Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
ALLEN FUNERAL ONE OF
LARGEST EVER HELD HERE

Funeral services for the late
Sheriff j. w. Allen were held Sun
day afternoon here at the Main
Street Church of Christ, with the
pastor Rev. E. r.. Kendle officiat-
ing, and who spoke very appro-
priately, using as his text the 23d
Psalm 1t was one of the largest
funerals ever held in the county;
the church auditorium was made.
quate to accommodate much more
than one.fourth of the crowd. The
Mems Bible class of the church, of
which the deceased was faithful
member, attended in a body, as did
also the members Of the Maccabee
lodge, with which he was affiliated,
very large number being present.
The pail bearers were members of
the McConnelsville fire department
and were Russell Ashton, Frank
Howard, Dana Walker, Carl Scott,
Dallas Scott, Carl Warne, John w.
Parsons and Marmaduke Sears. The
other seven members of the COM
pany were honorary pail bearers.
The flower girls were nieces of the
deceased: Helen Barkhurst, Erma
Roberts, Mildred Reed, Edith McIn-
turf, Clara McInturf, Maybel Lindi-
more and Elizabeth Brothers. Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Scott, Mrs. Alice
Smith, and Carl c. Miller were the
singers. At the residence where
brief services were held, they sang
Beautiful Home Somewhere; at
the church, Gathering Home, I'VE
Shall Know 1t All Some Day." and
Good Night and Good Morning.
and at the grave, Peacefully
Sleep" There were many hand
some floral tributes. At the age of
II the deceased became a member
of the Church of Christ at Wolf
Creek Interment was made in
Wolf Creek cemetery, and at the
grave the Massslesgs had their RI
tualistic services.
John William Allen, who was SO
years old Dec. IS, died Thursday
morning, Jan. %, 1881, at $40
O'Clock, at Good Samaritan hospital,
GAINESVILLE, where he had been taken
the day before, for an operation for
gall bladder trouble, which however
was not performed. Last fall he
suffered a bad attack of neuritis,
and complications, being in rather
serious condition at times. However
he later began to improve, and con
tinued to show improvement, and
was seemingly on the road to his
usual health. He was man who
for the most part had enjoyed splen
did health, was strong, with good
physique.
Last November he was elected
sheriff of Morgan county, on the
Democratic ticket, being the first
Democrat to be elected to that Of
flee in this county, since the late
William Taylor in the year 1883.
He took his office Jan. 5, 1881.
About a week later he made an Of
fetal trip down into Center town
ship, and while on that trip he be-
came very i'll His trouble was
diagnosed as yellow jaundice. From
that time on he failed to improve,
he was taken to GAINESVILLE for an
X-ray which showed that he had
gall stones, and it was planned as
stated above that he would undergo
an operation, but death intervened.
A post mortem was held, and reveal
ed that he had cirrhosis of the liver;
and his spleen and kidneys were al
so involved. 1t is believed that the
immediate cause of his death was
blood clot in the heart.
Mr.. Allen was born at Morgan
Vile, Morgan county. He was son
of the late M. F. and Mary Johnson
Allen. c. C.. Spears now resides on
the home place. At a time or two
he made this place his home. When
young man, he and his wife con-
Quoted grocery here in the Par
tesius building, but for the most
part his life was spent on farm.
He was a good farmer. Their place
was on the Happy Hollow road, for
merly the property of r. P. Davis.
In February, 1904. the deceased was