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JAMES ALLISON, OF DUMBARTON, N. H. 91
sonage in his native town of Dunbarton, where the best
years of his life were spent. He for many years kept a
country store near the meeting-house ; and, being a justice
of the peace and post-master, he did a large part of the public
business of the town. He also kept a hotel. He was
town-clerk from 1819 to 1823, and from 1825 to 1832; selectman
in 1822, 1823, 1825, 1826, 1830, and 1831, and represented
Dunbarton in the legislature in 1827 and 1828. His
home was a hospitable one. His memory was very retentive ;
his views were clear, and forcibly expressed ; his mind was
strong, as were his prejudices. He early espoused the temperance
and anti-slavery causes, and upon the formation of
the Republican party he forsook the Free Soil party and
allied himself with its succeeding, and the successful, party of
freedom, to which he ever after adhered. He was an attendant
of the Congregational church.
CHILDKEN BOKN IN DUNBAKTON, N. H., EXCEPT THE ELDEST AND
YOUNGEST.
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131. Mary Ann Allison,^ b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 7, 1811; res. Dunbartom
N. H., where she d. May 23, 1828.
132. Caroline Brown Allison °
(249), b. Aug. 27, 1813; m., Nov. 12, 1840,
Jonathan L. Allen; res. Hopkinton, N. H. She died there
Aug. 24, 18G3.
133. James Madison Allison,B b. Nov. 9, 1814; was a merchant in Boston,
Mass., where he d. single, Sept. 30, 1875. aged 60 years, 10
months, 21 days.
134. William Henry Allison" (252), b, Sept. 18, 1816; m., Sept. 8, 1841,
Mary Amelia Brown; res. Concord, N. H., and d. there May 15,
1887.
135. John Allison" (257), b. June 26, 1818; m.. May 10, 1845, Sarah Jane
Eichards; res. Boston, Mass., and d. there May 29, 1865.
136. Lavinia Holt Allison'^ (260), b. Jan. 15, 1820; m., Jan. 7, 1841, John
L. Weeks; res. Hopkinton, N. H. In 1890 she res. in Cambridge,
Mass.
137. Margaret Jane Allison," b. Dec. 8, 1821. She was a teacher for
many years in the public schools of Manchester, N. H., New
Haven, Conn., and Boston, Mass. She was an excellent teacher,
and a good elocutionist. She d. of typhoid fever, in Stoneham,
Mass., Oct. 5, 1876.
138. Andrew Allison" (262), b. March 12, 1824; m., Feb. 2, 1858, Martha
Tozier; res. Wincliestei", Mass.
139. Elizabeth Hall Allison" (269), b. March 24, 1S25; m., Sept. 30, 1874,
Rev. Cyrus Washington Wallace; res. Manchester, N. H.
140. Sarah Evans Allison," b. Nov. 13, 1827; d. in Warner, N. II., July
27, 1842, aged 14 years, 8 months, 14 days.
141. Mary Ann Uamon Allison," b. Jan. 1, 1830; a teacher in the public
schools of Manchester, N. H., for several years; res. Manchester,
N. H.
142. Ignatius Allison," b. June 20, 1832; m., Sept. 15, 1880, Mrs. Eliza
Ann McNaughten, who d. Sept. 7, 1890. He was a jjainter in
the shops of the Union Pacific Railway Co. for several years;
res. Manchester, N. H., in 1892; no children.