November 20, 1889 North Vernon Sun
Susan L. Alley, aged 92 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, Friday morning. The remains were interred in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.. Mrs. Alley was one of our oldest citizens and highly respected by everybody.
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December 4, 1889 North Vernon Sun
SUSAN ALLEY
Grandma Alley was indeed a striking monument of the past. Born in 1797, during the administration of Washington, united in marriage to Amos Alley in 1814 during our last struggle with Great Britain. Her active young married life had passed ere this generation had appeared on the stage of Time. Her early days are of the pioneer era. She witnessed the descent of the first steamboat down the Ohio, which was one of the events of early days. Her father emigrated from New Jersey to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804, and settled in the native forest, and grandma remembered well seeing her father shoot a deer from his cabin door. One of his fellow pioneers was the noted Methodist preacher, the Rev. John Collins. One of her classmates in the log cabin schools of that early day was the lamented Roper noted for his piety and for his eloquence in the pulpit. She heard "Sehon" preach in his eighteenth year. She has listened to the erratic, but devout Lorenzo Dow. She often drank in the eloquence of that matchless pulpit orator, John Newland Moffit. Her friends have been the most worthy and noted in Ohio. Some of them are of worldwide fame, and many are of National fame. I will mention Judge Salmon P. Chase, known to all soldiers as "Old Greenbacks." He was one of the true Anti Slavery men in the old days. Calib Atwater, who wrote the history of Ohio, and was Gen. Harrison's Indian interpreter during the war with England, and was at the victory of the Thames where Tecumseh fell. Rev. John Blanchard the great debater, and Prof. Fairchild, of Oberlin college. But I might name a great many more from Oberlin college, for Grandma's house was the center of attraction fifty years ago to the professors and students of Oberlin. The fact is the anti-slavery people of that day were glad to meet, and made each other welcome, as they were not overly numerous in that pro-slavery age. She was well aquainted with Senator Morris, noted for his spirited reply to Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate. She knew the Hon. Bellamy Storrer from his boyhood up, and she knew Judge Laffin. One of her early friends and neighbors, was the benevolent and good John Whetstone. I might mention many that she made business acquaintances, as the Longworths, Burnetts, the Corneals and others. But the truth is grandma knew most of the people in Cincinnati of years ago, for the Queen City was small when she moved there from old Clermont in 1817.
Grandma moved to Jennings county in 1843. She gave one son to the Union army. I mean Sargent Theodore S. Alley, as brave a soldier as ever carried musket, or drew sword in any field. Grandma had two grandsons in the glorious Army of the Union, two gentlemen now well known in this city-Fred and Frank Evans. Grandma left one son who has had a rather remarkable career. At nineteen he was publishing a newspaper-The Phillantropist-at Cincinnati, which made repeated upheavels in the pro-slavery camps. Twice they destroyed his press; the last time they threw it into the Ohio river, but Phoenix-like it rose from its ashes, to preach for the downtrodden slave. They also destroyed his mercantile house as far as externals, but his friends rallied and drove them to their dens. I mention these things to show kind of stuff Grandma's sons are made of. The gentleman being referred to is Samuel A. Alley. He now resides in the adjoining county of Ripley. Grandma and her friends were among the marked and foremost of the anti-slavery times. God bless her. She is safe among the angels, and may we be counted worthy to join her in that happy land.
She had been blessed with four sons and four daughters, a host of grand- children, and great grand children, and even great great grand children. Three daughters have entered the pearly gates. One daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, survives, and with her grandma for many years had made her home. Grandma was a member of the Presbyterian church. The last words she uttered were "glory, glory," so her daughter, Mrs. Evans, who was tenderly watching her informs me, and with these cheering words of triumph she entered the dark river of death. J.
Susan L. Alley, aged 92 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, Friday morning. The remains were interred in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.. Mrs. Alley was one of our oldest citizens and highly respected by everybody.
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December 4, 1889 North Vernon Sun
SUSAN ALLEY
Grandma Alley was indeed a striking monument of the past. Born in 1797, during the administration of Washington, united in marriage to Amos Alley in 1814 during our last struggle with Great Britain. Her active young married life had passed ere this generation had appeared on the stage of Time. Her early days are of the pioneer era. She witnessed the descent of the first steamboat down the Ohio, which was one of the events of early days. Her father emigrated from New Jersey to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804, and settled in the native forest, and grandma remembered well seeing her father shoot a deer from his cabin door. One of his fellow pioneers was the noted Methodist preacher, the Rev. John Collins. One of her classmates in the log cabin schools of that early day was the lamented Roper noted for his piety and for his eloquence in the pulpit. She heard "Sehon" preach in his eighteenth year. She has listened to the erratic, but devout Lorenzo Dow. She often drank in the eloquence of that matchless pulpit orator, John Newland Moffit. Her friends have been the most worthy and noted in Ohio. Some of them are of worldwide fame, and many are of National fame. I will mention Judge Salmon P. Chase, known to all soldiers as "Old Greenbacks." He was one of the true Anti Slavery men in the old days. Calib Atwater, who wrote the history of Ohio, and was Gen. Harrison's Indian interpreter during the war with England, and was at the victory of the Thames where Tecumseh fell. Rev. John Blanchard the great debater, and Prof. Fairchild, of Oberlin college. But I might name a great many more from Oberlin college, for Grandma's house was the center of attraction fifty years ago to the professors and students of Oberlin. The fact is the anti-slavery people of that day were glad to meet, and made each other welcome, as they were not overly numerous in that pro-slavery age. She was well aquainted with Senator Morris, noted for his spirited reply to Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate. She knew the Hon. Bellamy Storrer from his boyhood up, and she knew Judge Laffin. One of her early friends and neighbors, was the benevolent and good John Whetstone. I might mention many that she made business acquaintances, as the Longworths, Burnetts, the Corneals and others. But the truth is grandma knew most of the people in Cincinnati of years ago, for the Queen City was small when she moved there from old Clermont in 1817.
Grandma moved to Jennings county in 1843. She gave one son to the Union army. I mean Sargent Theodore S. Alley, as brave a soldier as ever carried musket, or drew sword in any field. Grandma had two grandsons in the glorious Army of the Union, two gentlemen now well known in this city-Fred and Frank Evans. Grandma left one son who has had a rather remarkable career. At nineteen he was publishing a newspaper-The Phillantropist-at Cincinnati, which made repeated upheavels in the pro-slavery camps. Twice they destroyed his press; the last time they threw it into the Ohio river, but Phoenix-like it rose from its ashes, to preach for the downtrodden slave. They also destroyed his mercantile house as far as externals, but his friends rallied and drove them to their dens. I mention these things to show kind of stuff Grandma's sons are made of. The gentleman being referred to is Samuel A. Alley. He now resides in the adjoining county of Ripley. Grandma and her friends were among the marked and foremost of the anti-slavery times. God bless her. She is safe among the angels, and may we be counted worthy to join her in that happy land.
She had been blessed with four sons and four daughters, a host of grand- children, and great grand children, and even great great grand children. Three daughters have entered the pearly gates. One daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, survives, and with her grandma for many years had made her home. Grandma was a member of the Presbyterian church. The last words she uttered were "glory, glory," so her daughter, Mrs. Evans, who was tenderly watching her informs me, and with these cheering words of triumph she entered the dark river of death. J.
November 20, 1889 North Vernon Sun
Susan L. Alley, aged 92 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, Friday morning. The remains were interred in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.. Mrs. Alley was one of our oldest citizens and highly respected by everybody.
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December 4, 1889 North Vernon Sun
SUSAN ALLEY
Grandma Alley was indeed a striking monument of the past. Born in 1797, during the administration of Washington, united in marriage to Amos Alley in 1814 during our last struggle with Great Britain. Her active young married life had passed ere this generation had appeared on the stage of Time. Her early days are of the pioneer era. She witnessed the descent of the first steamboat down the Ohio, which was one of the events of early days. Her father emigrated from New Jersey to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804, and settled in the native forest, and grandma remembered well seeing her father shoot a deer from his cabin door. One of his fellow pioneers was the noted Methodist preacher, the Rev. John Collins. One of her classmates in the log cabin schools of that early day was the lamented Roper noted for his piety and for his eloquence in the pulpit. She heard "Sehon" preach in his eighteenth year. She has listened to the erratic, but devout Lorenzo Dow. She often drank in the eloquence of that matchless pulpit orator, John Newland Moffit. Her friends have been the most worthy and noted in Ohio. Some of them are of worldwide fame, and many are of National fame. I will mention Judge Salmon P. Chase, known to all soldiers as "Old Greenbacks." He was one of the true Anti Slavery men in the old days. Calib Atwater, who wrote the history of Ohio, and was Gen. Harrison's Indian interpreter during the war with England, and was at the victory of the Thames where Tecumseh fell. Rev. John Blanchard the great debater, and Prof. Fairchild, of Oberlin college. But I might name a great many more from Oberlin college, for Grandma's house was the center of attraction fifty years ago to the professors and students of Oberlin. The fact is the anti-slavery people of that day were glad to meet, and made each other welcome, as they were not overly numerous in that pro-slavery age. She was well aquainted with Senator Morris, noted for his spirited reply to Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate. She knew the Hon. Bellamy Storrer from his boyhood up, and she knew Judge Laffin. One of her early friends and neighbors, was the benevolent and good John Whetstone. I might mention many that she made business acquaintances, as the Longworths, Burnetts, the Corneals and others. But the truth is grandma knew most of the people in Cincinnati of years ago, for the Queen City was small when she moved there from old Clermont in 1817.
Grandma moved to Jennings county in 1843. She gave one son to the Union army. I mean Sargent Theodore S. Alley, as brave a soldier as ever carried musket, or drew sword in any field. Grandma had two grandsons in the glorious Army of the Union, two gentlemen now well known in this city-Fred and Frank Evans. Grandma left one son who has had a rather remarkable career. At nineteen he was publishing a newspaper-The Phillantropist-at Cincinnati, which made repeated upheavels in the pro-slavery camps. Twice they destroyed his press; the last time they threw it into the Ohio river, but Phoenix-like it rose from its ashes, to preach for the downtrodden slave. They also destroyed his mercantile house as far as externals, but his friends rallied and drove them to their dens. I mention these things to show kind of stuff Grandma's sons are made of. The gentleman being referred to is Samuel A. Alley. He now resides in the adjoining county of Ripley. Grandma and her friends were among the marked and foremost of the anti-slavery times. God bless her. She is safe among the angels, and may we be counted worthy to join her in that happy land.
She had been blessed with four sons and four daughters, a host of grand- children, and great grand children, and even great great grand children. Three daughters have entered the pearly gates. One daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, survives, and with her grandma for many years had made her home. Grandma was a member of the Presbyterian church. The last words she uttered were "glory, glory," so her daughter, Mrs. Evans, who was tenderly watching her informs me, and with these cheering words of triumph she entered the dark river of death. J.
Susan L. Alley, aged 92 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, Friday morning. The remains were interred in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.. Mrs. Alley was one of our oldest citizens and highly respected by everybody.
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December 4, 1889 North Vernon Sun
SUSAN ALLEY
Grandma Alley was indeed a striking monument of the past. Born in 1797, during the administration of Washington, united in marriage to Amos Alley in 1814 during our last struggle with Great Britain. Her active young married life had passed ere this generation had appeared on the stage of Time. Her early days are of the pioneer era. She witnessed the descent of the first steamboat down the Ohio, which was one of the events of early days. Her father emigrated from New Jersey to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804, and settled in the native forest, and grandma remembered well seeing her father shoot a deer from his cabin door. One of his fellow pioneers was the noted Methodist preacher, the Rev. John Collins. One of her classmates in the log cabin schools of that early day was the lamented Roper noted for his piety and for his eloquence in the pulpit. She heard "Sehon" preach in his eighteenth year. She has listened to the erratic, but devout Lorenzo Dow. She often drank in the eloquence of that matchless pulpit orator, John Newland Moffit. Her friends have been the most worthy and noted in Ohio. Some of them are of worldwide fame, and many are of National fame. I will mention Judge Salmon P. Chase, known to all soldiers as "Old Greenbacks." He was one of the true Anti Slavery men in the old days. Calib Atwater, who wrote the history of Ohio, and was Gen. Harrison's Indian interpreter during the war with England, and was at the victory of the Thames where Tecumseh fell. Rev. John Blanchard the great debater, and Prof. Fairchild, of Oberlin college. But I might name a great many more from Oberlin college, for Grandma's house was the center of attraction fifty years ago to the professors and students of Oberlin. The fact is the anti-slavery people of that day were glad to meet, and made each other welcome, as they were not overly numerous in that pro-slavery age. She was well aquainted with Senator Morris, noted for his spirited reply to Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate. She knew the Hon. Bellamy Storrer from his boyhood up, and she knew Judge Laffin. One of her early friends and neighbors, was the benevolent and good John Whetstone. I might mention many that she made business acquaintances, as the Longworths, Burnetts, the Corneals and others. But the truth is grandma knew most of the people in Cincinnati of years ago, for the Queen City was small when she moved there from old Clermont in 1817.
Grandma moved to Jennings county in 1843. She gave one son to the Union army. I mean Sargent Theodore S. Alley, as brave a soldier as ever carried musket, or drew sword in any field. Grandma had two grandsons in the glorious Army of the Union, two gentlemen now well known in this city-Fred and Frank Evans. Grandma left one son who has had a rather remarkable career. At nineteen he was publishing a newspaper-The Phillantropist-at Cincinnati, which made repeated upheavels in the pro-slavery camps. Twice they destroyed his press; the last time they threw it into the Ohio river, but Phoenix-like it rose from its ashes, to preach for the downtrodden slave. They also destroyed his mercantile house as far as externals, but his friends rallied and drove them to their dens. I mention these things to show kind of stuff Grandma's sons are made of. The gentleman being referred to is Samuel A. Alley. He now resides in the adjoining county of Ripley. Grandma and her friends were among the marked and foremost of the anti-slavery times. God bless her. She is safe among the angels, and may we be counted worthy to join her in that happy land.
She had been blessed with four sons and four daughters, a host of grand- children, and great grand children, and even great great grand children. Three daughters have entered the pearly gates. One daughter, Mrs. W.D. Evans, survives, and with her grandma for many years had made her home. Grandma was a member of the Presbyterian church. The last words she uttered were "glory, glory," so her daughter, Mrs. Evans, who was tenderly watching her informs me, and with these cheering words of triumph she entered the dark river of death. J.
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