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ANDREW ALLISON, OF DUBLIN, N. H. 65
49. Samuel Stinson,* b. Sept. 17, 1787; d. when a youns man; single.
.50. John Stinson* (10(3), b. Nov. 13, 1789; res. Dunbarton, N. H.
51. Archibald Stinson ^(170), b. March 14, 1791; res. Hammond, St.
Lawrence county.
52. James Stinson* (181), b. July 20, 1794; res. Harbour Creek, Penn.
53. Jeremiah Page Stinson* (189), b. July 20, 1798; d. Sept. .5, 1827.
54. Andrew Allison^ [25] (Captain Samuel,^ SamueF).
He was born in what is now East Derry, N. H. (then Lon-
donderry), on Feb. 26, 1754. He married, Feb. 5, 1784,
Sarah, daughter of Dea. Eli and Sarah (Chenery) Morse, of
Dublin, N. H. She was born in 1769, and died July 2,
1799. In 1783, he located in that town on lots Nos. 16 and
17, in the Sixth range, which had been purchased by his
father, Samuel Allison. The home first established was on
lot 16. Mr. Allison's second wife was Mrs. Betsey (Carter)
Evans, of Peterborough, N. H., whom he married in October,
1802. In early life, in his father's home in Londonderry,
Mr. Allison listened with delight to the stories and
anecdotes told by Dr. Matthew Thornton, who was a visitor
there, and he recounted them to his Dublin friends in the
years of his mature life. He was large in size, fleet of foot,
hot tempered, quick to take offence. In the town of his
adoption he became a prominent actor, and frequently filled
public positions; was moderator of the annual meetings in
1802 and 1810 ; town clerk in 1794, '95, '96, and '97, and
selectman in 1795, 1802, 1803, and 1808 ; representative in
1808 and 1818. His death occurred in Dublin, May 28,
1841.
CHILDEE^r BORN IN DUBLIN, N. H.
55. Sarah Allison,* b. March 13, 1787; d. May 5, 1878, aged 91 yrs., 2
mos., 8 days. In young womanhood she engaged to marry a
young man, a neighbor. Her household goods were ready;
but consumption seized her lover. She tenderly cared for hi'm
during his sickness; she was faithful to her early love, and
during a long life she waited in the joyous hope of meeting
him in a land where there is no more death, and where partings
are unknown.
56. Ebenezer Allison* (192), b. March 18, 1789; m. Phebe Phelps, in
1816; res. Brownville, N. Y. ; son, Harlow Allison,8 res. Lanark,
Jefferson county, N. Y.
57. Eli Allison* (204), b. Dec. 25, 1791; res. Dublin, N. H.; d. March 25,
1860.
58. Samuel Allison,* b. March 20, 1795; m., Jan. 28, 1857, Mrs. Maria
Piper, widow of Artemus Piper, dau. of Benjamin and Phebe
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