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274 MICHAEL S. ALLISON, OF JERSEY CITY, N. J.
egations from the Amity lodge, No. 103, F. and A. M., Amitychapter,
No. 31, R. A. M., Columbia lodge. No. 63, I. O.
O. F., all of Jersey City, six clergymen, and the workmen in
his employ, members of his family, and a large number of
friends. They were met by the Stony Point lodge of F. and
A. M., and the procession, including over fifty carriages, slowly
proceeded to the Methodist Episcopal church. The day was
serene and lovely. Five clergjanen participated in the services,
four of whom, Messrs. Lowrie, Coit, Ellison, and Monroe,
had been pastors of the deceased. His remains were
interred in the family plot in Mount Repose cemetery. He
had accumulated a large property and left his family in good
circumstances, with a wise provision for the continuance of
the business by his sons.
He married, at the home of her parents in Haverstraw,
Catherine, daughter of Christopher and Rebecca (Allison)
Cosgrove. She was born in Haverstraw, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1819 ;
died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1845, and her remains are
interred in Mount Repose cemetery. She was reared to a
life of useful industry, and in the love and fear of God.
Possessing an amiable disposition, with a -bright, cheerful
expression of countenance, she became the sunshine of her
home, and greatly endeared to her husband and family. Her
early death was partly due to her rather delicate physical
organization. She possessed a fine mind, with deep religious
convictions. She died as she had lived, in the full consciousness
of her Saviour's love. She was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Mr. Allison married, second, Sept. 17, 1845, at the home of
her parents in Haverstraw, Jane Eliza Cosgrove, a sister of
his first wife. She was born in that place Feb. 9, 1817.
Brought up on the old homestead, under the guidance of her
remarkable mother, she acquired habits of useful industry in
doing her full share in the varied duties of farm life, which
included assisting in garden work, gathering fruits in season,
husking corn, milking, churning, baking, cooking, spinning,
and sewing, thus fitting her to become a model housewife.
She was converted early in life and joined the Methodist
Episcopal
church. Since then she has found the comforts
and consolations of religion her highest joy and support in
the many afflictions she has been called to endure. She is
about five feet, seven inches in height, and large framed.
She has dark hair (now gray), regular features, and black
expressive eyes, a mild and forbearing disposition ; is domestic
in her tastes and habits, and cherishes a loving devo-