ALLEN, JENNIE REBECCA — In the early morning hours of October 4, death again visited our community, calling at the home of Mrs. I. E. Allen. She had been in her usual state of health and had enjoyed company the evening before. During the night the summons came suddenly and unexpectedly, but the messenger found her ready to go. She had lived a full and complete life. A few weeks ago with nearly all her large family about her, she celebrated her ninetieth birthday.
The funeral will be at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the charge of Rev. W. H. Shoaf.
Jennie Rebecca, daughter of James and Martha Simpson, Brown, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1847.
When she was a little girl of six years, the Brown family joined the westward trekking throng which was then filling up the Middle West, breaking up the prairie lands and making new homes. After spending one year in Wisconsin, they moved on into Iowa, and settled in Muscatine county, where for many years the Browns were known as pioneers.
On March 12, 1868, then a girl of twenty, she was joined in marriage with Lieutenant Isaac E. Allen, lately discharged from the Union Army after five years of service in the preservation of his country.
In the fall of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Allen, with two small children and all their worldly possessions packed in a covered wagon, again moved westward. After a journey lasting six weeks, which now could be made in two days or less, they came to Nebraska. They took up a homestead in Hamilton precinct, Fillmore county, where they lived for about thirty years. In 1900 they retired from the farm, moving to Geneva where they have resided ever since, and where Mr. Allen passed away December 2, 1910.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, two of whom died in infancy, and one son, Merton D., who passed away in 1932. Those who survive Mrs. Allen are Miss Emma Allen of Geneva, Mrs. John H. Andress of Sioux City, Ia., Mrs. Albert Kline of Geneva, E. J. Allen of Woodburn, Ore., Mrs. Glenn Coon of Omaha and Mrs. J. E. Ruzicka of Plainview. There are eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. One brother, Newton P. Brown, of Scheil City, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. F. K. Witmer of Des Moines, also survive.
In the early days in Nebraska Mrs. Allen knew the rigors of hard winters, drouths of summer, and the terrible grasshopper scourges. To her home on the prairie came the early day circuit rider, and there were held frequent but irregular religious services. When later a schoolhouse was built nearby, it became the meeting place for a church organization which served the neighborhood for many years. Later the Summit church was erected on the corner of the Allen farm, and the Allen home was always a social center for church gatherings, Sunday school picnics, and bees of various sorts. To the growing family, there was usually added a school teacher, and one or two hired men.
Through it all and over it all, Mrs. Allen presided with faithful devotion and capable hands. No contentions for eight-hour days ever disturbed the hum of busy activities. Men might know the limits of dawn-till-dark work hours, but for the housewife, toil often continued into the late hours.
Mrs. Allen was a friend of unusual merit. She unfailingly proved to be "the friend in need who is a friend indeed," ready to share a sorrow, to give advice when asked for, or to make plans for the happiness of others. In the days when neighborliness was paramount, she was often called to the house of sickness, or for ministries at the time of death. Of Christian virtues, of which she rarely spoke, she was a living exponent. Her patience was seemingly inexhaustible. Serenity of disposition was a marked characteristic in an unusual degree. Nothing ever seemed to disturb her calm; no circumstance ever arose to which she was not equal.
Her religious faith ran in channels smooth and deep, no noisy babbling brook affair. She was a member of the Methodist church from early girlhood til the day of her death, a period of over seventy years, and always faithful and true. Her Bible was ever near at hand, and it was her custom during her later leisure years to read from it daily, sometimes attempting the "Bible through in a year." She was a member of the Geneva Relief Corps, the Geneva Degree of Honor, the Methodist Woman's association, and the Missionary society, but from necessity not very active in later years.
Source: The Nebraska Signal, 1937.
The funeral will be at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the charge of Rev. W. H. Shoaf.
Jennie Rebecca, daughter of James and Martha Simpson, Brown, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1847.
When she was a little girl of six years, the Brown family joined the westward trekking throng which was then filling up the Middle West, breaking up the prairie lands and making new homes. After spending one year in Wisconsin, they moved on into Iowa, and settled in Muscatine county, where for many years the Browns were known as pioneers.
On March 12, 1868, then a girl of twenty, she was joined in marriage with Lieutenant Isaac E. Allen, lately discharged from the Union Army after five years of service in the preservation of his country.
In the fall of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Allen, with two small children and all their worldly possessions packed in a covered wagon, again moved westward. After a journey lasting six weeks, which now could be made in two days or less, they came to Nebraska. They took up a homestead in Hamilton precinct, Fillmore county, where they lived for about thirty years. In 1900 they retired from the farm, moving to Geneva where they have resided ever since, and where Mr. Allen passed away December 2, 1910.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, two of whom died in infancy, and one son, Merton D., who passed away in 1932. Those who survive Mrs. Allen are Miss Emma Allen of Geneva, Mrs. John H. Andress of Sioux City, Ia., Mrs. Albert Kline of Geneva, E. J. Allen of Woodburn, Ore., Mrs. Glenn Coon of Omaha and Mrs. J. E. Ruzicka of Plainview. There are eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. One brother, Newton P. Brown, of Scheil City, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. F. K. Witmer of Des Moines, also survive.
In the early days in Nebraska Mrs. Allen knew the rigors of hard winters, drouths of summer, and the terrible grasshopper scourges. To her home on the prairie came the early day circuit rider, and there were held frequent but irregular religious services. When later a schoolhouse was built nearby, it became the meeting place for a church organization which served the neighborhood for many years. Later the Summit church was erected on the corner of the Allen farm, and the Allen home was always a social center for church gatherings, Sunday school picnics, and bees of various sorts. To the growing family, there was usually added a school teacher, and one or two hired men.
Through it all and over it all, Mrs. Allen presided with faithful devotion and capable hands. No contentions for eight-hour days ever disturbed the hum of busy activities. Men might know the limits of dawn-till-dark work hours, but for the housewife, toil often continued into the late hours.
Mrs. Allen was a friend of unusual merit. She unfailingly proved to be "the friend in need who is a friend indeed," ready to share a sorrow, to give advice when asked for, or to make plans for the happiness of others. In the days when neighborliness was paramount, she was often called to the house of sickness, or for ministries at the time of death. Of Christian virtues, of which she rarely spoke, she was a living exponent. Her patience was seemingly inexhaustible. Serenity of disposition was a marked characteristic in an unusual degree. Nothing ever seemed to disturb her calm; no circumstance ever arose to which she was not equal.
Her religious faith ran in channels smooth and deep, no noisy babbling brook affair. She was a member of the Methodist church from early girlhood til the day of her death, a period of over seventy years, and always faithful and true. Her Bible was ever near at hand, and it was her custom during her later leisure years to read from it daily, sometimes attempting the "Bible through in a year." She was a member of the Geneva Relief Corps, the Geneva Degree of Honor, the Methodist Woman's association, and the Missionary society, but from necessity not very active in later years.
Source: The Nebraska Signal, 1937.
ALLEN, JENNIE REBECCA — In the early morning hours of October 4, death again visited our community, calling at the home of Mrs. I. E. Allen. She had been in her usual state of health and had enjoyed company the evening before. During the night the summons came suddenly and unexpectedly, but the messenger found her ready to go. She had lived a full and complete life. A few weeks ago with nearly all her large family about her, she celebrated her ninetieth birthday.
The funeral will be at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the charge of Rev. W. H. Shoaf.
Jennie Rebecca, daughter of James and Martha Simpson, Brown, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1847.
When she was a little girl of six years, the Brown family joined the westward trekking throng which was then filling up the Middle West, breaking up the prairie lands and making new homes. After spending one year in Wisconsin, they moved on into Iowa, and settled in Muscatine county, where for many years the Browns were known as pioneers.
On March 12, 1868, then a girl of twenty, she was joined in marriage with Lieutenant Isaac E. Allen, lately discharged from the Union Army after five years of service in the preservation of his country.
In the fall of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Allen, with two small children and all their worldly possessions packed in a covered wagon, again moved westward. After a journey lasting six weeks, which now could be made in two days or less, they came to Nebraska. They took up a homestead in Hamilton precinct, Fillmore county, where they lived for about thirty years. In 1900 they retired from the farm, moving to Geneva where they have resided ever since, and where Mr. Allen passed away December 2, 1910.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, two of whom died in infancy, and one son, Merton D., who passed away in 1932. Those who survive Mrs. Allen are Miss Emma Allen of Geneva, Mrs. John H. Andress of Sioux City, Ia., Mrs. Albert Kline of Geneva, E. J. Allen of Woodburn, Ore., Mrs. Glenn Coon of Omaha and Mrs. J. E. Ruzicka of Plainview. There are eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. One brother, Newton P. Brown, of Scheil City, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. F. K. Witmer of Des Moines, also survive.
In the early days in Nebraska Mrs. Allen knew the rigors of hard winters, drouths of summer, and the terrible grasshopper scourges. To her home on the prairie came the early day circuit rider, and there were held frequent but irregular religious services. When later a schoolhouse was built nearby, it became the meeting place for a church organization which served the neighborhood for many years. Later the Summit church was erected on the corner of the Allen farm, and the Allen home was always a social center for church gatherings, Sunday school picnics, and bees of various sorts. To the growing family, there was usually added a school teacher, and one or two hired men.
Through it all and over it all, Mrs. Allen presided with faithful devotion and capable hands. No contentions for eight-hour days ever disturbed the hum of busy activities. Men might know the limits of dawn-till-dark work hours, but for the housewife, toil often continued into the late hours.
Mrs. Allen was a friend of unusual merit. She unfailingly proved to be "the friend in need who is a friend indeed," ready to share a sorrow, to give advice when asked for, or to make plans for the happiness of others. In the days when neighborliness was paramount, she was often called to the house of sickness, or for ministries at the time of death. Of Christian virtues, of which she rarely spoke, she was a living exponent. Her patience was seemingly inexhaustible. Serenity of disposition was a marked characteristic in an unusual degree. Nothing ever seemed to disturb her calm; no circumstance ever arose to which she was not equal.
Her religious faith ran in channels smooth and deep, no noisy babbling brook affair. She was a member of the Methodist church from early girlhood til the day of her death, a period of over seventy years, and always faithful and true. Her Bible was ever near at hand, and it was her custom during her later leisure years to read from it daily, sometimes attempting the "Bible through in a year." She was a member of the Geneva Relief Corps, the Geneva Degree of Honor, the Methodist Woman's association, and the Missionary society, but from necessity not very active in later years.
Source: The Nebraska Signal, 1937.
The funeral will be at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the charge of Rev. W. H. Shoaf.
Jennie Rebecca, daughter of James and Martha Simpson, Brown, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1847.
When she was a little girl of six years, the Brown family joined the westward trekking throng which was then filling up the Middle West, breaking up the prairie lands and making new homes. After spending one year in Wisconsin, they moved on into Iowa, and settled in Muscatine county, where for many years the Browns were known as pioneers.
On March 12, 1868, then a girl of twenty, she was joined in marriage with Lieutenant Isaac E. Allen, lately discharged from the Union Army after five years of service in the preservation of his country.
In the fall of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Allen, with two small children and all their worldly possessions packed in a covered wagon, again moved westward. After a journey lasting six weeks, which now could be made in two days or less, they came to Nebraska. They took up a homestead in Hamilton precinct, Fillmore county, where they lived for about thirty years. In 1900 they retired from the farm, moving to Geneva where they have resided ever since, and where Mr. Allen passed away December 2, 1910.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, two of whom died in infancy, and one son, Merton D., who passed away in 1932. Those who survive Mrs. Allen are Miss Emma Allen of Geneva, Mrs. John H. Andress of Sioux City, Ia., Mrs. Albert Kline of Geneva, E. J. Allen of Woodburn, Ore., Mrs. Glenn Coon of Omaha and Mrs. J. E. Ruzicka of Plainview. There are eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. One brother, Newton P. Brown, of Scheil City, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. F. K. Witmer of Des Moines, also survive.
In the early days in Nebraska Mrs. Allen knew the rigors of hard winters, drouths of summer, and the terrible grasshopper scourges. To her home on the prairie came the early day circuit rider, and there were held frequent but irregular religious services. When later a schoolhouse was built nearby, it became the meeting place for a church organization which served the neighborhood for many years. Later the Summit church was erected on the corner of the Allen farm, and the Allen home was always a social center for church gatherings, Sunday school picnics, and bees of various sorts. To the growing family, there was usually added a school teacher, and one or two hired men.
Through it all and over it all, Mrs. Allen presided with faithful devotion and capable hands. No contentions for eight-hour days ever disturbed the hum of busy activities. Men might know the limits of dawn-till-dark work hours, but for the housewife, toil often continued into the late hours.
Mrs. Allen was a friend of unusual merit. She unfailingly proved to be "the friend in need who is a friend indeed," ready to share a sorrow, to give advice when asked for, or to make plans for the happiness of others. In the days when neighborliness was paramount, she was often called to the house of sickness, or for ministries at the time of death. Of Christian virtues, of which she rarely spoke, she was a living exponent. Her patience was seemingly inexhaustible. Serenity of disposition was a marked characteristic in an unusual degree. Nothing ever seemed to disturb her calm; no circumstance ever arose to which she was not equal.
Her religious faith ran in channels smooth and deep, no noisy babbling brook affair. She was a member of the Methodist church from early girlhood til the day of her death, a period of over seventy years, and always faithful and true. Her Bible was ever near at hand, and it was her custom during her later leisure years to read from it daily, sometimes attempting the "Bible through in a year." She was a member of the Geneva Relief Corps, the Geneva Degree of Honor, the Methodist Woman's association, and the Missionary society, but from necessity not very active in later years.
Source: The Nebraska Signal, 1937.
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