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Having lived her entire 105 years in Parke Co., IN, where her great-grandfather and my great4-grandfather Nathaniel Newlin (1768-1867) settled in 1826, she remembered him well, and both were members of Bloomingdale Friends Meeting and are buried in its cemetery along with many other Newlin descendants. Mrs. Allee retained the traditional Quaker plain speech of "thou" and "thee." This was taken on her 104th birthday, copied from Dr. Algie I. Newlin's 1965 Newlin book. In addition to the extreme longevity of Mrs. Allee and her great-grandfather, it is noteworthy that her son Hermon Maris Allee (1886-1988) lived nearly 102 years, that her son Foster Cook Allee (1889-1983) lived 93 years, his wife Kathleen Morrison Allee (1893-1995), who was also a descendant of Nathaniel Newlin, lived 102 years, that both of her sisters lived into their 90s, that their father Exum Newlin (1830-1917) lived 86 years, that their great2-grandfather John Newlin (1716?-1805?), my great5-grandfather, lived about 90 years, and that their great3-grandmother Mary Woodward Newlin (1690-1790), my great6-grandmother, lived 100 years. Mrs. Allee was a second cousin of my matrilineal great-grandfather, Joseph Lazarus Pearson (1859-1944), on his maternal Newlin side, and coincidentally, on his paternal Edgerton side, he had another second cousin named Mary who lived to the same age, Mary ("Mollie") Jinnette Pearson (1876-1981), who was also the second wife of his brother William Eli Pearson (1863-1928). Is there something to be said for Quaker attitudes and morals contributing to health and longevity? I have known several more Quaker relatives in my lifetime who might give credence to that suggestion.
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