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230 NATHANIEL ALLISON, OF MEXICO, MO.
CHILDREN BORN IN TOWN OF WARWICK, NEAR AMITY, ORANGE
COUNTY, N. Y.
1517.
1518.
Sarah K. Vail,° b. m. Jonas E. ; Divers;
town, N. Y. He is a dealer in organs and pianos. Children:
George E. Divers,' res. Newton, N. J. m. Ida L. ; Courter, of
Newark, N. J., Oct. 19, 1881, by Rev. Charles. E. Allison, of
Yonkers, N. Y. They res. Freemont 1519.
St., Jersey City, N. J.
Emma Divers. ^
1.520.
1521.
Floyd Divers.'
Isaac Allison Vail." He was of great promise; was connected
with the Orange Co. press, and had editorial life in view; but
died in young manhood, in Jersey City, N. J.
1522. Lydia Jane Vail,° d. in childhood.
res. Middle-
1523. Mary Elizabeth Vail,^ m. William H. Vail. One child d. in
infancy; res. 61 Bright St., Jersey City, N. J.
1524. Floyd Vail," son of Amy Knapp Allison (wife of Asa Vail»), was
b. Feb. 4, 1854, near Amity, town of Warwick, Orange Co.,
N. Y. ; migrated with his parents to Pittsburgh, Penn., thence
to Jersey City, N. J., where he has since resided. He graduated
from the public schools of that city afterwards attended
;
for a short time one in Rockland county. New York; was then
instructed in private schools in New York city, and finally
studied with private tutors. He engaged for several years in
mercantile business, but left it to enter the office of "Wallace's
Monthly " in New York, as an editorial and general writer. He
has since contributed to The Mail and Express of New York
city, and to other periodicals under the nom de plume of
Flambeau.- He has translated from the French " The Two
Mottoes," ''The Tattooed King," etc., and he is the author of
"
Courted and Won in the Mountains," " His Choice," etc. In
1879 he became secretary to the banking house of R. P. Flower
& Co., in New York city, and ijrivate secretary to Hon. Roswell
P. Flower (now governor of New York state),, and in 1885
was appointed secretary and treasurer of the Kingston and Pembroke
Railway Co., whicli position he at present holds. He m.,
Nov. 22, 1876. Sarah J. Crow. She was b. in Jersey City,
N. J., Oct. 19, 1856. She is dau. of David Johnson and Mary
(Jones) Crow, of Jersey City. His stately house is finely situated
in Jersey City Heights, overlooking New York city and
harbor, and within easy distance of the city hall in New York.
Children b. Jei-sey City, N. J. :
1525. Floyd Eugene Vail,' b. Sept. 17, 1877.
1526. Lillian Vail,' b. Oct. 17, 1879.
1527. Roswell Flower Vail,' b. March 6, 1882.
1528. Eleanor Alberta Vail,' b. Oct. 1, 1883.
1529. Nathaniel Allison ^
[1428] (Isaac,* Isaac,^ Isaac,2
Joseph 1). He was born in the town of Warwick, near
Amity, Orange county, N. Y., June 30, 1818 ; married, Jan. 18,
1844, Martha Frances, daughter of James Sullinger, a native
of Kentucky. She was born in Boone county, Mo., April 5,
1825 ; died in Mexico, Mo., Dec. 10, 1884, aged 59 years, 8
months. She was a faithful Christian, a loving and devoted
wife and mother. At her death the Audrain County Medi
>See " Papers of the Vail Family," by Alfred Vail, New York Historical
Society Library, New York city.
' See " Pseudonyms —A Book of Literary Disguises."