Adams County, Ohio Obituaries
John Allison
JOHN ALLISON, born April 15,1825, at Millheim, Center Co., PA, died December 9, 1909, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carey Alexander, of Eckmansville, this county. Survivors include his widow, three daughters and three sons: Mrs. Frank Williams, of Agricola, Kansas; Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Plummer, of Cherry Fork; Frank Allison, of Cherry Fork' Irving and James Allison of Cimarron, Kansas. He also left one brother, Thomas Allison, of Maysville, Kentucky. His father, James Allison, came west with his family in the spring of 1849 and located within a few miles of North Liberty, where the deceased has ever since made his home. His eldest brother, Archibald Allison, went to Iowa, during that state's earliest settlement and lived through the development of the state and rapid growth of the City of Marshalltown, in which place he died at the age of 82 years. Mr. Allison had three other brothers, who served in the Civil War, two, William and Cyrus, dying of fever contracted during that conflict, and the other one, Major Robert Allison, being killed during the battle of Missionary Ridge. He also had two sisters who have deceased, Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Evans, the latter who went to Illinois after her marriage but died while a comparative young lady. Her son, Robert A. Evans, became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, MO. Mr. Allison's family was of Scottish origin. His grandfather, Archibald Allison, came to Pennsylvania, June 18, 1773, from the shore of Galloway and Parrish of Kerkmadden, Scotland.
SOURCE: The Adams County Record, December 16, 1909
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