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136 WILLIAM ALLISON, NEAE HARRISBURG, PENN.
aged eighty-two years. He lived on the farm on which he
was born till he was seventy years of age, when he moved to
Indiana, the county seat of Indiana county, Penn., where he
died. His
CHILD.
512. Rebecca A. Allison,* res. Indiana, Indiana Co., Penn.
HON. JOSEPH ALLISON OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — HIS
* BRANCH OP THE ALLISONS.
513. Mr. Allison, of Scotch blood, lived in a double cabin
some three miles from Londonderry, Ireland. He had relatives
of the name of Knox and Mclllvaine, who lived there
in 1867. He had several children. Among them were three
daughters, names not known to the compiler, who lived and
died in Ireland.
514. His son, Joseph Allison,^ lived at the old home near
Londonderr}^ Ireland, and died there about 187Q.
515. William Allison,^ another son, emigrated to Amer-
ica when eighteen years of age ; lauded at Wilmington, Del.,
and immediately joined his relatives by name of Mac Beth,
or MacBeg, near Harrisburg, Penn. He had no known Allison
connections in this country. He became a successful
hardware merchant in Harrisburg, where he spent the active
years of his life. He finally joined his son, Judge Joseph
Allison,^ in Philadelphia, and lived the life of a retired business
man, and died there. He married, in Harrisburg, Penn.,
Mary Andrews, who when a child was brought to this
countr}' from Armagh, Ireland, by her parents. She died in
Harrisburg
about 1818. She had a sister who married Mr.
Irwin, of Scotch blood, and they lived in Winchester, Va.,
where she died, and her large family later went to Missouri.
Her brother, in early life, settled in the city of New York.
William Allison^ had six sons and one daughter, all deceased
except Judge Allison, of Philadelphia. Among them were :
510. Robert Henderson Allison,^ a physician, who died
about 1855, in Charleston, Coles county, Illinois.
517. James Irwin Allison^ was for many years a magistrate
in Philadelphia, Penn.
518. Arthur David Allison^ was a merchant in Philadelphia,
Penn.
519. Joseph Allison,'^ born August 31, 1819 ; named for
his uncle. He studied law in Harrisburg, Penn. ; admitted
to the bar of Dauphin county in 1813 ; elected solicitor of