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GEORGE AUGUSTUS ALLISON, OF CAMBREDGE, MASS. 107
1842. Mr. Powers was a native of Woodstock, Vt. He
married Sarepta Martin, a native of Rocliester, Vt. Mr.
Allison was educated in the public schools of Manchester, N.
H., and at the academy at Pembroke, N. H. When about
to enter college, he decided to engage in mercantile pursuits,
and spent several years as a clerk in Concord, N. H. ; in Jan.,
1865, became a salesman in a wholesale establishment in Boston,
Mass., and in January, 1869, became a partner. Since
then he has been identified with Boston's business interests.
For many years
he was a member of the Boston board of
trade, Boston commercial exchange, and a member of the
Boston chamber of commerce since its organization ; was a
director of the last for five years, and its elegant building
was built during that period. Cambridge, Mass., became
his home in 1865, and there he has since lived. In the
social, religious, and political circles of that city he has been
active. He is a member of the North Avenue Baptist
church, aided in establishing the Young Men's Christian
association, and has been a member of the Cambridge and
Colonial clubs since their formation. He was a member of
the common council of his adopted city in 1881-'82, of the
board of aldermen in 1885-'86, was twice elected for a term
of three years each on the school board but after four years
service by the pressure of other duties he resigned his
position. His business office is in the Chamber of Commerce
building, Boston, Mass. Residence, Cambridge, Mass.
CHILDREN.
1. Caroline Josephine Allison," b. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 2, 1SG5;
teacher; res. Cambridge, Mass.
2. Susan Allison," b. Cambridge, Mass., April 9, 1S6S; teacher in the
public schools of Cambridge.
3. William Henry Allison," b. Somerville, jNIass., Aug. 17, 1870. He
entered Harvard University in 1889, in the class of 1893, where
lie expects to graduate.
Allison s
270. George [153] (David,^ Samuel,^ Capt.
Samuel,^ SamueP). He was born July 30, 1824, in Concord,
N. H., where his life was mainly spent until his eighteenth
year, when he went to Boscawen, N. H., to learn the
trade of carriage maker. He completed hrs apprenticeship in
Merrimacport, Mass., then went to West Amesbury, where
he lived the remainder of his life. He married, in Boscawen,
N. H., Nov. 27, 1846, Esther Jane, daughter of Jeremiah and
Martha (Jackman) Noyes of that town, where she was born
Jan. 6, 1823, and who now lives a widow in Merrimacport,