Mary Houston Allen and Children

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Mary Houston Allen, the wife of Young John Allen, a Methodist missionary to China, is pictured with her children, circa 1870. Before her marriage, Allen attended Wesleyan College in Macon.

Courtesy of Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Mary Houston Allen and Children

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