James W Allison was born on 14 November 1795, in Kentucky, United States as the son of Jonathan Allison and Lydia Allison Gower. He married Anna Doty Parker on 13 September 1821, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 14 July 1839, in Woodbury Township, Cumberland, Illinois, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Woodbury, Cumberland, Illinois, United States.
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In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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 ).
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