Atlas of Steuben County, Indiana 1880 (Reprint) P. 53 clm 1 Richland Township ALLOMONG, JOSEPH, second son of John and Julia Ann Allomong, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 11, 1825. On the 28th day of April, 1844, Mr. Allomong was united in marriage with Miss Catharine Klingman, and the same year moved to Williams County, Ohio, and located on a farm owned by his father. On his uniting with the Methodist Episcopal Church, his father refused to give him the farm of eighty acres, as had been promised, which resulted in the subject of our sketch removing to this township, and settling on a wild quarter-section. To this has been added, by industry and economy, 268 acres, a portion of which has been distributed among his children who are comfortably situated about the old home. By his first wife, he had four children-- William (deceased), Rebecca J., Sarah Elizabeth and John Wesley. On the 23d of August, 1871, he married Martha A., daughter of Hezekiah and Eliza Ann Bell; they have one child--Joseph Cyrus. Mr. And Mrs. Bell, natives of Virginia, came to Ohio in 1833; both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mrs. Bell died January 18, 1864. Politically, Mr. Bell is a Democrat. Mr. Allomong's father and mother were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio in 1825. The father, though at one time a Democrat, became a Republican during the Harrison Administration. Both were members of the Lutheran Church. The father died April 16, 1872. Mr. Joseph Allomong is an outspoken Republican. Since the Methodist Episcopal Church was removed so far away, he and his wife have joined the United Brethren. Submitted by J.A. Childers