John Benjamin Allison b. 7 Sept 1828 , Boone, MO d. 8 Mar 1904 Sturgeon, Boone, MO: Our Allison Family

1828 - 1904 (75 years)

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Name	John Benjamin Allison
Born	7 Sept 1828	, Boone, MO [1, 2]
	He was born six miles north of Columbia, in Boone county, Missouri. [1]
Gender	Male
Address	1830	Rocky Fork twp, Boone, MO [3]
Census	1830	Rocky Fork twp, Boone, MO [3]
	Alexander Ellison Free White Persons, Males, Under 5: 3 Free White Persons, Males, 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons, Females, 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons, Under 20: 3 Free White Persons, 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 5 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5 (Note: only 2 of the 3 males under 5 have been identified.)
Address	Abt 1833	, Monroe, MO [1]
	When he was about 5 years old, his father moved the family over to near Salt River, near Florida in Monroe county, Missouri.
Occupation	Bef 1849 [1]
	Tanner. He started as an apprentice, it's unclear if or when he graduated from apprenticeship.
Occupation	1849 to 1850 [1]
	Teacher
Occupation	1850 to Abt 1854 [1]
	Salesman; lightning rods and chain pumps
Occupation	1854 [1]
	Farmer
Census	1860	Union Twp, Monroe, MO [4]
Military	1 Jul 1863	Civil War [5]
	9th Congressional District. Residence: Union Township, Monroe County, Missouri.
Address	1864	, Boone, MO [6]
	He moved his family to a farm near Sturgeon, Boone county, Missouri.
Occupation	Aft 1864	Sturgeon, Boone, MO [1]
	Marshal of the Court of Common Pleas. He performed this duty for eight years.
Occupation	1870	, Boone, MO [1]
	Registrar. He was one of the registrars during the "last registration of voters made in the county, accompanied by the test oath, as at the election that year a constitutional amendment was adopted abolishing the oath... Total number of white accepted voters, 1968. Colored, 600. Total, 2,568. Total number rejected in the county, 120.
Religious denomination	Methodist [1]
Died	8 Mar 1904	Sturgeon, Boone, MO [2]
Buried	Mount Pisgah Cemetery, , Audrain, MO [2]
Notes	After his mother died Oct 13, 1836, he and his siblings were split up to be raised by others, no two of them growing up in the same place. [1] He was a self-educated man. [1] He was the Republican candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives, 1st District, in 1866. He lost to Democratic candidate against Major James S. Rollins by almost 4 to 1 (308 to 82). [1] He was an unconditional Union man during the Civil War. [1]
Person ID	I15	Allison \| Allison
Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

Father	Alexander Allison, b. Between 1801 and 1810, , , PA , d. 13 Oct 1861, , Maries, MO (Age ~ 60 years)
Mother	Jemima Crawford, b. Between 1801 and 1810, , Botetourt, VA , d. 1836/7, Jefferson twp, Monroe, MO (Age ~ 36 years)
Married	15 Sept 1825	, Boone, MO [7, 8, 9]
	Officiant: Rev. Thomas Hensen, Rocky Fork Primitive Baptist Church [7, 8]
Family ID	F4	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Mosby Woodson, b. 30 Dec 1824, , Franklin, VA , d. 19 Feb 1924, Dallas, Dallas, TX (Age 99 years)

Married 14 Nov 1850 , Monroe, MO [6]

Children

+	1. George W Allison, b. 28 Aug 1851, Florida, Monroe, MO , d. 18 Aug 1925, McPherson, McPherson, KS (Age 73 years)
+	2. Benjamin Alexander Allison, b. 21 Oct 1853, , Ralls, MO , d. 14 May 1930, McPherson, McPherson, KS (Age 76 years)
	3. Dorothy Anne Allison, b. 31 Mar 1856, , Monroe, MO , d. 5 Apr 1925, Dallas, Dallas, TX (Age 69 years)
+	4. Arabella Jane Allison, b. 19 Jun 1858, , Monroe, MO , d. 31 Jul 1923, Dallas, Dallas, TX (Age 65 years)
	5. Martha Elizabeth Allison, b. 23 May 1860, Union Twp, Monroe, MO , d. 7 Jul 1861, Union Twp, Monroe, MO (Age 1 years)
+	6. John Stephen Allison, b. 25 Apr 1862, Union Twp, Monroe, MO , d. 28 Dec 1941, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Age 79 years)
+	7. Emma Jemima Allison, b. 25 Apr 1862, Union Twp, Monroe, MO , d. 21 Jul 1944, Columbia, Boone, MO (Age 82 years)
+	8. William Mosby Allison, b. 20 Sept 1864, , Boone, MO , d. 12 Jul 1961, Pittsburg, Crawford, KS (Age 96 years)
+	9. Mary Edith Allison, b. 29 Apr 1867, Sturgeon, Boone, MO , d. 14 Sept 1950, Dallas, Dallas, TX (Age 83 years)

Last Modified 15 Jul 2019

Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos » Slide Show		John B. Allison Date and plate unknown
		John B Allison Profile photo
		John B Allison Photo believed to be that of John B. Allison
		John B. Allison The Allison family home in Sturgeon, Boone, MO. On the porch is Dorothy Ann, Elizabeth Mosby Woodson and a friend. FindAGrave info states photo taken in early 1940s but that's incorrect. Dorothy and Elizabeth died in 1925 and 1924, respectively.
		Main Street, Sturgeon, Boone county, Missouri Caption from Find A Grave: "where Dollie and her mother lived." I don't know if that means they lived in Sturgeon or on Main Street.

Documents » Slide Show		1830 United States Census, Rocky Fork Township, Boone County, Missouri Alexander Elison listed as head of household, 5 persons total living at residence; 3 males under 5 (James Wilkerson, John Benjamin and Washington or Oscar), 1 male 20-30 (himself), 1 female 20-30 (Jemima).
		John B. Allison and Elizabeth M. Woodson, Missouri marriage record 15 Nov 1850, MOnroe County, Missouri
		1860 US Census Union Township, Monroe County, Missouri John B. Allison with wife Elizabeth Allison, and children George, Benjamin, Dorothy, Arabella, Martha, and (tenant?) Charles Gaear, born in Virginia. John's and Charles' occupations listed as farmer.
		John B. Allison Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865 Place of residence: Union Township, Monroe County, Missouri
		1870 US Census, Township 51 (Sturgeon), Boone, Missouri John B. Allison listed as head of household, which included wife Elizabeth, sons George W., Benjamin A, John S., Wm M., and daughters Dorothy A, Arabella, Emma, and Mary E. (enumerator mistakenly wrote her middle initial as H.). John's occupation listed as farmer.
		1880 US Census, Bourbon Township, Boone, Missouri John B. Allison listed as head of household, which included Elizabeth, daughters, Arabella J, Emma J, and Mary E. (enumerator mistakenly listed her middle initial as W.), and sons, John S. and William M. John's occupation listed as farmer, parents' birthplaces listed as Pennsylvania (father) and Virginia (mother).
		1900 US Census Bourbon Township, Boone, Missouri John B Allison listed as head of household, which included wife Elizabeth and daughter Dollie (Dorothy). John's father's birthplace is Pennsylvania; mother's birthplace is Virginia
		Dorothy Anne Allison, death certificate Texas State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death 5 Apr 1925
		Arabella Jane Allison Texas State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death 31 Jul 1923

Headstones

John B Allison and Elizabeth Mosby Woodson
Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Audrain Co, MO

Histories » Slide Show		John B. Allison Biographical sketch, Boone County, MO
		James W Allison biographical sketch Verbatim account from Portrait and biographical record of Marion, Ralls and Pike counties, Missouri, pages 576-577.
		Tracking down the ancestors: Alexander Ellison/Allison
		John Stephen Allison, biographical sketch History of Monrovia Wiley, John L. Pasadena, Calif.: Press of Pasadena Star-News, 1927 pgs 216-217
		Dr John Stephen Allison, obituary Monrovia News-Post Monrovia, California Monday, 29 December 1941, pgs 1 & 3 Note: the claim that he is descended from Pocahontas has been proven to be false.
		Tracking Down Our Ancestors: James Crawford

Albums Allison (6)
Images (photos, scanned documents), histories, recordings, and videos relating to our Allison ancestors.

Sources

[S31] History of Boone Co, MO, (Western Historical Company, St. Louis; 1882), F472.B6 H6 .
[S5] Find A Grave.
[S59] 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
[S95] 1860 US Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
[S94] U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
[S18] Hist. Genea. of Woodsons & connections, Compiled by Henry Morton Woodson, (H.M. Woodson, Tennessee, c1915), 929.273 W868.
[S55] Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
[S329] Marriage Records of Boone County, Missouri, 1821-1870, Stella Pocahontas Anthony Thompson, comp., (Columbia, MO, 1933).
[S330] Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage, Illinois, (http://www.pblib.org).

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