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John B. Allison
Biographical sketch, Boone County, MO
J. B. Allison, farmer, near Sturgeon, is the son of Alexander and Jemima (nee Crawford) Allison.
His mother was the daughter of James Crawford, one of the first settlers of Boone county. His father came to Boone county in 1815, and settled about six miles north of Columbia. He helped to make the first wagon road ever opened in Boone county. It was called the Boone's Lick road.The elder Allison died October 13th, 1861.
The subject of this sketch was born six miles north of Columbia, September 7, 1828. When about five years old, his father moved over on Salt River. He was principally raised in the vicinity of Florida, Monroe county, Missouri.
The family were brought up under very unfortunate circumstances. He lost his mother when eight years old. The children were then scattered, no two of them growing up in the same place. The first money ever earned by J. B. Allison was spent in educating a sister.
[He] was apprenticed out at the tanner's trade, which he followed until he was twenty-one years old. From twenty-one to twenty-two, he taught school. Mr. Allison is a self-educated man.
[He w]as married, November 14, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Martha Woodson, and a niece of Warren Woodson, who was clerk of the Boone county court for forty years.
They have eight children living: George W. and Benjamin A., attorneys, at McPherson, Kansas; Annie and Belle, teachers in public schools; John S., Emma J., William Mosley and Mary H.
Mr and Mrs Allison are both members of the Methodist church.
After marrying, he engaged for several years in selling lightning rods and chain pumps. He afterwards followed farming. He was marshal of the common pleas court at Sturgeon for eight years. He was the Republican nominee for the legislature in 1866 against Major James S. Rollins. Mr. Allison was an unconditional Union man during the late war.
Slight editing of original text, published in 1882, by Lisa Allison Albert; added paragraphs and moved a few sentences for better connection between facts.
| Owner/Source | History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages. |
| Linked to | History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages.; Alexander Allison; John Benjamin Allison; James Crawford; Jemima Crawford; Jane McClellan; Elizabeth Mosby Woodson |
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