1868
William Allen Pine Came to Douglas County
William Allen Pine was born Dec. 16, 1819, in New Jersey and followed his father in farming there and in Maryland. In 1868, at age 48, he moved his family of eight children to the new lands of Kansas, where he settled in northeast Douglas County just outside the city limits of Lawrence. Through five successive generations, 16 have farmed in the area. Presently, agriculture enterprises are in turf grass and a greenhouse. Others of these generations have gone into a diverse number of occupations and expanding the numbers in the Pine family.
William Allen Pine died Dec. 6, 1879, and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, where his wife, Elizabeth Browning Fish, who was born Oct. 14, 1826, and died Sept. 14, 1876, is also buried.
History provided by Ken Pine.
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