"The Baldwyn Home Journal"
Born June 6, 1841 - Died in Iuka, Miss, Feb. 13, 1924
At four o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1924, after a lingering illness the subject of this tribute, Mrs. Mattie Clayton Allen of Iuka, Miss., was summoned by the death angle [sic] to Pisgah's heights, not only to look over, but to pass over to the beautiful beyond, the land of promise to all who have loved and served the Master as she has long done. The writer was not privileged to be at the bedside of this good woman during her sickness or passing away, but her resignation and words of comfort, as told by her children and other loved ones, assured us- her friends who knew her best - that she was as our beloved late President Woodrow Wilson said of himself "ready for the charge". Mrs. Allen was the daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. R. B. Clayton, pioneer settlers of Mississippi, and contemporaries with quiet [sic] a few of our grandparents who pitched their tents in the 30's and 40's almost all of whom lived to a ripe old age, and did much for the uplift and betterment of their new state in those days and in the years that followed.
Col. and Mrs. Clayton did a large part in the building of the First Presbyterian Church, erected in Baldwyn, their hometown, of which Mrs. Allen, together with seven sisters and one brother, were members until they either moved away or were called to their reward. Although Mr. And Mrs. Allen moved to luka, Miss., more than thirty years ago, yet her love for the old home church was not lessened and she was a great up lift to us both spiritually and in a finantial [sic] way. In her younger days the walls of the church, and alike the drawing room echoes with the melodies of her voice, for but few possessed such gift of songs as she had or loved more to use it for her Masters glory than did she.
In the year 1866 she was married to Robert Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Allen, and to them were born eight children, three of whom, together with Mr. Allen, passed away twenty and more years ago.
The remaining five, three daughters and two sons, in time married congenial companions and they, together with twelve grandchildren and great grandchildren, three generations were permitted to be at her bedside during her illness and death and delighted to minister to her wants and to make her last days as free from pain as it was possible for human hearts and hands to do. A tribute well worthy of dutiful children to the loving Christian mother that she was.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hensforth [sic]: Yea sayeth the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. A Friend.
Born June 6, 1841 - Died in Iuka, Miss, Feb. 13, 1924
At four o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1924, after a lingering illness the subject of this tribute, Mrs. Mattie Clayton Allen of Iuka, Miss., was summoned by the death angle [sic] to Pisgah's heights, not only to look over, but to pass over to the beautiful beyond, the land of promise to all who have loved and served the Master as she has long done. The writer was not privileged to be at the bedside of this good woman during her sickness or passing away, but her resignation and words of comfort, as told by her children and other loved ones, assured us- her friends who knew her best - that she was as our beloved late President Woodrow Wilson said of himself "ready for the charge". Mrs. Allen was the daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. R. B. Clayton, pioneer settlers of Mississippi, and contemporaries with quiet [sic] a few of our grandparents who pitched their tents in the 30's and 40's almost all of whom lived to a ripe old age, and did much for the uplift and betterment of their new state in those days and in the years that followed.
Col. and Mrs. Clayton did a large part in the building of the First Presbyterian Church, erected in Baldwyn, their hometown, of which Mrs. Allen, together with seven sisters and one brother, were members until they either moved away or were called to their reward. Although Mr. And Mrs. Allen moved to luka, Miss., more than thirty years ago, yet her love for the old home church was not lessened and she was a great up lift to us both spiritually and in a finantial [sic] way. In her younger days the walls of the church, and alike the drawing room echoes with the melodies of her voice, for but few possessed such gift of songs as she had or loved more to use it for her Masters glory than did she.
In the year 1866 she was married to Robert Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Allen, and to them were born eight children, three of whom, together with Mr. Allen, passed away twenty and more years ago.
The remaining five, three daughters and two sons, in time married congenial companions and they, together with twelve grandchildren and great grandchildren, three generations were permitted to be at her bedside during her illness and death and delighted to minister to her wants and to make her last days as free from pain as it was possible for human hearts and hands to do. A tribute well worthy of dutiful children to the loving Christian mother that she was.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hensforth [sic]: Yea sayeth the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. A Friend.
"The Baldwyn Home Journal"
Born June 6, 1841 - Died in Iuka, Miss, Feb. 13, 1924
At four o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1924, after a lingering illness the subject of this tribute, Mrs. Mattie Clayton Allen of Iuka, Miss., was summoned by the death angle [sic] to Pisgah's heights, not only to look over, but to pass over to the beautiful beyond, the land of promise to all who have loved and served the Master as she has long done. The writer was not privileged to be at the bedside of this good woman during her sickness or passing away, but her resignation and words of comfort, as told by her children and other loved ones, assured us- her friends who knew her best - that she was as our beloved late President Woodrow Wilson said of himself "ready for the charge". Mrs. Allen was the daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. R. B. Clayton, pioneer settlers of Mississippi, and contemporaries with quiet [sic] a few of our grandparents who pitched their tents in the 30's and 40's almost all of whom lived to a ripe old age, and did much for the uplift and betterment of their new state in those days and in the years that followed.
Col. and Mrs. Clayton did a large part in the building of the First Presbyterian Church, erected in Baldwyn, their hometown, of which Mrs. Allen, together with seven sisters and one brother, were members until they either moved away or were called to their reward. Although Mr. And Mrs. Allen moved to luka, Miss., more than thirty years ago, yet her love for the old home church was not lessened and she was a great up lift to us both spiritually and in a finantial [sic] way. In her younger days the walls of the church, and alike the drawing room echoes with the melodies of her voice, for but few possessed such gift of songs as she had or loved more to use it for her Masters glory than did she.
In the year 1866 she was married to Robert Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Allen, and to them were born eight children, three of whom, together with Mr. Allen, passed away twenty and more years ago.
The remaining five, three daughters and two sons, in time married congenial companions and they, together with twelve grandchildren and great grandchildren, three generations were permitted to be at her bedside during her illness and death and delighted to minister to her wants and to make her last days as free from pain as it was possible for human hearts and hands to do. A tribute well worthy of dutiful children to the loving Christian mother that she was.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hensforth [sic]: Yea sayeth the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. A Friend.
Born June 6, 1841 - Died in Iuka, Miss, Feb. 13, 1924
At four o'clock on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1924, after a lingering illness the subject of this tribute, Mrs. Mattie Clayton Allen of Iuka, Miss., was summoned by the death angle [sic] to Pisgah's heights, not only to look over, but to pass over to the beautiful beyond, the land of promise to all who have loved and served the Master as she has long done. The writer was not privileged to be at the bedside of this good woman during her sickness or passing away, but her resignation and words of comfort, as told by her children and other loved ones, assured us- her friends who knew her best - that she was as our beloved late President Woodrow Wilson said of himself "ready for the charge". Mrs. Allen was the daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. R. B. Clayton, pioneer settlers of Mississippi, and contemporaries with quiet [sic] a few of our grandparents who pitched their tents in the 30's and 40's almost all of whom lived to a ripe old age, and did much for the uplift and betterment of their new state in those days and in the years that followed.
Col. and Mrs. Clayton did a large part in the building of the First Presbyterian Church, erected in Baldwyn, their hometown, of which Mrs. Allen, together with seven sisters and one brother, were members until they either moved away or were called to their reward. Although Mr. And Mrs. Allen moved to luka, Miss., more than thirty years ago, yet her love for the old home church was not lessened and she was a great up lift to us both spiritually and in a finantial [sic] way. In her younger days the walls of the church, and alike the drawing room echoes with the melodies of her voice, for but few possessed such gift of songs as she had or loved more to use it for her Masters glory than did she.
In the year 1866 she was married to Robert Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Allen, and to them were born eight children, three of whom, together with Mr. Allen, passed away twenty and more years ago.
The remaining five, three daughters and two sons, in time married congenial companions and they, together with twelve grandchildren and great grandchildren, three generations were permitted to be at her bedside during her illness and death and delighted to minister to her wants and to make her last days as free from pain as it was possible for human hearts and hands to do. A tribute well worthy of dutiful children to the loving Christian mother that she was.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hensforth [sic]: Yea sayeth the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them. A Friend.
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