Obituary of Z.K. Allen. From the Skagit News-Herald, Monday, November 27, 1899, Mount Vernon, WA. "Died in this city on Wednesday evening the 22nd Inst., Rev. Z. Allen, aged 99 years, 4 months and 24 days. Grandpa Allen had lived more than the time allotted to man, only lacking a few months to reaching one hundred years. His death was sudden and painless. The old gentleman was born in Frederick County, Virginia. He has been a resident of Mt. Vernon for many years, and was the founder, and for many years the pastor of the Free Methodist Church in this city. Of late years, requiring the constant attention of his family. Those who knew the old gentleman held him in the highest esteem, knowing that his life for nearly a hundred years, had been spent in an effort to benefit humanity. The funeral services were held from the M.E. Church on Wednesday afternoon and the remains of the good old man laid at rest in Odd Fellows Cemetery."
And: "To the many friends who so kindly assisted us in our late bereavement, we tender our heartfelt thanks. Mrs. Jane M. Allen and Family"
In the I.O.O.F. Cemetery book, Mt. Vernon, WA, ZK and Jane M. are shown as follows:
Block 17, Section 2, Lot 3
3. Rev. Z. K. Allen 1903
4. Mrs. Z. K. Allen
The keeper of the cemetery records did not understand why the "1903" was entered. Their gravestones show:
ALLEN
FATHER MOTHER
Rev. Z. K. Jane M.
1800-1899 1831-1907
(1903 was probably when Jane bought the gravestones).
SOURCE: NEWSPAPER OBITUARY, (thought to be Mt. Vernon, WA paper) original in possession of Linda Lower
REV. ZEPANHIAH K. ALLEN , (born July 28, 1800)
Mount Vernon's Centenary Minister.
ON Wednesday evening Nov. 22, 1899, at his quiet home, surround by his family, "Father" Allen passed quietly to his beautiful home in the skies - aged 99 years, 3 months and 24 days. He was born in Fredrick County, Virginia where his parents had been among the first of those who settled that state, in the year when Washington was made the national capital. At sixteen he accompanied his parents to Ohio where, four years later Zephaniah married and also entered upon his ministerial career in the M. E. Church, supplying a circuit that had an area of 200 miles. In 1849 he moved to Clinton, IA where he engaged in farming as well as preaching. A few years later found him in Clinton, TX in mercantile adventures. At this place his abolition spirit expressed itself in such patriotism for the enslaved of his country that he was compelled to leave the south. His first wife having died in 1857, he remarried and returned to Iowa. Shortly afterwards he moved to Wisconsin, then to Missouri, then to Kansas, in all of these states preaching the gospel and carrying on some business, and in many places establishing the pioneer church of that locality. at the age of 88, in company with his wife, his son George, ahis daughter Mrs. R. U. Rutherford and their families, he came to Mount Vernon. Here, too, he built a church and preached the Gospel, until four years ago, while seeking to attend a service, he fell from the steps of the church and very muchinjured on of his hips and has since been confined to his bed. Thus for some 72 years this Gospel warrior has been a minister of the good things of God.
Stong in his convictions, definite in his Christian experience and life, he sought to lead the people to a knowledge of experimental piety. His faculties were well preserved to the last and showed signs of great physical, mental and spiritual strength. To the entire community his life has been a benediciton. Although aged and expected, his daeth brings a gloom that is only felt when good people die. It may be said of him that
'When a good man dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him
Lies upon the path of men.'
The funeral took place on Thursday, at 2:30 pm at the M. E. Church, conducted by the Rev. D G Slayton, of the F M Church, in the absence of the pastor. On Sunday morning a memorial service was held at the M E Church by Dr. Burrows, the pastor and Rev. C G Slayton.....
Mrs. Allen, the wife, with the sons and daughters, have the deepest sympathy of the entire community in their loss.
Children of Margaret and Zephaniah K. Allen
William Allen, 6 Jan 1828 - 2 Mar 1912
Eleanor Allen Finch, 16 Jan 1830 - 29 Jul 1857
Rebecca Jane Allen Silbaugh, 19 Jan 1832 - 14 Oct 1910
Catherine Allen Ashworth, 3 May 1834 - 1879
John Bartlett Allen, 14 Feb 1837 -
Robert Allen, 23 Jan 1840 - 24 Aug 1915
Nancy Allen, 6 Jun 1842 - 4 Apr 1848
Ryan Elder Allen, 21 Oct 1844 -
Amanda Louisa Allen, 21 Feb 1846 - 8 Apr 1848
Francis Marion Allen, 4 Mar 1852 - 17 Feb 1920
Leonard Allen, 2 Sep 1854 - 26 Oct 1854
Mary Matilda Allen, 23 Mar 1857 -
Children with Jane
George Blodgett Allen, 6 Jan 1860 - 23 May 1921
Lona Allen Rutherford,
Caroline Allen Albright
And: "To the many friends who so kindly assisted us in our late bereavement, we tender our heartfelt thanks. Mrs. Jane M. Allen and Family"
In the I.O.O.F. Cemetery book, Mt. Vernon, WA, ZK and Jane M. are shown as follows:
Block 17, Section 2, Lot 3
3. Rev. Z. K. Allen 1903
4. Mrs. Z. K. Allen
The keeper of the cemetery records did not understand why the "1903" was entered. Their gravestones show:
ALLEN
FATHER MOTHER
Rev. Z. K. Jane M.
1800-1899 1831-1907
(1903 was probably when Jane bought the gravestones).
SOURCE: NEWSPAPER OBITUARY, (thought to be Mt. Vernon, WA paper) original in possession of Linda Lower
REV. ZEPANHIAH K. ALLEN , (born July 28, 1800)
Mount Vernon's Centenary Minister.
ON Wednesday evening Nov. 22, 1899, at his quiet home, surround by his family, "Father" Allen passed quietly to his beautiful home in the skies - aged 99 years, 3 months and 24 days. He was born in Fredrick County, Virginia where his parents had been among the first of those who settled that state, in the year when Washington was made the national capital. At sixteen he accompanied his parents to Ohio where, four years later Zephaniah married and also entered upon his ministerial career in the M. E. Church, supplying a circuit that had an area of 200 miles. In 1849 he moved to Clinton, IA where he engaged in farming as well as preaching. A few years later found him in Clinton, TX in mercantile adventures. At this place his abolition spirit expressed itself in such patriotism for the enslaved of his country that he was compelled to leave the south. His first wife having died in 1857, he remarried and returned to Iowa. Shortly afterwards he moved to Wisconsin, then to Missouri, then to Kansas, in all of these states preaching the gospel and carrying on some business, and in many places establishing the pioneer church of that locality. at the age of 88, in company with his wife, his son George, ahis daughter Mrs. R. U. Rutherford and their families, he came to Mount Vernon. Here, too, he built a church and preached the Gospel, until four years ago, while seeking to attend a service, he fell from the steps of the church and very muchinjured on of his hips and has since been confined to his bed. Thus for some 72 years this Gospel warrior has been a minister of the good things of God.
Stong in his convictions, definite in his Christian experience and life, he sought to lead the people to a knowledge of experimental piety. His faculties were well preserved to the last and showed signs of great physical, mental and spiritual strength. To the entire community his life has been a benediciton. Although aged and expected, his daeth brings a gloom that is only felt when good people die. It may be said of him that
'When a good man dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him
Lies upon the path of men.'
The funeral took place on Thursday, at 2:30 pm at the M. E. Church, conducted by the Rev. D G Slayton, of the F M Church, in the absence of the pastor. On Sunday morning a memorial service was held at the M E Church by Dr. Burrows, the pastor and Rev. C G Slayton.....
Mrs. Allen, the wife, with the sons and daughters, have the deepest sympathy of the entire community in their loss.
Children of Margaret and Zephaniah K. Allen
William Allen, 6 Jan 1828 - 2 Mar 1912
Eleanor Allen Finch, 16 Jan 1830 - 29 Jul 1857
Rebecca Jane Allen Silbaugh, 19 Jan 1832 - 14 Oct 1910
Catherine Allen Ashworth, 3 May 1834 - 1879
John Bartlett Allen, 14 Feb 1837 -
Robert Allen, 23 Jan 1840 - 24 Aug 1915
Nancy Allen, 6 Jun 1842 - 4 Apr 1848
Ryan Elder Allen, 21 Oct 1844 -
Amanda Louisa Allen, 21 Feb 1846 - 8 Apr 1848
Francis Marion Allen, 4 Mar 1852 - 17 Feb 1920
Leonard Allen, 2 Sep 1854 - 26 Oct 1854
Mary Matilda Allen, 23 Mar 1857 -
Children with Jane
George Blodgett Allen, 6 Jan 1860 - 23 May 1921
Lona Allen Rutherford,
Caroline Allen Albright
Obituary of Z.K. Allen. From the Skagit News-Herald, Monday, November 27, 1899, Mount Vernon, WA. "Died in this city on Wednesday evening the 22nd Inst., Rev. Z. Allen, aged 99 years, 4 months and 24 days. Grandpa Allen had lived more than the time allotted to man, only lacking a few months to reaching one hundred years. His death was sudden and painless. The old gentleman was born in Frederick County, Virginia. He has been a resident of Mt. Vernon for many years, and was the founder, and for many years the pastor of the Free Methodist Church in this city. Of late years, requiring the constant attention of his family. Those who knew the old gentleman held him in the highest esteem, knowing that his life for nearly a hundred years, had been spent in an effort to benefit humanity. The funeral services were held from the M.E. Church on Wednesday afternoon and the remains of the good old man laid at rest in Odd Fellows Cemetery."
And: "To the many friends who so kindly assisted us in our late bereavement, we tender our heartfelt thanks. Mrs. Jane M. Allen and Family"
In the I.O.O.F. Cemetery book, Mt. Vernon, WA, ZK and Jane M. are shown as follows:
Block 17, Section 2, Lot 3
3. Rev. Z. K. Allen 1903
4. Mrs. Z. K. Allen
The keeper of the cemetery records did not understand why the "1903" was entered. Their gravestones show:
ALLEN
FATHER MOTHER
Rev. Z. K. Jane M.
1800-1899 1831-1907
(1903 was probably when Jane bought the gravestones).
SOURCE: NEWSPAPER OBITUARY, (thought to be Mt. Vernon, WA paper) original in possession of Linda Lower
REV. ZEPANHIAH K. ALLEN , (born July 28, 1800)
Mount Vernon's Centenary Minister.
ON Wednesday evening Nov. 22, 1899, at his quiet home, surround by his family, "Father" Allen passed quietly to his beautiful home in the skies - aged 99 years, 3 months and 24 days. He was born in Fredrick County, Virginia where his parents had been among the first of those who settled that state, in the year when Washington was made the national capital. At sixteen he accompanied his parents to Ohio where, four years later Zephaniah married and also entered upon his ministerial career in the M. E. Church, supplying a circuit that had an area of 200 miles. In 1849 he moved to Clinton, IA where he engaged in farming as well as preaching. A few years later found him in Clinton, TX in mercantile adventures. At this place his abolition spirit expressed itself in such patriotism for the enslaved of his country that he was compelled to leave the south. His first wife having died in 1857, he remarried and returned to Iowa. Shortly afterwards he moved to Wisconsin, then to Missouri, then to Kansas, in all of these states preaching the gospel and carrying on some business, and in many places establishing the pioneer church of that locality. at the age of 88, in company with his wife, his son George, ahis daughter Mrs. R. U. Rutherford and their families, he came to Mount Vernon. Here, too, he built a church and preached the Gospel, until four years ago, while seeking to attend a service, he fell from the steps of the church and very muchinjured on of his hips and has since been confined to his bed. Thus for some 72 years this Gospel warrior has been a minister of the good things of God.
Stong in his convictions, definite in his Christian experience and life, he sought to lead the people to a knowledge of experimental piety. His faculties were well preserved to the last and showed signs of great physical, mental and spiritual strength. To the entire community his life has been a benediciton. Although aged and expected, his daeth brings a gloom that is only felt when good people die. It may be said of him that
'When a good man dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him
Lies upon the path of men.'
The funeral took place on Thursday, at 2:30 pm at the M. E. Church, conducted by the Rev. D G Slayton, of the F M Church, in the absence of the pastor. On Sunday morning a memorial service was held at the M E Church by Dr. Burrows, the pastor and Rev. C G Slayton.....
Mrs. Allen, the wife, with the sons and daughters, have the deepest sympathy of the entire community in their loss.
Children of Margaret and Zephaniah K. Allen
William Allen, 6 Jan 1828 - 2 Mar 1912
Eleanor Allen Finch, 16 Jan 1830 - 29 Jul 1857
Rebecca Jane Allen Silbaugh, 19 Jan 1832 - 14 Oct 1910
Catherine Allen Ashworth, 3 May 1834 - 1879
John Bartlett Allen, 14 Feb 1837 -
Robert Allen, 23 Jan 1840 - 24 Aug 1915
Nancy Allen, 6 Jun 1842 - 4 Apr 1848
Ryan Elder Allen, 21 Oct 1844 -
Amanda Louisa Allen, 21 Feb 1846 - 8 Apr 1848
Francis Marion Allen, 4 Mar 1852 - 17 Feb 1920
Leonard Allen, 2 Sep 1854 - 26 Oct 1854
Mary Matilda Allen, 23 Mar 1857 -
Children with Jane
George Blodgett Allen, 6 Jan 1860 - 23 May 1921
Lona Allen Rutherford,
Caroline Allen Albright
And: "To the many friends who so kindly assisted us in our late bereavement, we tender our heartfelt thanks. Mrs. Jane M. Allen and Family"
In the I.O.O.F. Cemetery book, Mt. Vernon, WA, ZK and Jane M. are shown as follows:
Block 17, Section 2, Lot 3
3. Rev. Z. K. Allen 1903
4. Mrs. Z. K. Allen
The keeper of the cemetery records did not understand why the "1903" was entered. Their gravestones show:
ALLEN
FATHER MOTHER
Rev. Z. K. Jane M.
1800-1899 1831-1907
(1903 was probably when Jane bought the gravestones).
SOURCE: NEWSPAPER OBITUARY, (thought to be Mt. Vernon, WA paper) original in possession of Linda Lower
REV. ZEPANHIAH K. ALLEN , (born July 28, 1800)
Mount Vernon's Centenary Minister.
ON Wednesday evening Nov. 22, 1899, at his quiet home, surround by his family, "Father" Allen passed quietly to his beautiful home in the skies - aged 99 years, 3 months and 24 days. He was born in Fredrick County, Virginia where his parents had been among the first of those who settled that state, in the year when Washington was made the national capital. At sixteen he accompanied his parents to Ohio where, four years later Zephaniah married and also entered upon his ministerial career in the M. E. Church, supplying a circuit that had an area of 200 miles. In 1849 he moved to Clinton, IA where he engaged in farming as well as preaching. A few years later found him in Clinton, TX in mercantile adventures. At this place his abolition spirit expressed itself in such patriotism for the enslaved of his country that he was compelled to leave the south. His first wife having died in 1857, he remarried and returned to Iowa. Shortly afterwards he moved to Wisconsin, then to Missouri, then to Kansas, in all of these states preaching the gospel and carrying on some business, and in many places establishing the pioneer church of that locality. at the age of 88, in company with his wife, his son George, ahis daughter Mrs. R. U. Rutherford and their families, he came to Mount Vernon. Here, too, he built a church and preached the Gospel, until four years ago, while seeking to attend a service, he fell from the steps of the church and very muchinjured on of his hips and has since been confined to his bed. Thus for some 72 years this Gospel warrior has been a minister of the good things of God.
Stong in his convictions, definite in his Christian experience and life, he sought to lead the people to a knowledge of experimental piety. His faculties were well preserved to the last and showed signs of great physical, mental and spiritual strength. To the entire community his life has been a benediciton. Although aged and expected, his daeth brings a gloom that is only felt when good people die. It may be said of him that
'When a good man dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him
Lies upon the path of men.'
The funeral took place on Thursday, at 2:30 pm at the M. E. Church, conducted by the Rev. D G Slayton, of the F M Church, in the absence of the pastor. On Sunday morning a memorial service was held at the M E Church by Dr. Burrows, the pastor and Rev. C G Slayton.....
Mrs. Allen, the wife, with the sons and daughters, have the deepest sympathy of the entire community in their loss.
Children of Margaret and Zephaniah K. Allen
William Allen, 6 Jan 1828 - 2 Mar 1912
Eleanor Allen Finch, 16 Jan 1830 - 29 Jul 1857
Rebecca Jane Allen Silbaugh, 19 Jan 1832 - 14 Oct 1910
Catherine Allen Ashworth, 3 May 1834 - 1879
John Bartlett Allen, 14 Feb 1837 -
Robert Allen, 23 Jan 1840 - 24 Aug 1915
Nancy Allen, 6 Jun 1842 - 4 Apr 1848
Ryan Elder Allen, 21 Oct 1844 -
Amanda Louisa Allen, 21 Feb 1846 - 8 Apr 1848
Francis Marion Allen, 4 Mar 1852 - 17 Feb 1920
Leonard Allen, 2 Sep 1854 - 26 Oct 1854
Mary Matilda Allen, 23 Mar 1857 -
Children with Jane
George Blodgett Allen, 6 Jan 1860 - 23 May 1921
Lona Allen Rutherford,
Caroline Allen Albright
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