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In Memoriam of THOMPSON ALAN
(James Allan & Hannah Terrell)
“The Constitution” Atlanta, Ga. issue date 24 Sept. 1875, page 3
With a sad heart, a long time friend of this true and noble man, pens a few words as a tribute to him whose name appears above. He was an honest man, a gentleman, and a patriot of the highest type, adorning every station he filled, and was honored most by those who knew him best.
He was born in Habersham County, Ga. in that part which is now Banks County, Ga. on the 20th day of September, 1820, and died on Friday last, the 17th instant, at his home, on the same place where he was born, lacking but two days of being 55 years old.
He received a good high school education, studied law and was admitted to the bar in early manhood, and practiced his profession for several years. He afterwards went to Washington D.C., where he received the appointment of Chief of the Pre-emption Division of the General Land Office, early in 1856, and remained till the State of Georgia seceded from the Union, when he resigned and came home to cast in his lot with his own people. While at his post, by his fidelity, ability and integrity, he made his desk one of the most important branches of the Land office. It had been neglected and was an annoyance to the Chiefs of the Bureau and the Interior Department, because for some time, no one who had been assigned to the duties had been competent to the discharge thereof.
It was but a few months before Thompson Allan brought order out of the chaos and caused the division to reflect much credit upon the Land Office and the Department. The writer hereof happens to know that the Secretary of the Interior was greatly delighted that he had found one so competent and efficient in a place of so much importance.
After the Confederate government was organized, he was called to occupy a very important post in the Treasury Department; and when the Bureau of Taxation was established by the Confederate congress, he was selected as the most competent man that could be found to fill that position. He was appointed Commissioner of Taxation and held the office till the close of the war. He discharged his duty with fidelity and with a high sense of justice-giving satisfaction to the government and the country.
He was in a position where a man, by sacrificing honor, could have made thousands upon thousands, but he came home at the close of the war without a dollar, or a cent of assets saved while it was going on.
When Hon. Madison Bell was elected by the republican legislature comptroller general, he tendered Mr. Allan the situation of his Assistant in the office, which he accepted, discharging his duty with fidelity till the end of the term for which Major Bell was elected. He was a firm uncompromising democrat from his youth, to the day of his death. The situation was tendered him by Maj. Bell, because they had been old personal friends from boyhood, and Maj. Bell knew his ability and worth as a business man. He took the situation with a distinct understanding that his political principles were not to be in the least compromised.
His disease was an ulceration of the stomach, from which he has suffered much for several years. His few last days were comparatively free from pain, and he died, surrounded by his wife and children, in perfect peace. His funeral took place on Sunday last. He was buried with Masonic honors by the fraternity, attended by one of the largest concourses of people that ever assembled in Banks County.
He was a true friend and a true man, of great ability, superior judgment and good sense; but he was modest and unobtrusive, and did not receive that distinction in life which he richly deserved. Peace to his ashes and honor to his memory.
A Friend
Note: Newspaper clipping found in James Charlton Allan’s Bible which is in my possession.
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MAJOR THOMPSON ALLAN
(James Allan & Hannah Terrell)
"The Constitution", Atlanta, Ga., issue date 24 Sept. 1875, page 2
The sad intelligence reached us yesterday of the death of Major Thompson Allan, at the old homestead (Allandale) in Banks county, on Friday last, the 17th, of ulceration of the stomach, from which complaint he has suffered several years. He was buried on Sunday with Masonic honors, attended by one of the largest assemblages of persons ever collected in Banks County. He was born on the 20th day of September 1820, near the Hudson River in that portion of county of Habersham, now in the county of Banks.
His father, James Allan, was an Englishman by birth, of superior culture, who was educated at Westminster school, London. Early in the present century he immigrated to this country and settled in Madison County, where he married the widow of Col. Gilbert. In 1818 or 1819 he removed to the "wild woods" of Habersham, where he settled and subsequently, after his first wife died, he married the daughter of Timothy Terrell. By this lady he had a number of children, of which Thompson was the oldest boy, if not the oldest child. Mr. James Allan amassed a considerable estate and established at his place a school where quite a number of young men were educated.
Upon obtaining his majority, Thompson removed to Clarkesville, where he read law in the office of Col. Samuel A. Wales. About the year 1841 he was admitted to the practice of law and shortly after married the beautiful Miss Charlton, a niece of the Hon. H. P. Charlton of Savannah. Becoming displeased with the law, he turned his attention to hotel keeping, and in conjunction with his mother in law, Mrs. Collier, kept a first class hotel in Clarkesville. This was the popular summer resort of the aristocracy of Georgia and South Carolina, and every summer they congregated in large numbers.
Soon the construction of railroads, however, left Clarkesville out of the range of summer resorts, and Major Allan moved to Lawrenceville, in Gwinnett County, where he engaged in business with his brother in law, Col. John R. Stanford. They did a large business for several years, but the generosity of Major Allan was too large for the profits, and in 1856, at the request of Hon. Howell Cobb, he accepted the position of chief of the pre-emption division the general Land office, which he filled until Georgia seceded, with marked ability. After the organization of the Confederate government, he rendered his services to President Davis. He was appointed superintendent of the tax-in-kind department and held it until the close of the war. Few men in the southern states could have so easily administered or so ably handled the intricate and multiplied troubles of the laborious office. When the war closed he returned to the old homestead in Banks County, without a dollars worth of assets saved.
When Madison Bell was elected comptroller general of the state by a republican legislature, knowing Major Allan's ability and honesty, he tendered him the position of assistant, which he accepted with the understanding that his political principles were not to be compromised. After retiring from this position at the end of Mr. Bell's term Major Allan returned to his farm, taking but little interest in public affairs.
Major Allan was six feet high and weighed 225 pounds. He was a man of large intelligence, genial humor, and of attached friendships. These characteristics drew around him a large circle of friends in Georgia and South Carolina. He was an honest man and although millions passed through his hands no taint of dishonesty or corruption ever attached to his name.
He was manly, cheerful, and possessed of the all the instincts of a true gentleman. He possessed a large hearted sympathetic nature and it is feared he left little else to his family but that native hardihood and strength characteristic in so eminent a degree. His wit was well seasoned and his repartee handsome, the natural offspring of a well stored mind and extended reading. Like his distinguished father he was fond of books, literature and literary men. Being a man of cultivated taste, the refined and beautiful left him speechless. Considering his training and remoteness of commercial centers of his rearing, he was one of the best men for general business affairs that have ever been illustrated in upper Georgia since its settlement. He was modest and unobtrusive in his manners and a welcome guest in every assemblage. He has left his children and the state a rich legacy in the epitaph which may be justly inscribed on his tomb, "Here lies an honest man."
NOTE: Newspaper clipping found in James Charlton’s Bible, now in my possession.
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(Nov. 1891)
EDWIN MINOR WYNN
(Hamilton Wynn & Susan Burns) (Peter Wynn) (William Wynn, II) (William Wynn, I) (Joshua Wynn) (Robert Wynn)
Mr. Edwin Minor Wynn departed this life at his home ten miles North of Homer on Tuesday the 17th of November 1891, in the 81st year of his life. He was born the 3rd of April 1811, in Washington, Burke County, Ga., and was brought by his parents when only two years old to the place on which he lived and died.
His funeral services were conducted by Reverend Roy G. H. Cartledge at his home Thursday, November 19th 1891 and his remains were laid to rest in the family graveyard where sleep three generations of his kindred. He leaves a wife, many sons, daughters and grandchildren to mourn his departure from this earth.
He was a good citizen, an obliging neighbor, an affectionate husband, and a kind father. Although he never connected himself with a church, yet he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and died trusting Him for salvation and he was not afraid to die. His end was peace.
G. H. C.
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(Feb. 1820)
ElVY ANN ALLEN WYNN
(Young Allen & Jane Anderson) (Robert Allen III & Elizabeth West) (Robert Allen II & Elizabeth Young) (Robert Allen I & Elizabeth Walker)
WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN ……
OUR DEAD
Wynn – Mrs. E. A. Wynn, nee Allen was born in Jefferson County, Ga., February 23, 1820, married Honorable Edward Minor Wynn of Habersham County, Ga. February 5, 1836 and departed this life December 14, 1898 in Banks County, Ga. She was a very superior woman and in every way throughout her long life evinced the strongest traits of character. She was soundly converted to God in early life, united with the Methodist Church and ever afterwards beautifully advanced her Christian profession. She lived absolutely for others, practicing day by day the broadest charities, thus sowing sunshine and gladness all over the land. Her union with Mr. Wynn, he preceded her November 17, 1891, was blessed with twelve children, all of whom are still living. As a mother she was loving and kind. Between mother and children there was an attachment seldom if ever equaled. This fact again attests her rare virtues. How keenly these children and grandchildren feel the great loss they have sustained! But their loss is her gain. May it be their daily aim to meet her in that great reunion above. - J. C. Atkinson.
NOTE: Edwin and Elvy's daughter, Martha Burns Wynn, married James Charlton Allan.
NOTE: Both clippings are in James Charlton Allan’s Bible that is in my possession. No date or publisher’s name.
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(Nov. 1910)
ANNIE SUE JONES IN LOVING MEMORY
(Annie Clifford Allan and Rev. Joseph "Joe" Jones)
Our Darling Little Annie Sue infant daughter of Reverend Joseph Madison Jones and Mrs. Annie Clifford Allan Jones, granddaughter of Mr. James Charlton Allan and Mrs. Martha Burns Wynn Allan died at the home of her parents in Cochran, Ga., November 1, 1910 A. M. with Cholera Infautum. She was one year and four months old. Her remains were brought to Alto November 2nd and entered at the Wynn family burying ground. Our loss is very hard to bear, yet we realize that God knew best. While we are sad, we know she is waiting for us in the beautiful bright beyond. “ONE WHO LOVED HER”
This was written by Rosa Chenault Allan, sister to Annie Clifford Allan Jones
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(May 1912)
JAMES CHARLTON ALLAN
(Thompson Allan & Mary Wyatt Charlton) (James Allan & Hannah Terrell)
Charlie Allan Passes to the Great Beyond
A dark shadow of sadness fell over Banks County Sunday when the news was spread that Charlie Allan was dead. The end came suddenly Saturday night at his home near Yonah, the result of an attack of heart failure. While it was known that he had been in feeble health lately, he was better now, and his death was a general shock.
His death marks the passing of a notable figure from Banks County, Ga. No man in it was more widely known and loved. Bright, witty, cultured and genial, his was an engaging personality. He enjoyed a singular capacity for making and keeping strong and true friendships. James Charlton Allan was born at Clarkesville, Habersham County, Ga., November 7th, 1844 and was in the sixty-eighth year of his age at the time of his death.
In his young manhood he was a Page in the United States Congress and met Abraham Lincoln when the latter came to Washington as president. But as a boy, Mr. Allan left his place at the outbreak of the Civil War and played a man’s part in that deadly struggle. He enlisted in the Confederate Army, a member of the famous Banks County Guards, and carried himself with distinction throughout the great conflict.
Coming to Banks County after the war, Mr. Allan became one of her most prominent figures and remained so until his death. Always an influential factor in politics, he occupied at different times many positions of honor and confidence. A Page in the halls of the National Congress in his boyhood, later a Tax Receiver of Banks County for many years at different terms, Clerk in the Georgia Legislature, and as a brave soldier. He was always ready to serve his Country in whatever capacity he was called. Noble, generous, and true, he will be missed alike by Country, family and friends.
He was married on November 30th, 1869 to Miss Martha Burns Wynn, who survives him. Besides his wife, he leaves two brothers, Messrs. Tom (Thompson 2nd) Allan of Florida, Will (William Robert) Allan of Atlanta, and the following living children: Misses Sue Wynn Allan and Rosa Allan, Mrs. Joseph Madison (Annie Clifford Allan)Jones, Mrs. Thomas Jeff (Mary Hannah Allan) Scales and Messrs. Tom (Thompson Allan 3rd), Will (William Burns Allan), Charlie (Charlton Reviere Allan), and Jesse (Young Jesse) Allan all of this County; Bob (Robert Duncan Allan) and Talmadge (John Talmadge) Allan of Atlanta. Two other children, Ed (Edwin Edward Allan) and Berta (Alberta Charlton Allan) preceded him to the grave.
The remains were interred Monday afternoon at the Wynn family burying ground with impressive funeral services conducted by the Rev. A. J. Lovern of Belton, the exercises being largely attended by a sorrowing concourse of relatives.
NOTE: This newspaper clipping was sent to me by Mary Elizabeth Allan, daughter of John Talmadge Allan, and granddaughter of James Charlton Allan.
There is not a date or newspaper name with this clipping.
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(Aug. 1950)
ANNIE CLIFFORD ALLAN JONES
(James Charlton Allan & Martha Burns Wynn) (Thompson Allan & Mary Wyatt Charlton) (James Allan & Hannah Terrell)
Last rites for Mrs. Annie Allan Jones, 78, Gainesville, Ga. route 6, will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. from the Lebanon Methodist Church with the Rev. J. H. Smith officiating. Interment will be in the churchyard.
Mrs. Jones died at her residence Friday following an extended illness. A native of Banks County, where she was born in 1872. Mrs. Jones was a member of the Lula Methodist Church. She is the wife of Rev. Joseph Madison Jones, retired minister. Her body will lie in state at the Hubert Vickers funeral home in Gainsville, Ga. until the funeral hour.
Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband; two sons, Voice Allan Jones of Shreveport, La. and S/Sgt. Edgar Madison Jones of Fort Knox, Ky.; five brothers, Young Jesse Allan, Charles Reviere Allan, Thompson Allan, all of Alto, Ga., John Talmadge Allan of Athens, Ga. and Robert Duncan Allan of Atlanta, Ga.; three sisters, Miss Rosa Allan of Alto, Ga., Mrs. Thomas Jeff (Mary Hannah Allan) Scales of Lula, Ga. route 2, and Mrs. Robert B. (Sue Wynn Allan) Jones of Gainsville, Ga. route 2.
Obituary: cut from newspaper with no identification
In Memory of Annie Clifford Allan Jones
(Funeral Memorial Book)
Place of birth: Banks County, Ga.
Date of birth: 06 Feb. 1872
Date of death: 11 Aug. 1950
Age:78 years, 6 months, 5 days
Pallbearers: James Allan, James Jones, Barker Jones, Newton Boleman, A. V. Upchurch, Glen Whitmire.
Organist: Mary Jones King, organist.
Service: Arbor, Lebanon Camp Grounds, Lebanon Methodist Church, 13 Aug. 1950, 4:00 P.M.
Buried: Lebanon Cemetery, Thomas Henry Jones’ family plot, 5 P.M., 13 Aug. 1950
Officiating: Rev. Buren Hancock, Rev. Harvey Smith, and Rev. Joseph Madison Jones.
NOTE: Funeral Memorial Book in my possession
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(June 1954)
THOMPSON "TOM" ALLAN (3rd)
(James Charlton & Martha B. Wynn Allan)(Thompson & Mary W. Charlton Allan)(James & Hannah Terrell Allan)
Handwritten across the top by Rosa Allan: He did not return because he never came out.
Habersham Man, 83, Is Burned To Death After Bolt Hits Home
Special The Independent…
CORNELIA, GA., June 15, 1954. Thompson Allan, 83, retired Habersham County farmer, was burned to death about 5 o’clock this afternoon in a fire which destroyed his seven-room frame residence shortly after the building was struck by lightning.
MR. ALLAN and his sister, Miss Rosa Allan, who made her home with him, left the burning building to seek shelter from the rain in a near- by barn. (The following is marked out in black ink by Rosa Allan) For some unknown reason, Mr. Allan suddenly turned and re-entered the burning building evidently for something he had forgotten. He never came out. Neighbors recovered the body, burned almost beyond recognition, shortly before 7 o’clock by throwing quantities of water on the dying flames.
MR. ALLAN never married, was a native and lifelong resident of this section. He was a son of the late James Charlton and Martha Burns Wynn Allan and was a member of the Hickory Flat Methodist Church.
SURVIVING are four brothers, Robert Duncan Allan of Nashville, Tenn., John Talmadge Allan of Athens, Ga., Charlton Reviere Allan of Gainesville, Ga., and Young Jesse Allan of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Sue Wynn Allan) Jones and Miss Rosa Allan of Alto.
FUNERAL services will be held at 4 P. M. Wednesday from the Hickory Flat Methodist Church. The Reverend Mr. Smith will conduct the services. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be at McGahee Funeral Home until the service.
NOTE: Rosa Allan moved from Alto, Ga. to live with her brother, John Talmadge Allan and her sister in law, Leola McDorman Allan.
NOTE: Rosa Allan is buried next to her brother, Thompson Allan (3rd) in Hickory Fat Methodist Church Cemetery.
NOTE: This clipping is in James Charlton Allan’s Bible that is in my possession. There is no date or publisher’s name.
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(July 1954)
ROBERT DUNCAN ALLAN
(James Charlton Allan & Martha Burns Wynne) (Thompson Allan & Mary Wyatt Charlton) (James Allan & Hannah Terrell)
Former Athenian Taken By Death
Robert Duncan Allan, a former resident of Athens, Ga. and brother to John Talmadge Allan and Miss Rosa Allan, both of this city, died Saturday while on a visit to the home of his daughter in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Mr. Allan was born in Banks County, Ga. and had lived in Cocoa, Florida and Decatur, Ga., the past ten years. He was a retired business man.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock from Spring Hill in Atlanta, Ga., with interment following in West View Cemetery.
Mr. Allan is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. W. F. (Martha Lee Allan) Fulton, Jr. and Mrs. Lew J. (Anna Mae Allan) Kilburn; three brothers, John Talmadge Allan, Athens, Young Jesse Allan, Sr., Knoxville, Tenn., and Charlton Reviere Allan, Gainsville, Ga.; two sisters, Miss Rosa Allan, Athens, and Mrs. Robert (Sue Wynn Allan) Jones, Johnson City, Tenn., four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Allan known as “Bob”, had many friends in Athens who were saddened by news of his death.
NOTE: This clipping is in James Charlton Allan’s Bible that is in my possession. There is no date or publisher’s name.
NOTE: Robert Duncan Allan born May 21st, 1876; died July 1954.
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“Shreveport Times”, Shreveport, La., 8 Dec. 1995
VOICE ALLAN JONES
(Rev. Joseph “Joe” Madison Jones & Annie Clifford Allan)(Thomas Henry Jones & Martha Morris) (Lewis Jones& Elizabeth Wight Morris)
Haughton, La. - Services for Mr. Voice Allan Jones, 88, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, December 9, 1995 at Rose-Neath’s Marshall Street Chapel, Shreveport, La. Officiating will be Dr. N. O. Pugh, retired Baptist minister. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery, Saint Vincent Avenue, Shreveport, La.
Mr. Jones died Thursday, December 7, 1995 in Shreveport, La. He was born in Franklin County, Georgia, was a former resident of Shreveport, La for fifty three years and a resident of Simsboro, La. for ten years. He had resided in Haughton for three years. Mr. Jones was a retired air traffic controller with the F. A. A.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Eva B. Johnson Jones; father, Rev. Joseph M. Jones; mother, Annie C. Allan Jones and sister, Annie Sue Jones. Survivors include one brother, Edgar Madison Jones of Las Vegas, Nevada; two sons, Allan Ray “Butch” and Harry Lee Jones; two daughters in law, Melba J. Mason Jones and Phyllis Jester Jones; two grandchildren, James Allan Jones and Olivia Hope Jones; one niece, Peggy Johnson Ware.
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“The Jackson Herald” 12 March 2003
MYRTLE MAGDALENE "MAGGIE" JONES BRUCE
d/o John and Margaret Harrington Jones
(related to Reverend Joseph "Joe" Jones who married Annie Clifford Allan)
Mrs. Myrtle Magdalene “Maggie” Jones Bruce, 82, of Maysville, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at a private nursing home following an extended illness.
Mrs. Bruce was born September 4, 1920, in Banks County. She was a daughter of the late John and Margaret Harrington Jones, and was preceded in death by her husband, Odis Lee Bruce; a daughter, Barbara Haynes; sisters, Mamie Jones Dykes and Roberta Jones, and brothers, Earnest E. Jones and John Jones Jr.
Mrs. Bruce attended Young Harris College and Piedmont College. She taught school at Hickory Flat School, taught piano lessons, and was a writer for the Banks County Journal for many years. She was a member of Hickory Flat United Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 9, 2003 at Hickory Flat United Methodist Church with Bishop Bevel Jones III officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include four daughters, Brenda Lee Jameson, Hartselle, Ala., Rebecca Warfield, Canton, Texas, Dorcas Williams, Maysville, Ga., and Faythe Willis, Buford; 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and her closest cousins, Christine Harris and Nelle Jones, both of Lula.
Memorials may be made in her honor to Hickory Flat United Methodist Church, 3409 Hwy. 51 South, Lula, GA 30554. Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, was in charge of arrangements.
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Melba Jones, 2008
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