Gilla Anna ALLEN^[1]

1846 - 1884  (37 years)

• Name	Gilla Anna ALLEN
  Born	28 Mar 1846	Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  _UID	9576F54FB2367A479B05B57D0C3429083B60
  Died	24 Feb 1884	Larue Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Nolynn Baptist Church Cem., Larue Co., Kentucky
  Person ID	I10694	Branch 183 Thomas Stafford b. 1816 IRE
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Samuel ALLEN,   b. 15 Jun 1806, Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky ,   d. 31 Dec 1876, Larue Co., Kentucky  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth LARUE,   b. 24 Feb 1803, Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky ,   d. 7 May 1873, Larue Co., Kentucky  (Age 70 years)
  Married	29 Mar 1827	Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky
  Family ID	F4103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Armistead CHURCHILL,   b. 1 Dec 1838, Hardin Co. (later Larue Co.), Kentucky ,   d. 22 Mar 1917, Jefferson Co., Kentucky  (Age 78 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1863	Larue Co., Kentucky
  Children	1. Bertha CHURCHILL   2. Armistead Morehead CHURCHILL
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F4102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gilla Ann Allen and her husband, William Armistead Churchill, made their home on the Hodgenville, Kentucky farm of his mother where he grew up. The tombstone of Gilla Anna Allen is etched with the following inscription: "Death's seal is set upon my brow, O'er me the gathering shadows come, Heaven's zephyr's play round me now, And woo me to my far off home. Now new such scenes and longer dwell below Loved husband, children, dear farewell I go." These lines were most likely written by Eliza LaRue Allen, the older sister of Gilla Anna Allen. Eliza LaRue Allen was famed throughout Larue County, Kentucky as the blind poet who wrote about members of her family as well as a poem about the old Nolynn Baptist Church outside Hodgenville, Kentucky.

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60.