteries in St. Louis. Forever Oak Hill Cemetery, with its 55 acres of rolling hills and carefully selected trees, had become the cemetery of choice for families moving to the blossoming suburbs of Kirkwood and Webster Groves after the Civil War.

Name: John M Boyd
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795
Age in 1870:75
Birthplace: Delaware
Home in 1870:Central, St Louis, Missouri   Census Image
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Value of real estate: $20,000
Post Office: Creve Coeur

St. Louis City Death Records, 1850-1908
Name: John Milligan Boyd
Death Date:24 Oct 1880
Birth Place: Delaware
Cemetery: Potters Field
Address: Manchester Road
Volume:10
Page:364
County Library: RDSL 19
Missouri Archive: C 645-2
SLGS Rolls:316

Potter's Field
The largest multiple dwelling project in the vicinity is the Hampton Gardens Apartments, a 510 unit development on a 25 acre site bounded by Hampton, Scanlan and Fyler Avenues. Its site was at one time the "Potter's Field" charity burial ground of the City of St. Louis. This tract was leased from the City for seventy-five years in May, 1950, and the multi-million dollar project was completed in 1952.

Updated Thursday, 17 January 2008
Name:  Samuel Denny
Age in 1860:65
Birth Year: abt 1795
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1860:Central, St Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: Rock Hill
Value of real estate:$30,5500

Name: Samuel Denny
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795   Census Image
Age in 1870:75
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1870:Central, St Louis, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:$26,000
Post Office: Creve Coeur

Name: William T Denny
Age in 1860:35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Name: Samuel Denny
Home in 1860:Central, St Louis, Missouri
Gender: Male
Post Office: Rock Hill
Value of real estate:$8,000

Name: William Denny
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826   Census Image
Age in 1870:44
Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Name: Samuel Denny
Home in 1870: Central, St Louis, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:$5,800

Name: William H. Denny
Home in 1880:Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri    Census Image Page 45 (327/356) Watson Rd  William D. Bennett
Age:25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of Household: Son-in-law
Father's birthplace: Missouri
Father's Name: William T Denny
Mother's birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

Name: Anna Rosa Denny
Formerly; Anna Rosa Bennett
Home in 1880:Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Age:22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Missouri
Husband's Name: William H. Denny
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Name: William D. Bennett
Father's birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Name: Amanda
Mother's birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: At Home
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female

St. Louis, Missouri Directories, 1889-1890
Name: Rose Denny, widow William H.
Location 2:r. 6540 Old Manchester road (Southwest)  Map
Year:1890
City: St. Louis
State: MO

St. Louis, Missouri Directories, 1889-1890
Name: William D. Bennett
Location 2:r. 6540 Old Manchester road   Map
Occupation: weigher
Year:1890
City: St. Louis
State: MO

BENNETT COURT (N-S). Named for its subdivision, Bennett Court, in 1907. The name Bennett is derived from "Benedict" and like it means "blessed." (Clifton)

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