James B. Allen, druggist, was born in South Carolina, March 18, 1824, and is a son ol Josiah Alien, deceased. He came to Pike county in 1850, and pursued the mason's trade until 1874, when he engaged in his present business. He is engaged in general merchandising and carries a stock of $4,000, consisting of a full line of drugs, groceries, boots and shoes, queensware, ana occupies a two-story brick block, which he erected in 1876 at a cost of about $4,000. Mr. Allen did the mason work on the Barry high-school building. In 1852 he married Sarah, daughter of the late Judge Alfred Grubb, of this county. Mrs. Allen was born in Kentucky, April 2, 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have 5 children,—Alfred, Mary E., Edward C, Bessie and Fannie.

History of Pike County, Illinois By Chapman, Chas. C., & Co, Chas. C. Chapman & Co.. 1880