ALLEN, Eli & Ruby SLOAN

ALLEN, Eli 1813 NY 19 May 1887 Summerhill Township

ALLEN, Ruby SLOAN 1814 PA 26 Apr 1887 Summerhill Township

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Will of Eli Allen

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Obituary

Eli and Ruby Sloan Allen

From the Linesville Herald, Wednesday, May 4, 1887:

Dicksonburg (Special Correspondence to the Herald)

Sam Gowdy and wife, of Kansas, called on their friends here last week.

Sam Crikmer, of Akron, and Charles Southward, and Misses Nellie and Alice Canham, of Kelloggsville, Ohio, arrived Wednesday evening, a few hours too late for Mrs. Allen's funeral. Mrs. Crickmer remained to visit friends.

Died:

Sweet - In Summit tp., April 29th, 1887, of measles, Frank Sweet, aged 31 years.

Allen - In Dicksonburg, April 26, 1887, of measles, Mrs. Ruby, wife of Eli Allen, in the75th year of her age.

Gehr - In Summit township, April 30, 1887, general debility, Daniel Gehr, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days.

The parents of the deceased were among the pioneers of Summit township. His father and Mr. Baltzer Gehr, Crawford county's centenarian, were brothers. He was born, lived and died on the land that his father selected for a house. He was converted in 1833, under the labors of Rev. J. Sybert. He gave his heart to God and his name to the Evangelical church and for 54 years he was an active and honored member of Gehrton society and a zealous and devoted follower of the Saviour.

From the Linesville Herald, Wednesday, May 11, 1887:

Dicksonburg (Special Correspondence to the Herald)

The strange fatality that has taken five from the families connected with Eli Allen in the past two weeks seems almost incredible, when one remembers that only two of the five died in the same house. His wife, Mrs. Ruby Allen, died April 26th as has been before stated. May 2nd they received a telegram announcing the death of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Charles Southard, near Kelloggsville, Ohio. May 6th Mrs. Robert Sloan, his fourth daughter, living in the same house with him, died. May 7th Mrs. Alex McGuire, his third daughter, living in Summit township died, and on the evening of the same day the little son of Mrs. Sam Crickmer, his only remaining and youngest daughter, was taken with spasms and died in a short time. Measles was the cause of all their deaths. Mrs. Crickmer had measles a few years ago at her home in Akron, Ohio, and barely escaped with her life. Mr. Allen was the father of five daughters, the second having died a number of years ago. He is in very feeble health, his family having been called home some weeks ago to see him die.

Three of Robert Sloan's seven children have recovered from the measles, the other four are still in critical condition.

Mrs. Fording has gone to visit friends in Ohio.

The stave mill is putting in good time, and the yard is full of staves.

Miss Nervie Lowman's school has been postponed two weeks on account of the prevalence of the measles.

DIED:

Stanton - Pierpont, Ohio, May 4, 1887, Mrs. Leander Stanton, aged about 21 years.

Southard - Near Kelloggsville, Ohio, May 2nd, 1887, of measles, Lucetta, wife of Charles Southard, aged 44 years.

McGuire - In Summit township, May 7th, 1887, Martha A., wife of Alex McGuire, aged 39 years and 21 days.

Sloan - Dicksonburg, May 6th, 1887, Samantha J., wife of Robert Sloan aged 37 years and 24 days.

From the Linesville Herald, Wednesday, May 25, 1887:

DIED:

Mullen - At his residence in North Shenango tp., May 19, 1887, Edward Mullen, aged about 103 years, 11 months and 24 days.

Norton - At Linesville, May 24, 1887, after a long illness, Jennie S., wife of Chauncy Norton, aged 48 years, 7 months and 7 days.

Allen - At Dicksonburg, May 19, 1887, Eli Allen, aged 78 years.

Davenport - Dicksonburg, May 21, 1887, after illness of two days, Mary, wife o Ashfield Davenport.
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