1825 - 1880 In 1825, Allen married Margaret (Cleveland) Allen (1801-1880). Margaret was the daughter of William Cleveland, then a resident of Norwich, Connecticut. Her younger brother, the Rev. Richard F. Cleveland, a Presbyterian minister, was the father of Grover Cleveland. Together, Allen and Margaret had six children, only two of which reached maturity: Margaret Gertrude (Allen) Bailey, who married Dr. Daniel A. Bailey of Buffalo. William Cleveland Allen (1837-1913), who married May (Barclay) Allen (1844-1921)