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Descendants of John Allison

Generation No. 4

8. ALEXANDER MARTIN⁴ ALLISON (WILLIAM³, ANDREW², JOHN¹).

Child of ALEXANDER MARTIN ALLISON is:

ROBERT DANIEL⁵ ALLISON.

9. WILLIAM HENRY⁴ ALLISON (WILLIAM³, ANDREW², JOHN¹) was born Mar 26, 1854 in Derry Township, Washington County, PA, and died Jun 30, 1936 in Wilmerding, Allegheny County, PA. He married REBECCA JANE SHRUM.

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY ALLISON:
Death certificate lists William Allison's address as 429 Welsh Avenue, Wilmerding, Allegheny County, PA. He is buried at the Hillside Cemetery next to Hillside United Methodist Church, Hillside, Derry Twp, Westmoreland County, PA.

Notes for REBECCA JANE SHRUM:
Rebecca Shrum is buried in the Hillside Cemetery next to the Hillside United Methodist Church, Hillside, Derry Twp, Westmoreland County, PA.

Children of WILLIAM ALLISON and REBECCA SHRUM are:

	i.		FLORENCE ELIZA⁵ ALLISON, b. 1879.
	ii.		TILLIE MAY ALLISON, b. 1880; d. Jan 14, 1881.

Notes for TILLIE MAY ALLISON:
According to her headstone at Hillside Cemetery, Derry Twp, Westmoreland County, PA, Tillie Allison died at age 4 months.

iii.

FRANK W. ALLISON, b. 1881; d. 1887.

Notes for FRANK W. ALLISON:
Frank Allison is buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Derry Twp, Westmoreland County, PA, next to his parents.

iv.

NELLIE ALLISON, b. 1884; d. 1971; m. CHARLES MOWRY.

Notes for NELLIE ALLISON:
Nellie did not have any children. She is buried at Coles Cemetery, Derry Twp, Westmoreland County, PA.

Notes for CHARLES MOWRY:
Buried at Coles Cemetery, Derry Twp, Westmoreland County, PA.

MERLE J. ALLISON, b. Jun 17, 1889; d. Dec 14, 1950; m. (1) MARY CALDWELL; m. (2) SARAH C. MARSH.

Notes for MERLE J. ALLISON:
Merle Allison was baptised on Jul 31, 1898, possibly in Old Salem (Congruity Presbyterian Church), Westmoreland County, PA.

Notes for SARAH C. MARSH:
From family notes: Sarah C. Marsh is buried at the Blairsville Cemetery in Indiana County, PA.

From obituary in the Indiana Gazette, August 27, 1990:
"Sarah C. Allison, 81, Morewood Towers, Blairsville, died Sunday, August 26, 1990, at the Edgewood Care Home, Youngstown. The daughter of Joseph W. and Martha Jane Crawford Marsh, she was born October 4, 1908, at Bairdstown, Westmoreland County. Mrs. Allison was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Blairsville. She was a retired dietary employee at Torrance State Hospital. Surviving are four children: Richard, Woodbridge, VA; David, Ravenna, Italy; Mrs. Virginia Beacom, Randolph, NY; Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Blairsville RD 4; four stepchildren: Mrs. Eleanor Rovison, Blairsville; James, Monroeville; Harry, Amberst, Ohio; William, Pontiac, Michigan; 17 grandchildren; 17 stepgradchildren; a brother, Daniel LeRoy March, Wooster, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Merle J. Allison; a daughter, Martha J. Baker; a stepson, Donald; her parents; five sisters: Margaret Jane, Emma Faith, Ester Clawson, Annie and Stella Marsh; seven brothers: James, Charles, Vincent, George, Joseph, John and Oliver Marsh. Friends will be received from 7 - 9 PM Monday and 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 Tuesday at the Ferguson-Helm Funeral Home, Blairsville, where services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday with the Rev. Richard M. King officiating. Interment will follow in the Blairsville Cemetery."

10. JAMES MOORE⁴ ALLISON (ANDREW JACKSON³, ANDREW², JOHN¹)⁶ was born Jul 26, 1852 in Westmoreland County, PA, and died 1924. He married (1) EMMA ARMOUR. He married (2) ELIZABETH HOLBY.

Children of JAMES ALLISON and EMMA ARMOUR are:

	i.		ARMOUR JACKSON⁵ ALLISON.
	ii.		ARTHUR GARFIELD ALLISON.
	iii.		MARY EMMA ALLISON, m. HICKS.

Children of JAMES ALLISON and ELIZABETH HOLBY are:

	iv.		HARRY HOMER⁵ ALLISON.
	v.		OLIVE FAY ALLISON, m. THOMPSON.
	vi.		JAMES "FOOTY" WILSON ALLISON.
	vii.		IVA MAY ALLISON, m. KILE.
	viii.		FRIEDA ALLISON, b. died in infancy.
	ix.		SUSAN VERDA ALLISON, m. GORDON.
	x.		MARTHA FRANCES ALLISON, m. HANSON.

11. JOHN DIBLE⁴ ALLISON (ANDREW JACKSON³, ANDREW², JOHN¹) was born Oct 04, 1853 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, PA, and died Jan 30, 1926 in Prospect Park, Delaware County, PA. He married (2) MARGARET (MAGGIE) KLINGENSMITH Jan 03, 1885 in Loyalhanna, Westmoreland County, PA.

Notes for JOHN DIBLE ALLISON:
Baptised March 25, 1854 at Congruity Presbyterian Church, Salem Twp, Westmoreland County, PA, according to church records.

Has 3 children, per the book, Biographies of Westmoreland County, Greensburg, Derry, Mt. Pleasant, St. Clair & Unity Townships, 1890 - by Wiley.

Marriage certificate issued for Brush Creek, PA.

Children of JOHN DIBLE ALLISON are:

	i.		CHILD1⁵ ALLISON.
	ii.		CHILD2 ALLISON.
	iii.		CHILD3 ALLISON.

Children of JOHN ALLISON and MARGARET KLINGENSMITH are:

	iv.		SUSAN ELIZABETH⁵ ALLISON, b. Nov 09, 1882, of Levalhanna, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; d. Oct 30, 1943; m. WALTER TURNER, Apr 07, 1931.
	v.		ETHEL TARISSA ALLISON, b. May 10, 1885, of Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; d. Oct 31, 1887.
	vi.		LILA MARGARET ALLISON, b. Jan 16, 1888, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; d. Jul 13, 1977; m. ALVIN (LAWHUN) LAWLTON, Abt. 1909, of Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
	vii.		JOHN DIBLE JR. ALLISON, b. Dec 24, 1889, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; d. Oct 12, 1972; m. CATHERINE ELIZABETH HUNTER MCKIM, Aug 16, 1915, of Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.
	viii.		ELLA VERA ALLISON, b. Jan 19, 1893, Prospect Park, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; d. Oct 23, 1981; m. MOSSER MACLAY MOORE, Oct 16, 1917, of Prospect Park, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania.

Notes for MOSSER MACLAY MOORE:
!Allison family Bible

ix.

WILLIAM FRANK WESLEY ALLISON, b. Feb 07, 1897, Prospect Park, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; d. Sep 08, 1912.

Notes for WILLIAM FRANK WESLEY ALLISON:
DEATH: Killed by an auto while riding his bicycle.

12. WILLIAM OLIVER⁴ ALLISON (ANDREW JACKSON³, ANDREW², JOHN¹) was born Jan 28, 1855 in Westmoreland County, PA, and died Jun 17, 1931 in Galesburg, Henry County, IL. He married PHYLINDA JANE PATTERSON Dec 17, 1878 in of Alpha, Henry Co., Illinois, daughter of ORSON PATTERSON and MARGARET TAZE.

Notes for WILLIAM OLIVER ALLISON:
Of Scotch descent.

William O. Allison spent the first 21 years of his life amid the interesting surroundings of his father's estate in PA and received his education in the district schools of Westmoreland County, PA. In 1876, he decided to visit new scenes and came to Alpha in Oxford Township, Henry County, IL.
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Oxford Township takes justifiable pride in William O. Allison, who stands in the forefront among her estimable, substantial and representative citizens. He was born January 28, 1855, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Andrew and Susanna (Dible) Allison, the father being of Scotch ancestry and the mother of German, but both born in America. The father, who enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, saw some of the hardest service of the Civil War. He was with Grant at Appomattox and witnessed the surrender of Lee at the close of the conflict. In his three years' service he escaped, either wound or prison, although participating in a number of hard fought battles and was present at the grand review in Washington, D. C., at the close of the war. He was a farmer by vocation and his success therein reflected his intelligence. He died in August 1907, but the mother of our subject is still living on the old homestead in Pennsylvania.
William O. Allison spent the first twenty-one years of his life amid the interesting surroundings of his father's estate in Pennsylvania and received his education in the district schools of Westmoreland County. In 1876, however, he decided to visit new scenes and came to Alpha in Oxford Township, Henry County, Illinois, where he found employment with various farmers in the locality. Two years later he married and removed to the property of his wife's father, an unusually valuable farm of two hundred acres adjoining the Village of Alpha, where he has ever since resided. He is a very extensive landholder for he has one hundred and sixty acres additional on the Knox County border, and six hundred and forty acres in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The soil of the latter is particularly fitted for the raising of wheat and in fact, for every crop raised in Illinois with the exception of corn. It would be difficult to find anywhere a more enlightened agriculturist or one more alert to acquaint himself with every successful new experiment in his line. His prosperity is by no means an accident but the natural result of the application of good sense and brain power to the matter in hand. Mr. Allison was also one of the promoters of the Woods Broom Company, which for some years did a large and prosperous business in the manufacture of brooms. He was president of the foregoing and has been active in the promotion of other industries and ever a valuable adjunct to the progress and development of the community. He is now retired from all active business affairs except the supervision of his real-estate interests.
The marriage of Mr. Allison and Miss Phylinda J. Patterson was celebrated December 17, 1878. Her parents were O. H. and Margaret (Taze) Patterson of Oxford Township. The former came from New York State in the early days, and upon locating in Illinois, was first engaged in the manufacture of carpenter tools, but later turned his attention to farming. He was extremely fortunate in coming when he did for he bought land for one dollar and a quarter an acre that is now worth two hundred and twenty-five. The Taze family, of which the mother was a member, were originally of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, but came west in pioneer days. Both of these estimable people have now passed on to their reward, the mother dying in 1893 and the father two years later. They had but one child�Mrs. Allison. Five sons have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Allison. Ira D. is married and resides on the home farm; Harry O. is a professor in the State University at Urbana, Illinois; Fred G. is a biological chemist, also in the State University, both of these hold state appointments; Raymond A. is a graduate of the high school at Alpha and now a student in Knox College. The youngest, Merritt W., is in attendance at the Alpha High School. The three eldest sons all received their early education in the Alpha schools, and after a course at Knox College at Galesburg, entered the State University and graduated together in the Class of 1906. Ira D. married Miss Edna Hoff, of Chicago Heights, a daughter of Thomas Hoff. Also a graduate of the State University, she held a place in its faculty for two years as instructor in German and taught for a time in the schools of Chicago Heights. Their marriage was celebrated in June, 1906, and it is in the plan of these young people to live upon the home farm and devote their attention to scientific farming.
Mr. Allison gives unfaltering loyalty to the Republican Party and, although never an office seeker, is a man thoroughly posted on current events, whose opinion in public affairs is reverenced by his associates. That he is a firm believer in the best education possible is manifest from the training of his sons. It is consequently a matter for general congratulation that for years Mr. Allison has been willing to give his time and service as the president of the Alpha school board, which office he at present fills. He has been instrumental in securing for Alpha one of the best and most thoroughly equipped school buildings in the country.
The Allison family hold membership in the Baptist Church, in which the head of the house has for twenty years or more held the office of deacon, while he acted as superintendent of the Sunday School for fifteen years. The Baptist Church, one of the finest edifices in the county, was built while Mr. Allison held the office of trustee, and it is to be seen that his Christianity is by no means of the passive sort. He is supremely fortunate in the possession of a life companion whose aims are akin to his own. Mrs. Allison is a woman of cultivation, devoted to home and family, but finding time for outside duty. She also has been for many years a valued Sunday-school worker.
In short Mr. Allison is a splendid exponent of progress, as for instance in his own employment of crop rotation and fertilization which has made his land as productive today as it was thirty years ago. His sons share in this spirit. The second, Harry O., is recognized as an expert judge of stock, his opinion being greatly sought. He was one of the three experts selected from the State of Illinois to judge stock at the St. Louis Exposition, and also at the International Stock Show in Chicago. The Allison farm is not only one of the best in the country as far as soil and productiveness are concerned, but it is also one of the most highly improved to be found in any locality whatsoever. It is well drained and well fenced, and the residence, barns and other farm buildings are all modern in arrangement and completeness, the handsome residence possessing all the modern conveniences. This is in truth a model farm with a place for everything and everything in its place, an ornament and object of pride in Oxford Township.

SOURCE: Henry L. Kiner, History of Henry County Illinois, Volume II, Chicago: The Pioneer Publishing Company, 1910
Contributed by: Alice Gless

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Buried in Alpha, Henry County, Illinois, with Phylinda.
AFN: 17RC-KPN

Notes for PHYLINDA JANE PATTERSON:
Phylinda was born on the farm in Alpha, Henry Co, IL.

Children of WILLIAM ALLISON and PHYLINDA PATTERSON are:

	i.		IRA DENT⁵ ALLISON, b. Apr 1880, of Alpha, Henry County, IL; d. 1957.
	ii.		HARRY ORSON ALLISON, b. Nov 17, 1881, of Alpha, Henry County, IL; d. 1945.
	iii.		FRED GREY ALLISON, b. 1883, of Alpha, Henry Co., Illinois; d. 1948.
	iv.		RAYMOND ANDREW ALLISON, b. Jan 19, 1890, Alpha, Henry County, IL; d. Feb 15, 1962, McMinnville, OR; m. RUTH MADORA DUNSWORTH.

Notes for RAYMOND ANDREW ALLISON:
Three dates of birth reported: 12/19/1890, 1/19/1890 (U.S. Social Security Records) and 12/27/1890.

Raymond and his wife, Ruth, started Pacific Reflex Sign Company in McMinnville, OR.

Social Security Number 357-26-6049.

Notes for RUTH MADORA DUNSWORTH:
Two dates of birth reported: 12/27/1894 and 12/24/1892.
Record of her birth does not appear in the Henderson County, IL, records anywhere between 1885 and 1900. Perhaps she was born in another county.

MERRITT WESLEY ALLISON, b. Aug 08, 1897, of Alpha, Henry County, IL; d. 1968.

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