Roxy Pearl Gosney was born January 8, 1876 in Butler, Kentucky to Michael Sevetus Gosney and Lucinda Samantha Bonar. She married Arvel Sherman Allender on February 20, 1899 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. They had six children:
1. Cecil Allender, born December 16, 1899
2. Christia Allender m. Unknown Craine
3. Bulah Allender m. Unknown Wycoff
4. Unknown Allender m. Exel Weinmann
5. Herbert Allender
6. Chester R. Allender
Roxy died December 13, 1958 in Elk City, Oklahoma.