George Hugh Allison

Brief Life History of George Hugh

When George Hugh Allison was born on 24 September 1849, in Pavia Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Andrew Allison, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Mock, was 43. He married Harriet Floss Croyle on 27 August 1872, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lincoln Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 24 April 1923, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Pavia, Pavia Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Hugh Allison
1849–1923
Harriet Floss Croyle
1856–1929
Marriage: 27 August 1872
William Harvey Allison
1875–1897
Elliott Epsy Allison
1875–1946
Charles Ross Allison
1878–1964
Thomas Albert Allison
1879–1964
Leah L. Allison
1881–1882
James Harry Allison
1883–1944
Sadie Viola Allison
1885–1950
Harriet May Allison
1890–1973
Minnisota M Allison
1890–1969
Stewart Leady Allison
1895–1937
Arthur Hartley Allison
1900–1985

Sources (23)

  • Hugh Allison in household of Andrew Allison, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Hugh Allison, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Hugh Allison, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

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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