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