Married John Wesley Allee Feb. 20, 1880 in Parke County, Indiana.
The following is quoted from page 540 of "The Newlin Family: Ancestors and Descendants of John and Mary Pyle Newlin" (1965) by Dr. Algie I. Newlin:
Classified by life span, Mary Emily (Newlin) Allee stands first in the tremendous line of the known descendants of Nicholas and Elizabeth Paggott Newlin. Born 17-XII-1856 she lived to 20-V-1962--one hundred and five years, five months and three days. Her birth was in the last year of the administration of President Pierce; her death came in the second year of President Kennedy's term. Her life span covered a period in which twenty-three Presidents moved in or out of the White House--nearly two-thirds of all the Presidents.
Eleven years of her life overlapped with that of her great-grandfather, Nathaniel Newlin, who lived within five months of the century mark. He and his family reached Indiana in 1826 and helped to establish the Friends meeting which meant so much to Mary Newlin Allee, who from birth was a member of that meeting. She had a definite sense of family history. For more than seventy years she was secretary of the Bloomingdale Newlin Reunion. She greatly prized a crystal packed white quartz stone which Harvey Newlin found on the North Carolina farm on which her great-grandfather was born.
Mary Newlin Allee taught for four years in the public schools of Indiana, before her marriage to John Wesley Allee.
Her friends were always attracted to her by her warm friendliness, radiant smile and live sense of humor. The author and his wife visited her when she was 103 years of age. During the conversation she had a very obvious lapse of memory which she quickly recognized with a slight show of frustration; then as her captivating smile and lively sense of humor came back she said, "Eva, when Algie gets old thee will have to be very patient with him; he will get confused."
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In the introduction to his book, Dr. Newlin mentions those who had compiled manuscripts on the Newlin genealogy prior to his research, and Mary Allee was among them, having written a manuscript when she was 53, barely past the midpoint in her long life.
The following is Mrs. Allee's obituary from a local newspaper:
Mary E. Allee Dies at Age 105 Years
Rites Tuesday for County's Oldest Citizen
Mrs. Mary E. Newlin Allee, Parke county's oldest citizens, died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday morning in the Bishop nursing home, Bloomingdale. She was 105 years old.
Mrs. Allee, a life long resident of Parke county, was born Dec. 17, 1856, northwest of Annapolis in Penn township. She attended Bloomingdale Academy and taught school for several years prior to her marriage.
Her husband, John Wesley Allee, died in 1932. Mrs. Allee, a devout Quaker, was a birthright member of the Bloomingdale Friends church and was active in church affairs until four years ago. She was also secretary of the Newlin family reunion for many years.
In her letters to intimate friends, Mrs. Allee retained the traditional Quaker usage of "thee" and "thou." Until recently she sewed and read a great deal. She remained mentally alert and kept her hearing and eyesight to a remarkable degree.
Two of her five sons, Hermon and Foster, both of Bloomingdale, survive; also 11 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Butler funeral home where friends called. Funeral services were held at the Bloomingdale Friends church. Friends ministers, Sarah Rayl, Norman MacGregor and Earl Cox officiated and burial was in Bloomingdale cemetery.
The body was removed to the church an hour prior to the services.
The following is another article from an unknown newspaper about Mrs. Allee:
By W.B. Hargrave
Practically all my life I have known Mary Allee and I shall always remember her as one of the finest persons it has been my privilege to know. I knew of her first thru her sons, Hermon and Foster, whom I knew as a boy driving to Bloomingdale in a horse and buggy to get the Indianapolis News. I also knew her father, Exum Newlin, who used to write items for this paper from Bloomingdale, signed O.R. (Old Reliable). He used Sabbath, First Day, etc., for the days of the week. Her son Walter was my teacher in the 8th grade.
As I have often written, I have a fondness in my heart for Quakers, and a deep respect. This is due in large part to my acquaintance with Mary Allee with whom I had many, many long and pleasant talks. I recall particularly the open house held in honor of her 100th birthday. I have mentioned before that she and my father were both born in 1856--Dad in August and Mrs. Allee in December. As they passed their century mark, it was only too apparent that she possessed a far more rugged constitution than Dad, who passed on at 101.
Shortly after the death of her daughter-in-law, with whom she lived, it was necessary that she go into a nursing home. As a "gray lady" Mrs. Hargrave visits the nursing home each week and, of course, always enjoyed a chat with Mrs. Allee, each calling the other a "beautiful lady." It was just three weeks ago that I last talked to her. When Mrs. Hargrave told her I was there, she said, "Oh, the editor. Come here and let me shake your hand. Your paper has been in our home ever since I was a little girl."
One cannot regret the passing of a person who has lived 105 years but I shall revere her memory, because for me she was the finest Quaker of them all.
The following is quoted from page 540 of "The Newlin Family: Ancestors and Descendants of John and Mary Pyle Newlin" (1965) by Dr. Algie I. Newlin:
Classified by life span, Mary Emily (Newlin) Allee stands first in the tremendous line of the known descendants of Nicholas and Elizabeth Paggott Newlin. Born 17-XII-1856 she lived to 20-V-1962--one hundred and five years, five months and three days. Her birth was in the last year of the administration of President Pierce; her death came in the second year of President Kennedy's term. Her life span covered a period in which twenty-three Presidents moved in or out of the White House--nearly two-thirds of all the Presidents.
Eleven years of her life overlapped with that of her great-grandfather, Nathaniel Newlin, who lived within five months of the century mark. He and his family reached Indiana in 1826 and helped to establish the Friends meeting which meant so much to Mary Newlin Allee, who from birth was a member of that meeting. She had a definite sense of family history. For more than seventy years she was secretary of the Bloomingdale Newlin Reunion. She greatly prized a crystal packed white quartz stone which Harvey Newlin found on the North Carolina farm on which her great-grandfather was born.
Mary Newlin Allee taught for four years in the public schools of Indiana, before her marriage to John Wesley Allee.
Her friends were always attracted to her by her warm friendliness, radiant smile and live sense of humor. The author and his wife visited her when she was 103 years of age. During the conversation she had a very obvious lapse of memory which she quickly recognized with a slight show of frustration; then as her captivating smile and lively sense of humor came back she said, "Eva, when Algie gets old thee will have to be very patient with him; he will get confused."
*******************************
In the introduction to his book, Dr. Newlin mentions those who had compiled manuscripts on the Newlin genealogy prior to his research, and Mary Allee was among them, having written a manuscript when she was 53, barely past the midpoint in her long life.
The following is Mrs. Allee's obituary from a local newspaper:
Mary E. Allee Dies at Age 105 Years
Rites Tuesday for County's Oldest Citizen
Mrs. Mary E. Newlin Allee, Parke county's oldest citizens, died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday morning in the Bishop nursing home, Bloomingdale. She was 105 years old.
Mrs. Allee, a life long resident of Parke county, was born Dec. 17, 1856, northwest of Annapolis in Penn township. She attended Bloomingdale Academy and taught school for several years prior to her marriage.
Her husband, John Wesley Allee, died in 1932. Mrs. Allee, a devout Quaker, was a birthright member of the Bloomingdale Friends church and was active in church affairs until four years ago. She was also secretary of the Newlin family reunion for many years.
In her letters to intimate friends, Mrs. Allee retained the traditional Quaker usage of "thee" and "thou." Until recently she sewed and read a great deal. She remained mentally alert and kept her hearing and eyesight to a remarkable degree.
Two of her five sons, Hermon and Foster, both of Bloomingdale, survive; also 11 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Butler funeral home where friends called. Funeral services were held at the Bloomingdale Friends church. Friends ministers, Sarah Rayl, Norman MacGregor and Earl Cox officiated and burial was in Bloomingdale cemetery.
The body was removed to the church an hour prior to the services.
The following is another article from an unknown newspaper about Mrs. Allee:
By W.B. Hargrave
Practically all my life I have known Mary Allee and I shall always remember her as one of the finest persons it has been my privilege to know. I knew of her first thru her sons, Hermon and Foster, whom I knew as a boy driving to Bloomingdale in a horse and buggy to get the Indianapolis News. I also knew her father, Exum Newlin, who used to write items for this paper from Bloomingdale, signed O.R. (Old Reliable). He used Sabbath, First Day, etc., for the days of the week. Her son Walter was my teacher in the 8th grade.
As I have often written, I have a fondness in my heart for Quakers, and a deep respect. This is due in large part to my acquaintance with Mary Allee with whom I had many, many long and pleasant talks. I recall particularly the open house held in honor of her 100th birthday. I have mentioned before that she and my father were both born in 1856--Dad in August and Mrs. Allee in December. As they passed their century mark, it was only too apparent that she possessed a far more rugged constitution than Dad, who passed on at 101.
Shortly after the death of her daughter-in-law, with whom she lived, it was necessary that she go into a nursing home. As a "gray lady" Mrs. Hargrave visits the nursing home each week and, of course, always enjoyed a chat with Mrs. Allee, each calling the other a "beautiful lady." It was just three weeks ago that I last talked to her. When Mrs. Hargrave told her I was there, she said, "Oh, the editor. Come here and let me shake your hand. Your paper has been in our home ever since I was a little girl."
One cannot regret the passing of a person who has lived 105 years but I shall revere her memory, because for me she was the finest Quaker of them all.
Married John Wesley Allee Feb. 20, 1880 in Parke County, Indiana.
The following is quoted from page 540 of "The Newlin Family: Ancestors and Descendants of John and Mary Pyle Newlin" (1965) by Dr. Algie I. Newlin:
Classified by life span, Mary Emily (Newlin) Allee stands first in the tremendous line of the known descendants of Nicholas and Elizabeth Paggott Newlin. Born 17-XII-1856 she lived to 20-V-1962--one hundred and five years, five months and three days. Her birth was in the last year of the administration of President Pierce; her death came in the second year of President Kennedy's term. Her life span covered a period in which twenty-three Presidents moved in or out of the White House--nearly two-thirds of all the Presidents.
Eleven years of her life overlapped with that of her great-grandfather, Nathaniel Newlin, who lived within five months of the century mark. He and his family reached Indiana in 1826 and helped to establish the Friends meeting which meant so much to Mary Newlin Allee, who from birth was a member of that meeting. She had a definite sense of family history. For more than seventy years she was secretary of the Bloomingdale Newlin Reunion. She greatly prized a crystal packed white quartz stone which Harvey Newlin found on the North Carolina farm on which her great-grandfather was born.
Mary Newlin Allee taught for four years in the public schools of Indiana, before her marriage to John Wesley Allee.
Her friends were always attracted to her by her warm friendliness, radiant smile and live sense of humor. The author and his wife visited her when she was 103 years of age. During the conversation she had a very obvious lapse of memory which she quickly recognized with a slight show of frustration; then as her captivating smile and lively sense of humor came back she said, "Eva, when Algie gets old thee will have to be very patient with him; he will get confused."
*******************************
In the introduction to his book, Dr. Newlin mentions those who had compiled manuscripts on the Newlin genealogy prior to his research, and Mary Allee was among them, having written a manuscript when she was 53, barely past the midpoint in her long life.
The following is Mrs. Allee's obituary from a local newspaper:
Mary E. Allee Dies at Age 105 Years
Rites Tuesday for County's Oldest Citizen
Mrs. Mary E. Newlin Allee, Parke county's oldest citizens, died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday morning in the Bishop nursing home, Bloomingdale. She was 105 years old.
Mrs. Allee, a life long resident of Parke county, was born Dec. 17, 1856, northwest of Annapolis in Penn township. She attended Bloomingdale Academy and taught school for several years prior to her marriage.
Her husband, John Wesley Allee, died in 1932. Mrs. Allee, a devout Quaker, was a birthright member of the Bloomingdale Friends church and was active in church affairs until four years ago. She was also secretary of the Newlin family reunion for many years.
In her letters to intimate friends, Mrs. Allee retained the traditional Quaker usage of "thee" and "thou." Until recently she sewed and read a great deal. She remained mentally alert and kept her hearing and eyesight to a remarkable degree.
Two of her five sons, Hermon and Foster, both of Bloomingdale, survive; also 11 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Butler funeral home where friends called. Funeral services were held at the Bloomingdale Friends church. Friends ministers, Sarah Rayl, Norman MacGregor and Earl Cox officiated and burial was in Bloomingdale cemetery.
The body was removed to the church an hour prior to the services.
The following is another article from an unknown newspaper about Mrs. Allee:
By W.B. Hargrave
Practically all my life I have known Mary Allee and I shall always remember her as one of the finest persons it has been my privilege to know. I knew of her first thru her sons, Hermon and Foster, whom I knew as a boy driving to Bloomingdale in a horse and buggy to get the Indianapolis News. I also knew her father, Exum Newlin, who used to write items for this paper from Bloomingdale, signed O.R. (Old Reliable). He used Sabbath, First Day, etc., for the days of the week. Her son Walter was my teacher in the 8th grade.
As I have often written, I have a fondness in my heart for Quakers, and a deep respect. This is due in large part to my acquaintance with Mary Allee with whom I had many, many long and pleasant talks. I recall particularly the open house held in honor of her 100th birthday. I have mentioned before that she and my father were both born in 1856--Dad in August and Mrs. Allee in December. As they passed their century mark, it was only too apparent that she possessed a far more rugged constitution than Dad, who passed on at 101.
Shortly after the death of her daughter-in-law, with whom she lived, it was necessary that she go into a nursing home. As a "gray lady" Mrs. Hargrave visits the nursing home each week and, of course, always enjoyed a chat with Mrs. Allee, each calling the other a "beautiful lady." It was just three weeks ago that I last talked to her. When Mrs. Hargrave told her I was there, she said, "Oh, the editor. Come here and let me shake your hand. Your paper has been in our home ever since I was a little girl."
One cannot regret the passing of a person who has lived 105 years but I shall revere her memory, because for me she was the finest Quaker of them all.
The following is quoted from page 540 of "The Newlin Family: Ancestors and Descendants of John and Mary Pyle Newlin" (1965) by Dr. Algie I. Newlin:
Classified by life span, Mary Emily (Newlin) Allee stands first in the tremendous line of the known descendants of Nicholas and Elizabeth Paggott Newlin. Born 17-XII-1856 she lived to 20-V-1962--one hundred and five years, five months and three days. Her birth was in the last year of the administration of President Pierce; her death came in the second year of President Kennedy's term. Her life span covered a period in which twenty-three Presidents moved in or out of the White House--nearly two-thirds of all the Presidents.
Eleven years of her life overlapped with that of her great-grandfather, Nathaniel Newlin, who lived within five months of the century mark. He and his family reached Indiana in 1826 and helped to establish the Friends meeting which meant so much to Mary Newlin Allee, who from birth was a member of that meeting. She had a definite sense of family history. For more than seventy years she was secretary of the Bloomingdale Newlin Reunion. She greatly prized a crystal packed white quartz stone which Harvey Newlin found on the North Carolina farm on which her great-grandfather was born.
Mary Newlin Allee taught for four years in the public schools of Indiana, before her marriage to John Wesley Allee.
Her friends were always attracted to her by her warm friendliness, radiant smile and live sense of humor. The author and his wife visited her when she was 103 years of age. During the conversation she had a very obvious lapse of memory which she quickly recognized with a slight show of frustration; then as her captivating smile and lively sense of humor came back she said, "Eva, when Algie gets old thee will have to be very patient with him; he will get confused."
*******************************
In the introduction to his book, Dr. Newlin mentions those who had compiled manuscripts on the Newlin genealogy prior to his research, and Mary Allee was among them, having written a manuscript when she was 53, barely past the midpoint in her long life.
The following is Mrs. Allee's obituary from a local newspaper:
Mary E. Allee Dies at Age 105 Years
Rites Tuesday for County's Oldest Citizen
Mrs. Mary E. Newlin Allee, Parke county's oldest citizens, died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday morning in the Bishop nursing home, Bloomingdale. She was 105 years old.
Mrs. Allee, a life long resident of Parke county, was born Dec. 17, 1856, northwest of Annapolis in Penn township. She attended Bloomingdale Academy and taught school for several years prior to her marriage.
Her husband, John Wesley Allee, died in 1932. Mrs. Allee, a devout Quaker, was a birthright member of the Bloomingdale Friends church and was active in church affairs until four years ago. She was also secretary of the Newlin family reunion for many years.
In her letters to intimate friends, Mrs. Allee retained the traditional Quaker usage of "thee" and "thou." Until recently she sewed and read a great deal. She remained mentally alert and kept her hearing and eyesight to a remarkable degree.
Two of her five sons, Hermon and Foster, both of Bloomingdale, survive; also 11 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Butler funeral home where friends called. Funeral services were held at the Bloomingdale Friends church. Friends ministers, Sarah Rayl, Norman MacGregor and Earl Cox officiated and burial was in Bloomingdale cemetery.
The body was removed to the church an hour prior to the services.
The following is another article from an unknown newspaper about Mrs. Allee:
By W.B. Hargrave
Practically all my life I have known Mary Allee and I shall always remember her as one of the finest persons it has been my privilege to know. I knew of her first thru her sons, Hermon and Foster, whom I knew as a boy driving to Bloomingdale in a horse and buggy to get the Indianapolis News. I also knew her father, Exum Newlin, who used to write items for this paper from Bloomingdale, signed O.R. (Old Reliable). He used Sabbath, First Day, etc., for the days of the week. Her son Walter was my teacher in the 8th grade.
As I have often written, I have a fondness in my heart for Quakers, and a deep respect. This is due in large part to my acquaintance with Mary Allee with whom I had many, many long and pleasant talks. I recall particularly the open house held in honor of her 100th birthday. I have mentioned before that she and my father were both born in 1856--Dad in August and Mrs. Allee in December. As they passed their century mark, it was only too apparent that she possessed a far more rugged constitution than Dad, who passed on at 101.
Shortly after the death of her daughter-in-law, with whom she lived, it was necessary that she go into a nursing home. As a "gray lady" Mrs. Hargrave visits the nursing home each week and, of course, always enjoyed a chat with Mrs. Allee, each calling the other a "beautiful lady." It was just three weeks ago that I last talked to her. When Mrs. Hargrave told her I was there, she said, "Oh, the editor. Come here and let me shake your hand. Your paper has been in our home ever since I was a little girl."
One cannot regret the passing of a person who has lived 105 years but I shall revere her memory, because for me she was the finest Quaker of them all.
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