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200 JAMES WALTER ALLISOJT, OF HALIFAX, N. S. -
1228. Catharine Allison/ b. Aug. 13, 1854; m., Oct. 12, 1877, Frank H.
McCoy, of Cambridgepoi-t. Child:
I. Rosie McCoy.»
1229. Edith Allison,' b. Nov. 12, 1856; m., Sept. 3, 1883, Sylvester S. Murray,
of >h'>^e-5
Liverpool, N. S., who d. leaving one child. She m.,
second, George Jolms of Maitland, N. S. They res. at Kempt,
Queens Co., N. S. Children:
I. Helen M. Murray."
II. Johns. 8
1230. Mary Arabella Allison," b. July 27, 1858; m., Oct. 26, 1877, Howard
D. Kathrens, of Annapolis, N. S. They res. 1231.
1232.
1233.
Seinerville, Mass.
Four children. -*. .,
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Joseph Leonard Allison,' b. April 4, 1861. He was drov/ned in
Henry Minard's lake, at Kempt, Queens Co., N. S., July 3,
1874.
Helen Maud Allison,' b. April 24, 1863; m., Sept. 1, 1890, Samuel
F. Cohoon, of Beverly Farms, Mass. One child.
Henry Allison,' b. June 28, 1865; d. at 1234.
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 17,
1888.
Charles Edward Allison,' b. June 11, 1871.
1234a. James Walter Allison ^
[1194 1194a] (Henry B.,^
James,* Joseph,-^ William,^ John i). He was born in New Cas-
tle, N. B., March 31, 1850. His family removed to Sackville,
N. B., when he was four years of age, and there he was
educated at Mount Allison academy and college, founded by
his uncle, Charles F. Allison. In 1871 he became a bookkeeper
for Douall & Miller, a large business house in Halifax,
N. S. There his business faculties unfolded rapidly, and
later he went into the commission business, and later still into
partnership with the late John P. Mott, and in 1876 his name
appeared as a member of the firm of John P. Mott & Co.,
where he has since been an active member. In its interest
he has travelled throughout the maritime provinces, through
Quebec and Ontario, and other parts of Canada. Since the
death of John P. Mott, in 1890, Mr. Allison has been the
manager and executor of the estate, which is above three
fourths of a million of dollars in value. He is a director in
the People's Bank of Halifax ; a director in the Eastern Assurance
Company (capital 11,000,000) ;
a director in the New
Glasgow Iron, Coal and Railway Co. (capital 81,000,000) ;
director in the Nova Scotia Permanent Benefit Building
Society and Savings Fund, one of the largest monetary institutions
in the lower provinces; a director in the Ocean
Mutual JNIarine Insurance Co., and a director in the Nova
Scotia Steam Packet Co. His various monetary and commercial
responsibilities tax his powers heavily, but not beyond
their strength. He married, Oct. 10, 1876, Mary Fres-
co tt, of Bail Virte, N. B. No children. Resides at Hali-
fax, N. S.
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