Elijah Allison

Brief Life History of Elijah

When Elijah Allison was born in 1802, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Allison IV, was 34 and his mother, Mary McFerran, was 27. He married Catherine Pate about 1825, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1840 and Western Division, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1860. He died before 1870, in Franklin, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Allison
1802–1870
Catherine Pate
1808–1865
Marriage: about 1825
William H. Allison
1826–
Jasper M. Allison
1832–1898
James Madison Allison
1830–1917
George Augustus Allison
1835–1905
Eliza Allison
1837–
Cornelius C. Allison
1840–
Presley Harve Allison
1846–1887
Napoleon Bonaparte Allison
1846–1920
Clairborne Smith Allison
1851–1933

Sources (6)

  • Elijah Ellison, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Elijah Ellison, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Elijah Allison in entry for James Madison Allison, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1820 · Making States Equal

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.

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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