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GARRETT T. ALLISON, OF HAVERSTRAW, N. Y. 277
CHILDREN.
1870. Charles Edmund Allison,* b. in Hoboken, X. J., Nov. 18, 1853; m.,
Dec. 4, 1874, Ella Mullery, b. in England, Nov. 4, 18.54. Child:
I. Florence Angeline Allison.'-* b. in .Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 17, 1875.
1871. Augustus Allison,' b. in Hoboken, N. J., Nov. 5, 18.56.
1872. Harriet Allison,* b. in Hoboken, N. .J., Jan. 5, 1860.
187.3. Carrie Cadmus Allison,* b. in Hoboken, N. J., April 29, 1862.
1874. Henrv Booth Allison,* b. Jersey City, N. J., May 80, 18G4.
1875. William Allison.' b. Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 1, 1866.
1876. Frederick Johnson Allison,' b. Jersey City, N. J., July 1, 1869; d.
Jan. 9, 1870.
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1877. Garrett T. Allison [1781] (James,^ Thomas,^ Benjamin,*
John,3 Jolin,2 Lawrence^). He was born in Haverstraw,
N. Y., and was a house carpenter by trade and occu-
pation. He was upright and industrious, quiet and retiring
in his manners, a sincere Christian, and a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Residence in Haverstraw,
where he owned a few acres of land, on which was a comfortable
frame dwelling with barn, situated on the mountain
side of the Ramapo road, just beyond the Mount Repose
cemetery. There he lived with his family till advanced in
life, when with his companion he located in the village
where he died. He and his wife are buried in Mount Repose
cemetery in Haverstraw, N. Y.
He *married, in Haverstraw, May 25, 1833, Charlotte,
daughter of Abraham and Jane (De Pew) Allison. She
possessed a sensitive, nervous temperament. Her delicate
constitution was easil}" overcome by any undue excitement.
She was very devout. Her Bible and the church of God
were her chief sources of enjoyment. She was never so
happy as when attending the revival services of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, of which she was a member and a
shining light, and would sometimes be overcome b}'' her
emotions amid the spiritual excitement of those meetings.
She died at Haverstraw, N. Y.
CHILD.
1878. Martha Allison,* b. Haverstraw, N. Y., April 4, 1834. She received
a superior education. It may truthfully be said of her, "She
was always a Christian." Taught to avoid all appearance of
evil from lier earliest years, and inheriting the pious, devotional
spirit of her mother, her life was truly " hid with Christ
in God." Her sweetness of spirit inspired the purest thou^chts
and purposes of all who came in contact with her. She died
at Princeton, N. J., and is biuied in Mount Repose cemetery,
Haverstraw, N. Y. She manned Mr. .Jamison, a professor in
the Mountain institute at Haverstraw village. After marriage
they removed to Princeton, N. J., where he practised medicine.
He married a second wife.