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SAIMUEL ALLISON, OF GBEENE COUNTY, OHIO. 137
Spring Garden in 1846, and held the office many years, till
he was elected an associate law judge of the court of common
pleas of the first judicial district of Pennsylvania. In 1865
he succeeded to the presidency of the court, and has to the
present (1892) held that position—a period of forty years.
Has been five times elected, the last two times without opposition,
receiving at the last election 145,000 votes with none
against him. He married in 1843, and has a family. Residence
Philadelphia, Penn.^
520. Samuel Allison^ was born in Northumberland county,
Penn., about 1785, and it is said his father was a chaplain in
the Revolutionary army. INIr. Allison v/as in the 1812-'15 war.
He married Annie Caldwell, of Northumberland county,
Penn., and about 1816 he took up military lands in Greene
county, Ohio.
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521. James Allison,' born about 1817, was a prosperous mei-cliant and
banker; was prominent in constructing the first railroad in that
locality, and built the first gasworks in Xenia, Ohio. He m.
Anne, dau. of Captain Matthew Corey. He d. June, 1864.
They had but one child.
522. Matthew Corey Allison,'^ b. in Xenia, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1840; manufacturer
and banker, at Xenia, Ohio; educated at Wittemburg;
and m. Frances, dau. of Rev. John Elkin, d. d. He d. May 2,
1888. Children:
523. James Ekin Allison,^ b. Xenia, Ohio, May 10, 1865; graduated at
Hai'vard University in 18S7. Eemoved to Nashville, Tenn.,
in 1888, and resides there in 1893. He is a member of the Hermitage
Club.
524. Frederica Lee Allison,* b. Xenia, Ohio, July 30, 1860; m. George Gill
Whitaker, of St. Louis, Mo., in 1889.
525. Matthew Herbert Allison,* b. Xenia, Ohio, Oct, 30, 1867; m. in 1886,
Mary Pettengill, of Ithaca, Mich.
ALLISONS OF EAMELTON, COUNTY OF DONEGAL, IRELAND,
MEDDLETOWN, PENN., AND TRENTON, N. J.
These Allisons descended from a Scotch family who came
over from Scotland at the time of the Plantation of Ulster ;
they left their native land during the religious persecution.
There was one woman of the Allison family, called Isabella
Allison, who with another, called Marion Harvey, was put
to death. They were chained out in the sea till the tide
came in, and when it was surging into their mouths, were
iThis unsatisfactory record is as full as the information furnished me
after repeated requests.
L. A. M.