Mary Allen, Died July 25, 1910, Aged 82 Yrs. May she rest in peace.
Mary L. Walker, born July 15, 1828 in Tennessee, daughter of Thomas Walker and Bettie Langley. She 1st married Samuel Sparks of Virginia on Dec. 31, 1846 in Callaway Co., Missouri. They had 3 children. She then married John Karah Allen, son of Joseph Allan and Mary Margaret Murphy. They had 5 children, including Josima McNerva Allen who married George W. Herring Jr., my great grandparents. Mary Walker Sparks Allen was my great great grandmother.
Fulton Weekly Gazette
Friday, July 29, 1910
Aged Woman Dead
Mrs. Mary Allen, aged 82 years, widow of John K. Allen, died Monday of senile debility at her home, two miles southeast of Dixie. Funeral and burial occurred Tuesday at Mount tabor Christian church, of which she was a member. The funeral was by Eld. Paul Wright.
Mrs. Allen was born in Tennessee and came to Callaway county with her parents when four years old. She was married in 1844 to Henry Sparks, who died a few years later, leaving two sons, Clifford and John Sparks, both of whom now live near Dixie.
She was married again in 1853 to John K. Allen, a justice of the peace, who officiated at her first wedding. He died in 1876. Mrs. Allen is survived by the following children; Mrs, G.W. Herring, south of Fulton; Mrs. Sarah McKague, of Kansas City; H.G. Allen of Phillipsburg, Mont., and John W, Allen, of Dixie.
Mary L. Walker, born July 15, 1828 in Tennessee, daughter of Thomas Walker and Bettie Langley. She 1st married Samuel Sparks of Virginia on Dec. 31, 1846 in Callaway Co., Missouri. They had 3 children. She then married John Karah Allen, son of Joseph Allan and Mary Margaret Murphy. They had 5 children, including Josima McNerva Allen who married George W. Herring Jr., my great grandparents. Mary Walker Sparks Allen was my great great grandmother.
Fulton Weekly Gazette
Friday, July 29, 1910
Aged Woman Dead
Mrs. Mary Allen, aged 82 years, widow of John K. Allen, died Monday of senile debility at her home, two miles southeast of Dixie. Funeral and burial occurred Tuesday at Mount tabor Christian church, of which she was a member. The funeral was by Eld. Paul Wright.
Mrs. Allen was born in Tennessee and came to Callaway county with her parents when four years old. She was married in 1844 to Henry Sparks, who died a few years later, leaving two sons, Clifford and John Sparks, both of whom now live near Dixie.
She was married again in 1853 to John K. Allen, a justice of the peace, who officiated at her first wedding. He died in 1876. Mrs. Allen is survived by the following children; Mrs, G.W. Herring, south of Fulton; Mrs. Sarah McKague, of Kansas City; H.G. Allen of Phillipsburg, Mont., and John W, Allen, of Dixie.
Mary Allen, Died July 25, 1910, Aged 82 Yrs. May she rest in peace.
Mary L. Walker, born July 15, 1828 in Tennessee, daughter of Thomas Walker and Bettie Langley. She 1st married Samuel Sparks of Virginia on Dec. 31, 1846 in Callaway Co., Missouri. They had 3 children. She then married John Karah Allen, son of Joseph Allan and Mary Margaret Murphy. They had 5 children, including Josima McNerva Allen who married George W. Herring Jr., my great grandparents. Mary Walker Sparks Allen was my great great grandmother.
Fulton Weekly Gazette
Friday, July 29, 1910
Aged Woman Dead
Mrs. Mary Allen, aged 82 years, widow of John K. Allen, died Monday of senile debility at her home, two miles southeast of Dixie. Funeral and burial occurred Tuesday at Mount tabor Christian church, of which she was a member. The funeral was by Eld. Paul Wright.
Mrs. Allen was born in Tennessee and came to Callaway county with her parents when four years old. She was married in 1844 to Henry Sparks, who died a few years later, leaving two sons, Clifford and John Sparks, both of whom now live near Dixie.
She was married again in 1853 to John K. Allen, a justice of the peace, who officiated at her first wedding. He died in 1876. Mrs. Allen is survived by the following children; Mrs, G.W. Herring, south of Fulton; Mrs. Sarah McKague, of Kansas City; H.G. Allen of Phillipsburg, Mont., and John W, Allen, of Dixie.
Mary L. Walker, born July 15, 1828 in Tennessee, daughter of Thomas Walker and Bettie Langley. She 1st married Samuel Sparks of Virginia on Dec. 31, 1846 in Callaway Co., Missouri. They had 3 children. She then married John Karah Allen, son of Joseph Allan and Mary Margaret Murphy. They had 5 children, including Josima McNerva Allen who married George W. Herring Jr., my great grandparents. Mary Walker Sparks Allen was my great great grandmother.
Fulton Weekly Gazette
Friday, July 29, 1910
Aged Woman Dead
Mrs. Mary Allen, aged 82 years, widow of John K. Allen, died Monday of senile debility at her home, two miles southeast of Dixie. Funeral and burial occurred Tuesday at Mount tabor Christian church, of which she was a member. The funeral was by Eld. Paul Wright.
Mrs. Allen was born in Tennessee and came to Callaway county with her parents when four years old. She was married in 1844 to Henry Sparks, who died a few years later, leaving two sons, Clifford and John Sparks, both of whom now live near Dixie.
She was married again in 1853 to John K. Allen, a justice of the peace, who officiated at her first wedding. He died in 1876. Mrs. Allen is survived by the following children; Mrs, G.W. Herring, south of Fulton; Mrs. Sarah McKague, of Kansas City; H.G. Allen of Phillipsburg, Mont., and John W, Allen, of Dixie.
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