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ALLISONS OF INDIANA. 127<br />

Western Theological Seminary, Alleghany, Penn. In 1848<br />

he took charge of the Presbyterian church at Sewickley,<br />

Penn., fourteen miles from Pittsburgh, where he continued<br />

to be pastor until 1864. During his pastorate the church<br />

had grown to be the strongest in the county outside of Pitts-<br />

burgh. In 1864 he resigned, and became editor and proprietor,<br />

in connection with the late Robert Patterson, of The<br />

Presbyterian Banner^ at Pittsburgh, of which from 1856 to<br />

1861 he had been one of the editors and proprietors. This<br />

paper was started in Chillicothe, Ohio, July 5, 1814,—one of<br />

the very first religious newspapers of its kind,—and is very<br />

widely circulated. Mr. Allison is its editor in 1891. He<br />

was one of the original signers of the memorial on the sub-<br />

ject of the reunion between the old and new school Presbyterian<br />

churches in 1864, and was the author in 1868 of the<br />

platform by which the union was effected in 1869. Much<br />

of the time during the War of the Rebellion he was in<br />

the field with the Pennsylvania troops, though not a soldier.<br />

From 1865 to 1890 he served on the General Assembly's<br />

Board for Freedmen, acting as treasurer, without salary, from<br />

1870 to 1889.<br />

CIIILDKEX BORN IN SEWICKLEY, PENN.<br />

461. Lizzie Allison, = b. in 1852; m., in 1875, S. W. Reinliart; res. Brookline,<br />

Mass.<br />

462. John M. S. Allison,^ b. in 1857; m. Miss M. B. Lauglilin; was an<br />

editor; res. Pittsburgh, Penn.; d. Dec. 27, 1877.<br />

ALLISONS OF INDIANA—A BRANCH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA<br />

FAMILY.<br />

The account of the Allisons as furnished by this family is<br />

that there were six brothers :<br />

463. George Allison^ settled in Iredell 464.<br />

Co., N. C.<br />

William Allison i 465.<br />

466.<br />

settled in Charlotte, N. C.<br />

John Allison* settled in North Carolina.<br />

Thomas Allison ' 467.<br />

settled in North Carolina; was a teacher.<br />

Robert Allison * settled in North Carolina; see sketch of North<br />

Carolina Allisons.<br />

468. James Allison, '<br />

(46y) m. Miss Young; res. Donegal, Penn.<br />

469. James Allison 1(468). He settled in Donegal township,<br />

Penn., near where Harrisburg now stands. He was an<br />

elder in the Presbyterian church. He married Miss Young.<br />

He had three sons, and perhaps other children.

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