Harrison County, MO Obituaries

AMANDA ALLEN
1878- 1956

Mrs. Amanda Ellen Allen, 77, wife of the late Edward Allen died Saturday, April 14, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Dodge, near Partridge.  Funeral Services will be held in the Livingston Chapel Wednesday at 2:30, conducted by Reverand Julius Johnson of Partridge.  Burial will be in Walnut Hill cemetery.  The Livingston mortuary is in charge.

Mrs Allen was born in Worth County, MO, near Martinsville, July8, 1878.  Whe was one of ten children of George and Sarah Smith.  At an early age she joined the Martinsville Christian Church.  She was married to Edward Allen at Martinsville Sept. 22, 1901.  They moved to Wooods county, Oklahoma and lived near Alva.  They came to Kingman County in 1913 and lived on a farm in Union Township , near Cunningham, until the death of Mr. Allen March 24, 1944, after which Mrs. Allen moved to Kingman a year later.

Mrs. Allen is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Cecil Dodge of Partridge; one son, Lee Allen of Kingman; two brother, James Smith and Sam Smith of Martinsville, Mo.  six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.  Two children preceded her in death.

submitted by: Melody Beery
source: personal papers of Clara Fish

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