Died at age 106
COURIER TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas. Monday January 7, 1929. Page 2.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Mrs. Ada Allen, mother of Allen Allen and the late Mary Allen died at the advanced age of 107. She was said to be the oldest resident of the state of Kansas. She was taken a slave from North Carolina to Mississippi where she received her freedom. She and her family came to Seneca with James Loggins in 1880. Mrs. Allen had been quite well until Christmas. She remembered clearly early events such as the shower of stars, the campaign of General Jackson and the Indian Wars.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, January 10, 1901. Page 5.
She's Seen Three Centuries
We'll give you a long shot that not one of the readers of this article will see three centuries. Name your odds. The books open to all comers. These lines will however be read to a person who has seen the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. That person is Mrs. Edie Allen. Her son-in-law, James Loggins, takes THE TRIBUNE and her granddaughters, the Misses Loggins will read the paper to her.
Mrs. Edie Allen of Seneca is a colored woman who was born on the Herring plantation, near Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1797. She has therefore seen three centuries and is one hundred and four years old. She still retains her mental faculties to a good degree. She speaks of the war of 1812. She might have heard the bombardment of Tripoli had she been near enough. She was a blooming maiden making conquests of dusky lovers when Napoleon's army was fleeing in defeat from the field of Waterloo. She often speaks of the "time when de stchs fell," alluding to the great meteoric display of 1833.
She moved, when a young woman to Mississippi and was a slave until the emancipation. This old person doesn't attribute her longevity to the use of liquor and tobacco as do some giddy centenarians. She does not, as do some people of her age walk ten miles a day, because her feet are sorely troubled and she can hardly walk at all. She has a good appetite and is not inclined to adopt these new-fangled twentieth century dieting systems. She prefers old-fashioned chicken-okra to the breakfast foods advertised in the magazines that lie on the table in her home.
Ever since she came to Kansas she has lived with her son-in-law, who is well-to-do. She is in fair health.
Her great age is pretty well authenticated. Having seen three centuries her appetite has been stayed and she positively declines to be interviewed by another.
COURIER TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas. Monday January 7, 1929. Page 2.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Mrs. Ada Allen, mother of Allen Allen and the late Mary Allen died at the advanced age of 107. She was said to be the oldest resident of the state of Kansas. She was taken a slave from North Carolina to Mississippi where she received her freedom. She and her family came to Seneca with James Loggins in 1880. Mrs. Allen had been quite well until Christmas. She remembered clearly early events such as the shower of stars, the campaign of General Jackson and the Indian Wars.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, January 10, 1901. Page 5.
She's Seen Three Centuries
We'll give you a long shot that not one of the readers of this article will see three centuries. Name your odds. The books open to all comers. These lines will however be read to a person who has seen the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. That person is Mrs. Edie Allen. Her son-in-law, James Loggins, takes THE TRIBUNE and her granddaughters, the Misses Loggins will read the paper to her.
Mrs. Edie Allen of Seneca is a colored woman who was born on the Herring plantation, near Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1797. She has therefore seen three centuries and is one hundred and four years old. She still retains her mental faculties to a good degree. She speaks of the war of 1812. She might have heard the bombardment of Tripoli had she been near enough. She was a blooming maiden making conquests of dusky lovers when Napoleon's army was fleeing in defeat from the field of Waterloo. She often speaks of the "time when de stchs fell," alluding to the great meteoric display of 1833.
She moved, when a young woman to Mississippi and was a slave until the emancipation. This old person doesn't attribute her longevity to the use of liquor and tobacco as do some giddy centenarians. She does not, as do some people of her age walk ten miles a day, because her feet are sorely troubled and she can hardly walk at all. She has a good appetite and is not inclined to adopt these new-fangled twentieth century dieting systems. She prefers old-fashioned chicken-okra to the breakfast foods advertised in the magazines that lie on the table in her home.
Ever since she came to Kansas she has lived with her son-in-law, who is well-to-do. She is in fair health.
Her great age is pretty well authenticated. Having seen three centuries her appetite has been stayed and she positively declines to be interviewed by another.
Died at age 106
COURIER TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas. Monday January 7, 1929. Page 2.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Mrs. Ada Allen, mother of Allen Allen and the late Mary Allen died at the advanced age of 107. She was said to be the oldest resident of the state of Kansas. She was taken a slave from North Carolina to Mississippi where she received her freedom. She and her family came to Seneca with James Loggins in 1880. Mrs. Allen had been quite well until Christmas. She remembered clearly early events such as the shower of stars, the campaign of General Jackson and the Indian Wars.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, January 10, 1901. Page 5.
She's Seen Three Centuries
We'll give you a long shot that not one of the readers of this article will see three centuries. Name your odds. The books open to all comers. These lines will however be read to a person who has seen the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. That person is Mrs. Edie Allen. Her son-in-law, James Loggins, takes THE TRIBUNE and her granddaughters, the Misses Loggins will read the paper to her.
Mrs. Edie Allen of Seneca is a colored woman who was born on the Herring plantation, near Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1797. She has therefore seen three centuries and is one hundred and four years old. She still retains her mental faculties to a good degree. She speaks of the war of 1812. She might have heard the bombardment of Tripoli had she been near enough. She was a blooming maiden making conquests of dusky lovers when Napoleon's army was fleeing in defeat from the field of Waterloo. She often speaks of the "time when de stchs fell," alluding to the great meteoric display of 1833.
She moved, when a young woman to Mississippi and was a slave until the emancipation. This old person doesn't attribute her longevity to the use of liquor and tobacco as do some giddy centenarians. She does not, as do some people of her age walk ten miles a day, because her feet are sorely troubled and she can hardly walk at all. She has a good appetite and is not inclined to adopt these new-fangled twentieth century dieting systems. She prefers old-fashioned chicken-okra to the breakfast foods advertised in the magazines that lie on the table in her home.
Ever since she came to Kansas she has lived with her son-in-law, who is well-to-do. She is in fair health.
Her great age is pretty well authenticated. Having seen three centuries her appetite has been stayed and she positively declines to be interviewed by another.
COURIER TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas. Monday January 7, 1929. Page 2.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Mrs. Ada Allen, mother of Allen Allen and the late Mary Allen died at the advanced age of 107. She was said to be the oldest resident of the state of Kansas. She was taken a slave from North Carolina to Mississippi where she received her freedom. She and her family came to Seneca with James Loggins in 1880. Mrs. Allen had been quite well until Christmas. She remembered clearly early events such as the shower of stars, the campaign of General Jackson and the Indian Wars.
SENECA TRIBUNE, Seneca, Kansas, Thursday, January 10, 1901. Page 5.
She's Seen Three Centuries
We'll give you a long shot that not one of the readers of this article will see three centuries. Name your odds. The books open to all comers. These lines will however be read to a person who has seen the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. That person is Mrs. Edie Allen. Her son-in-law, James Loggins, takes THE TRIBUNE and her granddaughters, the Misses Loggins will read the paper to her.
Mrs. Edie Allen of Seneca is a colored woman who was born on the Herring plantation, near Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1797. She has therefore seen three centuries and is one hundred and four years old. She still retains her mental faculties to a good degree. She speaks of the war of 1812. She might have heard the bombardment of Tripoli had she been near enough. She was a blooming maiden making conquests of dusky lovers when Napoleon's army was fleeing in defeat from the field of Waterloo. She often speaks of the "time when de stchs fell," alluding to the great meteoric display of 1833.
She moved, when a young woman to Mississippi and was a slave until the emancipation. This old person doesn't attribute her longevity to the use of liquor and tobacco as do some giddy centenarians. She does not, as do some people of her age walk ten miles a day, because her feet are sorely troubled and she can hardly walk at all. She has a good appetite and is not inclined to adopt these new-fangled twentieth century dieting systems. She prefers old-fashioned chicken-okra to the breakfast foods advertised in the magazines that lie on the table in her home.
Ever since she came to Kansas she has lived with her son-in-law, who is well-to-do. She is in fair health.
Her great age is pretty well authenticated. Having seen three centuries her appetite has been stayed and she positively declines to be interviewed by another.
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