Emporia Weekly Gazette, Thursday, January 26, 1950; p.4, c.1
EMPORIAN DEAD AT 108
Emporia’s oldest resident, Thornton Allen, died at his home, 1018 Cottonwood, Monday night, just one day before he would have reached the age of 108 years. A retired drayman for the last 12 years, Mr. Allen, according to records of the family Bible, was born in Mason County, Kentucky on January 17, 1842.
He was born into slavery on a tobacco and flax farm, and stayed there as a slave until a year after the Civil war was ended, when he went to Felicity, Ohio, married America Nelson and joined the Baptist church. He came to Emporia in1874, and got his first job here as general handyman for Dr. L.D. Jacobs, one of Emporia’s pioneers. Following his first wife’s death, he married Sarah Love in Emporia September 8, 1880, and together they raised 12 children before she died here January 29, 1916. After working for Dr. Jacobs, Mr. Allen helped move the Haynes Hardware company into the new store in 1894, and stayed with the company for the next decade before he went into business for himself as a drayman, a job he kept for the next 30 years before he finally retired.
He was married to Elizabeth Banks in Emporia in November 1924, and she survives. He is also survived by five sons, Eugene Allen of 832 East, Bert Allen of 718 Congress, and Charlie, Tom and Jeff Allen, all of Kansas City, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. Nannie Fitchett of 1024 Cottonwood, Mrs. Mamie Stewart of 820 East and Mrs. Frances Hutcherson of 420 East Twelfth; two step-sons, Ishmael Banks of Washington, D.C., and Henry Banks of St. Paul, Minn.; three step-daughters, Mrs. Mamie Reams of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Christina Beasley of 215 West Eight, and Mrs. Ruth White of 1017 Cottonwood; 11 granddaughters, eight grandsons and 17 great-grandchildren. Two sons and two daughters preceded him in death.
A Baptist since the time he joined the church shortly after the Civil war, Mr. Allen was a member of the St. James Baptist church here.
Funeral services for Thornton Allen, who died Monday, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the St. James Baptist church. The Rev. B. W. Lowe, pastor of the church was in charge. The church choir sang accompanied by Mrs. E. G. Harness.
Pallbearers were Bert Allen, Charles Allen Thomas Allen, Eugene Allen, all sons of Mr. Allen, and Leroy Allen and Allen Hutcherson, grandsons. Burial was in Maplewood.
Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Livingston, Mrs. Mary Anna Mason, J. C. Trigg, Leroy Allen, Sr. Leroy Allen Jr., Zypher Mary Livingston, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Loy Stovall, of Bonner Springs; Mrs. Clara Campbell, of Kansas City, Kan.; Harrison Campbell, James Campbell, of Junction City; Charlyne Hutcherson, of Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Mamie Reams, of Denver, Colo.
EMPORIAN DEAD AT 108
Emporia’s oldest resident, Thornton Allen, died at his home, 1018 Cottonwood, Monday night, just one day before he would have reached the age of 108 years. A retired drayman for the last 12 years, Mr. Allen, according to records of the family Bible, was born in Mason County, Kentucky on January 17, 1842.
He was born into slavery on a tobacco and flax farm, and stayed there as a slave until a year after the Civil war was ended, when he went to Felicity, Ohio, married America Nelson and joined the Baptist church. He came to Emporia in1874, and got his first job here as general handyman for Dr. L.D. Jacobs, one of Emporia’s pioneers. Following his first wife’s death, he married Sarah Love in Emporia September 8, 1880, and together they raised 12 children before she died here January 29, 1916. After working for Dr. Jacobs, Mr. Allen helped move the Haynes Hardware company into the new store in 1894, and stayed with the company for the next decade before he went into business for himself as a drayman, a job he kept for the next 30 years before he finally retired.
He was married to Elizabeth Banks in Emporia in November 1924, and she survives. He is also survived by five sons, Eugene Allen of 832 East, Bert Allen of 718 Congress, and Charlie, Tom and Jeff Allen, all of Kansas City, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. Nannie Fitchett of 1024 Cottonwood, Mrs. Mamie Stewart of 820 East and Mrs. Frances Hutcherson of 420 East Twelfth; two step-sons, Ishmael Banks of Washington, D.C., and Henry Banks of St. Paul, Minn.; three step-daughters, Mrs. Mamie Reams of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Christina Beasley of 215 West Eight, and Mrs. Ruth White of 1017 Cottonwood; 11 granddaughters, eight grandsons and 17 great-grandchildren. Two sons and two daughters preceded him in death.
A Baptist since the time he joined the church shortly after the Civil war, Mr. Allen was a member of the St. James Baptist church here.
Funeral services for Thornton Allen, who died Monday, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the St. James Baptist church. The Rev. B. W. Lowe, pastor of the church was in charge. The church choir sang accompanied by Mrs. E. G. Harness.
Pallbearers were Bert Allen, Charles Allen Thomas Allen, Eugene Allen, all sons of Mr. Allen, and Leroy Allen and Allen Hutcherson, grandsons. Burial was in Maplewood.
Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Livingston, Mrs. Mary Anna Mason, J. C. Trigg, Leroy Allen, Sr. Leroy Allen Jr., Zypher Mary Livingston, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Loy Stovall, of Bonner Springs; Mrs. Clara Campbell, of Kansas City, Kan.; Harrison Campbell, James Campbell, of Junction City; Charlyne Hutcherson, of Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Mamie Reams, of Denver, Colo.
Emporia Weekly Gazette, Thursday, January 26, 1950; p.4, c.1
EMPORIAN DEAD AT 108
Emporia’s oldest resident, Thornton Allen, died at his home, 1018 Cottonwood, Monday night, just one day before he would have reached the age of 108 years. A retired drayman for the last 12 years, Mr. Allen, according to records of the family Bible, was born in Mason County, Kentucky on January 17, 1842.
He was born into slavery on a tobacco and flax farm, and stayed there as a slave until a year after the Civil war was ended, when he went to Felicity, Ohio, married America Nelson and joined the Baptist church. He came to Emporia in1874, and got his first job here as general handyman for Dr. L.D. Jacobs, one of Emporia’s pioneers. Following his first wife’s death, he married Sarah Love in Emporia September 8, 1880, and together they raised 12 children before she died here January 29, 1916. After working for Dr. Jacobs, Mr. Allen helped move the Haynes Hardware company into the new store in 1894, and stayed with the company for the next decade before he went into business for himself as a drayman, a job he kept for the next 30 years before he finally retired.
He was married to Elizabeth Banks in Emporia in November 1924, and she survives. He is also survived by five sons, Eugene Allen of 832 East, Bert Allen of 718 Congress, and Charlie, Tom and Jeff Allen, all of Kansas City, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. Nannie Fitchett of 1024 Cottonwood, Mrs. Mamie Stewart of 820 East and Mrs. Frances Hutcherson of 420 East Twelfth; two step-sons, Ishmael Banks of Washington, D.C., and Henry Banks of St. Paul, Minn.; three step-daughters, Mrs. Mamie Reams of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Christina Beasley of 215 West Eight, and Mrs. Ruth White of 1017 Cottonwood; 11 granddaughters, eight grandsons and 17 great-grandchildren. Two sons and two daughters preceded him in death.
A Baptist since the time he joined the church shortly after the Civil war, Mr. Allen was a member of the St. James Baptist church here.
Funeral services for Thornton Allen, who died Monday, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the St. James Baptist church. The Rev. B. W. Lowe, pastor of the church was in charge. The church choir sang accompanied by Mrs. E. G. Harness.
Pallbearers were Bert Allen, Charles Allen Thomas Allen, Eugene Allen, all sons of Mr. Allen, and Leroy Allen and Allen Hutcherson, grandsons. Burial was in Maplewood.
Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Livingston, Mrs. Mary Anna Mason, J. C. Trigg, Leroy Allen, Sr. Leroy Allen Jr., Zypher Mary Livingston, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Loy Stovall, of Bonner Springs; Mrs. Clara Campbell, of Kansas City, Kan.; Harrison Campbell, James Campbell, of Junction City; Charlyne Hutcherson, of Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Mamie Reams, of Denver, Colo.
EMPORIAN DEAD AT 108
Emporia’s oldest resident, Thornton Allen, died at his home, 1018 Cottonwood, Monday night, just one day before he would have reached the age of 108 years. A retired drayman for the last 12 years, Mr. Allen, according to records of the family Bible, was born in Mason County, Kentucky on January 17, 1842.
He was born into slavery on a tobacco and flax farm, and stayed there as a slave until a year after the Civil war was ended, when he went to Felicity, Ohio, married America Nelson and joined the Baptist church. He came to Emporia in1874, and got his first job here as general handyman for Dr. L.D. Jacobs, one of Emporia’s pioneers. Following his first wife’s death, he married Sarah Love in Emporia September 8, 1880, and together they raised 12 children before she died here January 29, 1916. After working for Dr. Jacobs, Mr. Allen helped move the Haynes Hardware company into the new store in 1894, and stayed with the company for the next decade before he went into business for himself as a drayman, a job he kept for the next 30 years before he finally retired.
He was married to Elizabeth Banks in Emporia in November 1924, and she survives. He is also survived by five sons, Eugene Allen of 832 East, Bert Allen of 718 Congress, and Charlie, Tom and Jeff Allen, all of Kansas City, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. Nannie Fitchett of 1024 Cottonwood, Mrs. Mamie Stewart of 820 East and Mrs. Frances Hutcherson of 420 East Twelfth; two step-sons, Ishmael Banks of Washington, D.C., and Henry Banks of St. Paul, Minn.; three step-daughters, Mrs. Mamie Reams of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Christina Beasley of 215 West Eight, and Mrs. Ruth White of 1017 Cottonwood; 11 granddaughters, eight grandsons and 17 great-grandchildren. Two sons and two daughters preceded him in death.
A Baptist since the time he joined the church shortly after the Civil war, Mr. Allen was a member of the St. James Baptist church here.
Funeral services for Thornton Allen, who died Monday, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the St. James Baptist church. The Rev. B. W. Lowe, pastor of the church was in charge. The church choir sang accompanied by Mrs. E. G. Harness.
Pallbearers were Bert Allen, Charles Allen Thomas Allen, Eugene Allen, all sons of Mr. Allen, and Leroy Allen and Allen Hutcherson, grandsons. Burial was in Maplewood.
Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Livingston, Mrs. Mary Anna Mason, J. C. Trigg, Leroy Allen, Sr. Leroy Allen Jr., Zypher Mary Livingston, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Loy Stovall, of Bonner Springs; Mrs. Clara Campbell, of Kansas City, Kan.; Harrison Campbell, James Campbell, of Junction City; Charlyne Hutcherson, of Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Mamie Reams, of Denver, Colo.
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