Martha Thomas (Woolsey) Allen (1832 - 1907)

Born 15 Apr 1832 in Monroe, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1907 at age 75 in Lavaca, Texas, United States

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Burial

Allen Cemetery, Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas, USA [1]

Obituary

Weimar Mercury, 16 Nov 1907, page 4 In the death of Mrs. Martha T. Allen, which occurred last Monday morning at the residence of her son, Mr. Chas. A. Allen, of the Shimek community, after a long illness, Colorado County lost one of its most respected, best and muchly beloved personages. Mrs. Allen was a native of Georgia, moving to this state in 1859, and, we believe, spent practically the remainder of her life upon the Allen homestead a few miles south of Weimar. She was 75 years and 7 months old at the time of her death. The remains were committed to mother earth at the family burying ground near Shimek Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. Pledger, Methodist minister at Waelder performing the burial service. Mrs. Allen was the mother of Messrs. Chas. and Monroe Allen of Shimek, Milton Allen of Magdalena, N.M., and Mrs. Minnie Barnette of Globe, Arizona. One daughter, Mrs. Nellie Livington, died at Livington, Arizona, just a short while before the mother’s death. Mrs. Allen was a good, christian woman, possessing a sweetness of disposition, sympathetic nature, cheerfulness and thoughtfulness of the comfort of others which endeared her to a large circle of friends. The latter part of her life was marred by ill health, but she bore up uncomplaining to the last, passing to the eternal rest so longed for by the true christian with a smile of sweet resignation upon her lips. The death of such a good woman, so universally beloved by all, is deeply and sincerely deplored. Our heart felt sympathy goes to the bereaved relatives and friends.

Sources

• With 5 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2XQ-N2B

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYH-LG8 : 12 April 2016), Martha P Allen in household of Mathew R Allen, Monroe county, Monroe, Georgia, United States; citing family 136, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGS-8TX : 17 October 2014), Martha T Allen in household of Mathew Allen, Texas, United States; citing p. 57, family 374, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,094.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF1-CYP : 14 July 2016), Martha T Allen in household of Mathew R Allen, Precinct 3, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 363C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1297; FHL microfilm 1,255,297.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LQ-W71 : accessed 25 May 2017), Martha Allen in household of Charles Allen, Justice Precinct 3, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 8B, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,622.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46238135/martha-thomas-allen