Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Allen, Young J. June 1907
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The Marion County Patriot, June 14, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 22
Friday, June 14, 1907
Page Two

Dr. Young J. Allen Dies In China

Death of Noted Missionary Announced by Cable

Was Native Of Georgia

Had Been in China Forty Years and Wrote One Hundred Books, Some in Chinese, 
Which Were Very Widely Read

Atlanta, Ga. – Bishop W.A. Candler, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, received 
a cablegram Tuesday from Shanghai announcing the death of Dr. Young J. Allen, 
forty years missionary to China.  No particulars were contained in the 
cablegram beside the announcement of the death.

Dr. Allen was a Georgia by birth.  He was 72 years old and was educated at 
Emory College, graduating in 1858.  Surviving him are Mrs. Allen, two sons and 
four daughters, all of whom excepting one married, Mrs. Mary Turner, residing 
in New York City, live in China.  Dr. Allen was the author of nearly 100 books, 
some of which published in the Chinese language are widely read in that country.

During a visit to this country last year Dr. Allen was invited to conference by 
President Roosevelt regarding the situation in the Far East, particularly 
regarding the massacres of which he had made a special sturdy.



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