When Andrew Allison was born in 1818, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Allison Jr, was 62 and his mother, Sarah Bowen, was 39. He married Sarah Coppock on 18 June 1854, in Darke, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died in 1860, in West Milton, Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English female personal name Alice, Alis (see Allis ) + -son, meaning ‘Alice's son’.
English and Scottish: from the Middle English female personal name Alison, a common pet form of Alice, Alis. See Allis and compare Ellison .
Scottish: in some cases, a late variant of Allanson (see also Allinson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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