In 6 years, Lucretia lost her parents, husband, and only living child. In 1899, her father died. The next year the 1900 U.S. Federal Census records her as having two children of whom only one was living. Within twelve months, she lost that child as well. Two years later her mother passed followed by her husband who, in 1905, was killed in a railroad accident.
Lucretia was a woman intimately acquainted with grief.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Derr
FATHER: Morris William Penn
HUSBAND: Eldridge Albert Allen
CHILDREN:
1. Morris William Allen
(Named after his maternal grandfather, he died at age 18 while the family was living in St. Louis, Missouri.)
2. unknown, died before 1900
NOTE: Lucretia's death certificate gives her birth year as 1851, as opposed to her gravestone which has 1852.
Lucretia was a woman intimately acquainted with grief.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Derr
FATHER: Morris William Penn
HUSBAND: Eldridge Albert Allen
CHILDREN:
1. Morris William Allen
(Named after his maternal grandfather, he died at age 18 while the family was living in St. Louis, Missouri.)
2. unknown, died before 1900
NOTE: Lucretia's death certificate gives her birth year as 1851, as opposed to her gravestone which has 1852.
In 6 years, Lucretia lost her parents, husband, and only living child. In 1899, her father died. The next year the 1900 U.S. Federal Census records her as having two children of whom only one was living. Within twelve months, she lost that child as well. Two years later her mother passed followed by her husband who, in 1905, was killed in a railroad accident.
Lucretia was a woman intimately acquainted with grief.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Derr
FATHER: Morris William Penn
HUSBAND: Eldridge Albert Allen
CHILDREN:
1. Morris William Allen
(Named after his maternal grandfather, he died at age 18 while the family was living in St. Louis, Missouri.)
2. unknown, died before 1900
NOTE: Lucretia's death certificate gives her birth year as 1851, as opposed to her gravestone which has 1852.
Lucretia was a woman intimately acquainted with grief.
MOTHER: Elizabeth Derr
FATHER: Morris William Penn
HUSBAND: Eldridge Albert Allen
CHILDREN:
1. Morris William Allen
(Named after his maternal grandfather, he died at age 18 while the family was living in St. Louis, Missouri.)
2. unknown, died before 1900
NOTE: Lucretia's death certificate gives her birth year as 1851, as opposed to her gravestone which has 1852.
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