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THE
HENRY O. ALLEN FAMILY.
The following record of the Henry O. Allen family
I received in April, 1888, from his widow, Mrs.
Rhoda A. Allen, of Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa:
Henry O. Allen, born August 18, 1821,
at Meadville, Crawford Co., Penn., died October 29, 1885, at Leavenworth,
Kas., at the age of 64 years, 2 months and 11 days.
[Had he lived till November 11, 1885, he and his wife would have
seen the forty-fifth anniversary of their wedding day.]
Rhoda Ann Caleb, born October 11,
1820, at Danby, Tompkins Co., N. Y.
Above named were married November 11, 1840, at Ovid, Seneca Co., N.
Y., and their children were as follows:
Oscar Monroe, born May 10,
1843, at Athens, Bradford Co., Penn., died at Pleasantville, Penn.,
December 14, 1874, aged 31 years, 7 months and 4 days.
Francis Elijah, born July 13, 1846, at
Athens, Bradford Co., Penn., died at Ottawa, Kas., May 6, 1879, aged 32
years, 9 months and 23 days.
Adrian Leroy, born August 10, 1851, at
Athens, Bradford Co., Penn. Ida Bell Estelle, born August 4, 1857, at Meadville, Crawford Co., Penn.
I here also give some other names that may be of interest to the
reader, and which I jotted down from time to time when visiting
cemeteries:
Clinton Cullum,
born November 17, 1819, died at his pleasant home on Liberty Street,
Meadville, January 28, 1888; interred in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville.
Nicholas R. Stull
died at his home in Woodcock Township, Crawford County, February 9, 1888,
aged 68 years and 1 month, interred on 11th in Blooming Valley Cemetery,
the funeral services being conducted by our pastor, M.
Miller, whose text was: Our
fathers, where are they? Brother
Stull had been a member of the State Road Methodist Episcopal Church for
about twenty-five years.
James H. Allen died November 24, 1888,
in Campbell County, Dakota, while his wife was visiting in Crawford
County, Penn.
Robert Quinn died October 16,
1865, aged sixty-eight years; Jane, his wife, died November 12, 1856, aged
sixty-years. They are
interred in Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y, and by
their side rest the remains of Leander Simmons.
Reuben E. Fenton,
born July 4, 1819, died August 25, 1885, and is also buried in Lakeview
Cemetery. [The Fenton vault
is a small, plainly beautiful structure, bearing upon one end the words, I
am the Resurrection and the Life, and upon the other side the legend,
"Rest in peace."]
Cordelia A. Stephenson
died March 13, 1889, in her sixty-sixth year.
Her husband, John Stephenson, died in 1878, and both are interred
in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, and I attended both funerals:
they were relatives of mine. On
that beautiful spring afternoon, March 14, 1889, I read on a monument in
Greendale Cemetery the following: Through the grave and the gates of Death We pass to a joyful resurrection. DARWIN A. FINNEY, 1814-1866.
I here give the record of several departed ones not already
mentioned in my 1886 SOUVENIR:
Franklin, son of M.
S. and M. Morehead, died September 15, 1862, aged 3 months.
[Interred just east of our last monument erected.]
Angeline, wife of Henry
Thurston, died September 1, 1856, aged 26 years, 5 months, 26 days.
[This lady was a schoolmate of mine.
Three of her children--David, Allen and Mack--are
interred by her grave.]
Daniel Cowen died May 15, 1864, aged
71 years, 1 month, 4 days.
Basheba, wife of Able
Ellis, died April 1, 1885, aged 80 years, 9 months.
Samuel Floyd died July 11, 1849, aged 84 years.
Catharine Pitcher, daughter of
A. and J. Pitcher, died April 20, 1854, aged 17 years.
David Pitcher, son of A.
and J. Pitcher, died December 19, 1849, aged 20 years, 1 month, 18
days.
Nicholas Pitcher, died April 30, 1854,
aged 23 years.
Eliza A. wife of Leland
Braymer, died November 25, 1879, aged 34 years, 1l months, 6 days.
Susan, wife of Luther
March, died April 13, 1845, aged 36 years, 6 months, 26 days.
O. E. Adams, wife of H.
L. Boyles, died December 12, 1873, aged 29 years, 6 months, 6 days.
Frank T. Densmore, 1856-1885.
Marillie, wife of John
Pochey, died November 16, 1884, aged 27 years, 4 months, 24 days.
George Lemmon, born November 13, 1885,
died February 1, 188l [sic].
Jane, wife of
J. Lemmon, died October 8, 1868, aged 73 years, 3 months.
Charles Stewart died March 11, 1873,
aged 45 years.
Henry B. Baxter, born December 17,
1827, died July 4, 1882. [I pause a moment here to make a remark, as the date of Mr.
Baxter's death comes so near home to me as I write it.
I had always loved him since our first acquaintance.
He lived several years in our neighborhood; was superintendent of
Sabbath-school at State Road, and I have always been acquainted with
Phebe C. Baxter (Phebe C. Baxter attended
the Moore school where I taught in 1856, and later on she taught our
district school where our children attended.--F. C.
Waid), his beloved wife. She
is a daughter of J. F. Breed, of whom I have
spoken in this volume, and when I think of my own beloved wife, Eliza,
whose name and memory to me are imperishable, never to be
forgotten, died on the 4th of .July, 1888, just six years to a day after
my friend, Henry Baxter.
Is it any wonder to the reader that I stop to think?
But I continue to give the list of the departed ones.
On this monument, which I may say is the largest and perhaps one of
the most attractive in the cemetery, is inscribed the name of his wife, or
widow: Phebe
C. Baxter, born April 3, 1841.]
Fannie S. Falkinburg, born October 1,
1838, died April 21, 1885.
W. W. Baxter, born November 12, 1851; Hulda
A., his wife, born January 24, 1842, died February 17, 1884.
Preston D., son of A.
and S. Rider, died March 21, 1878, aged 18 years, 10 months, 7
days.
G. J. Wykoff, wife of R.
Roudebush, died July 7, 1870, aged 23 years.
Janett E., wife of W.
L. Wykoff, died May 3, 1878, aged 28 years, 2 months, 12 days.
Lydia, daughter of
R. and S. A. Teasdale, died March 25, 1876, aged 19 years, 11
months, 5 days.
Temperance Fergerson, born
December 20, 1796, died March 11, 1869 (Temperance
Fergerson died at the home of my brother, Robert
L. Waid, where she was visiting and took sick.--F.
C. Waid). Interred
near the Waid Twin Monuments. James
A. Fergerson, born December 25, 1795, died April 22, 1858, and is
interred in the cemetery in Meadville.
John H. Marvin died November 3,
1881, aged 21 years, 7 months, 28 days.
Samuel Barrett, born May 18, 1834,
died October 20, 1882.
Alice, wife of G.
Gilmore, died March 14, 1867, aged 22 years, 10 months.
Athan A. Williams, born October 5,
1813, died March 28, 1877.
Polly, wife of T.
J. Odell, died November 7, 1870, aged 54 years, 9 months, 15 days.
Stella M. Hays, wife of J.
D. Barr, died January 14, 1884, aged 36 years, 1 month, 12 days.
Elizabeth, wife of
John Ring, died March 28, 1874, aged 80 years.
Hattie Dickson died October 22,
1873, aged 35 years.
Dwight Dickson died October 23, 1871,
aged 22 years, 6 months, 13 days.
Louessa, wife of Henry
Marker, died August 13, 1886, aged 73 years, 4 months, 27 days.
Henry Marker died November 11, 1887,
aged 77 years, 3 months, 14 days.
George P. Marker, son of H.
and L. Marker, died February 18, 1856, aged 21 years, 3 months, 16
days.
Charlotte, wife of Henry
Kelly, died October 20, 1851, aged 52 years, 2 months, 25 days.
Almira Fleek died March 6,
1845, aged 23 years, 7 months, 10 days.
Peter Marker died October 31, 1841,
aged 26 years, 5 months, 9 days; Delilah,
daughter of P. and S. A. Marker, died March
4, 1860, aged 19 years, 8 months, 13 days.
Sally Ann, wife of Peter
Marker, died December 10, 1860, aged 40 years, 6 months. In memory of Thomas Mifflin, died April 4, 1853, aged 57 years.
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