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154 HUGH ALLTSON, OF COOPER COUNTY, MO.
Ky., after 1797, and lived in Cooper county, Mo., after March^
1821, where he died April 25, 1846. He married, Nov. 5,
1788, Rebecca Sanders Hartt. Hugh Allison was a fair business
man. Was elected coroner of Cooper county, Mo.»
August, 1824, and again in 1828, serving eight years in all.
As a military man he served three years in Colonel Whitley's
regiment of volunteers in 1812-'13-'14, and was in Harrison's^
army, was at the battle of Lundy's Lane. After his discharge
he was commissioned a captain in the Kentuck}'militia.
He always declared that he would gladly have
fought three years longer rather than to have let Great Britain
have one foot of ground in America. He was a fiery
patriot and was ever ready to serve his country. He was a
believer in a sound national currency that was worth one
hundred cents on a dollar anywhere on earth. In 1840, by
appointment, he met and spent a short time with Gen. W. H.
Harrison, the AVhig candidate for president, at Vincennes, Indiana.
On July 4, 1840, he was present at the grand Whig
rally at Rochefort, Mo., it being one of the largest political
gatherings ever held in the state. There are said to have
been 17 steamboats loaded with people who came to attend.
Mr. Allison was a great friend and admirer of President Harrison,
and wasgreatl}' overcome when the news reached him
in 1841 of the death of his old commander. He was a farmer,
and a dealer in fat cattle and hogs. Was a Baptist.- Was
an uncompromising Whig. He took an active part in the
election of General Harrison to the presidency in 1840. He
favored the extension of the charter of the U. S. bank; he'
also favored a protective tariff.
CHILDREN.
721a. Eebecca Allison,^ b. about 1791; m. James Pearce, and after the
close of tlie war of 1812-'lij, they settled in Illinois, and some of
this family lived in Alhambra, Madison county, 111.
722. Jesse Allison,"* b. Sept. 29, 1791; m. Mary Snodgrass, in 1809;
served in the U. IS. army in 1812-18-14. Went to Illinoisin
1821, Co. Madison; rem. to Cooper Co., Mo., in 1840, and
later to Arrow Kock, Saline Co., in fall of 18.59, and d. there
about March 1, 1860. James Allison, Yuba Dam, Yuba Co.^
Cal., and Dr. John L. Allison, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Mo.,
are of that branch of the family.
72.3. Lucinda Allison/ is deceased; she was b. Feb. 6, 1798.
724. Thomas Allison,^ 1). in North Carolina, Sept. 4, 1795. lies. Wilkes
Co., N. C, Madison Co., Ky., and in St. Charles Co., Cooper
Co., Pettis Co., and Lawrence Co., Mo. He enlisted in the
militia against the rebels in 18(58, beinfj over (50 years of age,
and was killed near Mount Vernon, in Lawrence Co., Mo.,
about May, 18(58. He m. Koxanna Snyder in 181(5. He m.
second, Nancy Orr, in 18.5(5. Children: Nathaniel T. Alllison,''
Greene P. Allison,'^ Martin S. Allison,*^ Hugh Allison,'* Elizabetli