When Rhoda Elizabeth Veazey was born on 1 January 1874, in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, her father, Zachariah Taylor Veazey, was 24 and her mother, Rhoda Ann Hunt, was 20. She married Hiram Walter Allen on 27 September 1894, in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Police Jury Ward 8, Union, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years and Union, St. James, Louisiana, United States in 1930. She died on 13 February 1973, in Linville, Union, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 99.