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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Allen Ezra Pascal Jr
E P Allen Settler dies at home. He is an early Kansan who made his home north of Elmdale. A Man Who Came to Kansas in 1876 Dies After Long Period of Sickness
Funeral services were conducted by R. M. Salts, pastor, in the Christian church, Sunday afternoon, for E. P. Allen, who died at his home in Elmdale, Thursday night, March 5. A quartet composed of Claude Parsons, Mrs. Jim Way, Mrs. Ira Morris, and Will Schneider sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Never Grow Old." Miss Marie Colburn sang "Lovely City". Pall bearers were Carl Herrick, Orville Giger, Fred Smethers, Roy Park, Alf Dean, and Harry Starkey. Interment was made in the Prairie Grove cemetery.
Three Daughters Present
His three daughters were all present at his bedside during the last week of his life.
Besides his three daughters he is survived by one sister, Mrs. W. 0. Thurston of Elmdale, and a brother, W. Howard Allen of Pasadena, Calif., and eight grandchildren, Elizabeth and Pascal A. Roniger; F. Richard,
Walter A. and Howard R. Bell, and Harriet Hope, Stephen A., and Harold P. Wood, Jr.
Ezra Pascal Allen, Jr., was born in East Smithfield, Penn., June 24, 1854, and died March 5, 1931, aged 76 years, 8 months, and 9 days. He was the son of E. P. Allen and Honnor Howard Harris, being one of seven children.
Makes Home on Prairie Soil
When he was a small boy the family moved to Athens, Penn., where
his
father was a prominent physician, and surgeon for many years. He received
his education in a private school and in the academies of Athens and Coudersport, Penn. He came to Kansas in 1876 and located about three-quarters of a mile north of Elmdale on the farm where Carl Herrick now lives.
He started in to make a home with 320 acres of raw prairie land. On this tract of land he broke the sod, made posts from the timber on the land with which to do the fencing. The timber also supplied lumber for the
house and barn built at that time. This homestead furnished a home for himself and Mr. and Mrs, W. 0. Thurston and family for several years, Mrs. Thurston being his sister, Mary.
From time to time he added more land to this tract until the farm was comprised of 864 acres on which he built one of the finest home in Chase County in 1893. Besides farming he was always actively engaged in raising and feeding stock.
On January 4, 1883, he was married to Miss Mary A. Park of Elmdale who with an infant son died August 6, 1884.
December 30, 1885, he and Miss Dorothy Tucker of Elmdale were married and to this union five children were born. A son and a daughter died in infancy. Three daughters survive him, Mrs. Charles Roniger and Mrs. Fred Bell of Elmdale, and Mrs. Harold Wood of Knoxville, Tenn.
On September 5, 1898, his wife died, leaving him with three small children.
About three years later he was married to Miss Annie Eager who contracted influenza and died in January, 1919. He them sold his farm and purchased property in Elmdale where he moved in the spring of 1912 and has since made his home.
He took an active interest in community affairs, being one of the organizers of the Peoples Exchange Bank of Elmdale, serving as president and vice-president at different times and being director until January, 1931, when poor health compelled him to resign. He was a member of the Elmdale school board for fifteen years and served two terms as county commissioner.
Mr. Allen joined the Christian church in November, 1894, soon after it was organized and has served as deacon or elder and trustee ever since.
E. P. Allen passed away Thursday night, March 5, at his home in Elmdale. Funeral services, which were held Sunday afternoon in the Christian church, were attended by a large number of friends and relatives
Mr. Allen was an active community worker being one of the organizers of the Peoples Exchange Bank of Elmdale and an officer or director of it since. He was also a member of the Elmdale school board for 15 years and served two terms as county commissioner.
He was always courageous in his convictions. His pioneer training gave him self confidence with which he met the difficulties and sorrows that so often confronted him.
His fearless nature, independent-spirit and industrious habits were qualities which endeared him to his many friends. One of his most outstanding and admirable qualities was his utter devotion to his motherless children. He was a true, generous and dependable friend. With the death of Mr. Allen the community lost an outstanding citizen; it regrets the loss very much.
The Elmdale News, Elmdale, Kansas, March 05, 1932
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
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