Amanda Melvina Allen
b. 6 December 1821, d. 17 June 1859
- Father: Eason Allen b. circa 1789
- Mother: Nancy Wood b. April 1781
- Amanda Melvina Allen was born on 6 December 1821 in Laurens County, Georgia.
- She married William Wills Barlow on 27 June 1837 in Laurens County, Georgia.
- William Wills Barlow and Amanda Melvina Allen appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Sumter County, Georgia.
- Amanda Melvina Allen died on 17 June 1859 at age 37 in Sumter County, Georgia, near Americus.
- Her husband William Wills Barlow became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia.
- The following appeared on 6 July 1859 in The Southern Christian Advocate: (Laurens County, Georgia) At the residence of her husband, near Americus, on the 17th inst., Sister Amanda Barlow, aged 37 years, 6 months, and 11 days. In 1843 she was baptized upon a profession of her faith in Christ, and united with the Baptist Church in Americus, of which she continued a devoted and consistent member until this relation was dissolved by death. During her last illness, which was of more than three months continuance, she suffered very severely, but was never heard to murmur. To the will of God she seemed entirely resigned, and often referred to her approaching end, but always spoke of it as "going home."
Her thoughts seemed to run much upon heaven, and she frequently spoke of it to her husband and others, as "the better land." She was speechless for three weeks before her death, but still gave evidence by signs, that her faith in the Redeemer was unshaken. But she is gone, and has left a heart-stricken husband, a sorrowing sister, and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. But while they drop the tear of sorrow, they will ever think of her as a rejoicing spirit in the world of glory.
May God comfort the bereaved!
- Last Edited: 23 Oct 2012