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A tintype showing Allen Williams who lived and farmed near Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas. He appears in the 1865 Kansas State census, age 20, born about 1841 (other censuses lists his birth year as 1838), and he was born in Tennessee. Between 1875 and 1880 Allen Williams married Armilda C. Benning. According to the national and state censuses, Allen and Armilda lived most of their lives in Auburn, Kansas.
Date: Between 1865 and 1870
Item Number: 223395
Call Number: B Williams, Allen *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223395
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1861-1869
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Tintypes
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Auburn
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Tintypes
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223395