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206 WILLIAM FRANCIS ALLISON, OF CENTREDALE, R. I.
1833 ; married, May 27, 1855, Mary Ann Sheldon Brown,
daughter of Dexter and Ann Maria (Sheldon) Brown of Scituate,
R. I. Her father died in North Providence, R. I., in
1861. He was son of Henry and Mary (Esten) Brown, of
Scituate, and Henry died there Sept., 1854. Mrs. Allison was
born in North Providence, R. I., Jan. 27, 1828. Her maternal
grandfather was John Frazier Sheldon. He was an early and
died there, aged 87 years.
wealthy settler in Providence, R. I. ;
He was born in Providence, R. I. Mr. Allison served fifteen
months in the Second regiment, Rhode Island volunteers, in
" the late unpleasantness," and one year and nine months in
the Second United States cavalr3\ Is a carpenter and mill-
wright. Resides at Centredale, R. I.
CHILDKEN.
1278. Frank H. Allison/ b. North Providence, R. L, Sept. .S, 1860. He
m. May Hutchinson. Farmer; res. Colby, Thomas Co., Kansas,
for live years, and now (1892) res. The Oxford Club, Colorado
City, Colorado.
1279. William Sheldon Allison,'^ b. South Scituate, E. L, May 4, 1868;
carpenter and builder; res. South Scituate, R. I.
1280. Charles Henry Allison *
[1251] (William- Noah,^
Thomas,^ Noah ^
). He was born in Middletown, Conn., Oct.
20, 1836 ; married, Nov. 25, 1860, Louisa, daughter of
Edmund and Mary Ann (Whitney) Smith, who died at West
Granville, Mass., May 13, 1866. He married, second, Dec.
24, 1869, Lucy M., daughter of Otis and Ruth (Hopkins)
Hawkes. She was born March 12, 1838, in Voluntown, Conn.,
and is still living. Her father was born at Smithfield, R. L,
Sept. 14, 1798, and resided at Centreville, R. I. Her mother,
Ruth Hopkins, died Oct., 1881, at Hopkins Hollow, R. I.
She married, first, March 1, 1860, Charles Hyde Rice, born
Norwich, Ct., Feb. 17, 1836, and died Jan. 20, 1868. He was
a soldier in Third Rhode Island Light Artillery, from 1862
till close of the war. Residence, Providence, R. I. He died
in Massachusetts General hospital at Boston, Mass. Mr.
Allison, in early life, lived in Sparta and New York, N. Y.,
and at Centredale, R. I. The latter place was the first home
of his life, and there he spent many years. He then went to
Allendale, near Providence, R. I., later to Boston and Worcester,
Mass., and to New York city, where he learned the
trade of an optician. Later removed to Longmeadow, and
then to Springfield, Mass., where he worked until the outbreak
of the Rebellion. Then he enlisted as a private, Aug.,
1862, in Company F, Twenty -seventh regiment Massachusetts