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REVEREND ALFRED ALLEN
Alfre d Allen was born Fe bruary 8 , 1819, in Br andywine , Pennsylvani a ,
being t he oldest of the eleven children of Dr. samuel 0 .
A l len , ~~~D.
and
Juli a Ann Becking .
Family moved to Michigan in 1831 and s ettled in Macomb county .
Alfred made public c onfe ssion in 18 42 and was lic ensed as a Local
Prea cher.
Received on t rial, Michigan Conference ,in 1843 .
Ordained Deacon by Bi shop Edmond Janes i n Detroit, September 1 4 , 1845.
Orda i ned Elder a t Ka l ama zoo, Sept . 1 0 , 1848 .
Tra n sferred t o Detroit Conference in 1857 .
s e rved a t Lee sville, Au gus t 30 , 18 70 to Se ptember 18 , 1 871.
SUpera nnua t ed i n 1877, se ttled a t Willi am sport , entering hardware
busi ne ss for a time .
During a ctive mini s tery he had seven a ppoint ments i n t he Michi gan
Conference a nd sixteen in the De troit Conference.
Mar r ied Mi ss Louisa J . Hartwell, of Hartwe llvi lle , Mich . in 1849 , who
was a cons t ant helpe r a.n d companion .
They had one daughter , who married George s . Pennock of Williamston .
Al fred Allen died a t Willi amston, Michi gan, January 29 , 19 03 .
Fun-
era l service s were conducted by Rev. 0 . F . Wi nton, a t Willi amston , a ssi s t ed by Rev. N. N. Cla r k of Danfield, Rev. Knowl e s of t he Congre gat iona l church, and Rev. Ki llian of t he Bapti s t church .
Rev. Cl ark prea ched
fro m Job XI X: 25 - 27.
Alfred Allen had a
war~ ,
sympat he tic na ture.
He wished everybody
wellland trie d t o do a ll the good he could to everybody .
His people
were earne s t Methodi s t s a nd he was r e li giousl y inclined e a rl y in l ife .
In young manhood he t aught di st rict s choo l s.
After entering the min-
i s tery hi s health became poor, and in 18 52 , he reque sted a location,
and att ended medical lectures in Ann Arbor, taki ng u p his father ' s
proflssion in tha t city .
Five years l a ter he wa.s improved in health
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resumed his pastora l work .
Like h i s Ma s t er he wa s a man of pe a ce, a nd h i s inf luence was decidedly helpful and Chri s ti an.
No unkind wo r ds we r e ever sp ok en of hi m.
After retiring he k ept cordi a l r el a tionship with othe r mini s ters.
He
loved his church and only infirmity and old age ke pt him from attending
the service s .
see Je su s •
He grew sweet in h i s age an d longed to Be at re s t a nd
MICHIGAN
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Mrs. Louise J. Allen, aged 99 ,. ,
the home of her daughter, M, ~- 'G'~org~
Pennock, Sunday, November 24 1929 after
a lingering illness which hed kept i1cr in
bed for a number of years.
Louise ]. Hartwell was born at Norwich
~- Y., August 12, 1830. At the age of
e1ght years she removed with her parents
to a place ncar Owosso, later called HartwellviJie. In 1849 she was united in ma r-
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r iage to Rev. Alfred Allen, a nd to this
union was born one daughter, 111rs. Geo.
Pennock. Forty-nine years ago she removed with her husband to \ iVilliamston, 1
where he was pastor of the local 111ethodist church for one year. Brother A llen
gave up his pastorate the following year,
to enter the hardware business with Geo.
S. Pe nuock.
Mrs. A llen was a lmost a cen tenarian,
dying at the age of 99 years, 3 months,
and 12 days. Her h usband passed away
in 1903. She leaves to mourn one daugh- ·
ter, four g randch ildren, M rs. Grace Maher, •
1\I rs. Belie Pond, M rs. R. H. H agerma n
of W illia mston, a nd George Pennock of
Indianapolis, Ind. ; eleven g reat-grandchildre n, a nd three great, great-grandchildren,
besides a host of other relatives and
_ friend s. _
Mrs. A llen sh<Jrcd w ith her husband the
joys and sorrows of an it inerant liic in
the Christia n ministry for 22 years. She
was a tr ue companion a nd helpmate. She
was a loving mother a nd sweetly went to
sleep in the arms of Jesus.
Funeral services were h eld a t the Gorsline chapel Wednesday afternoon, Nov.
27, at 2 p.m., with Rev. R. H. Prouse
ofliciating, assisted by Rev. Alfred Eddy
of W cbbc rville read ing the Scripture. Dr.
H . G. Pearce, district superintendent,
brought a fine message on the frate r nity
of the Conference.
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Allen, Alfred