Gordon Hampton Allison1

b. 26 October 1876, d. 10 December 1918
FatherJohn Beattie Allison2 b. 6 Jun 1841, d. 21 Jan 1879
MotherSarah Ellen Wright3 b. 31 Dec 1841, d. 14 Aug 1905
Birth26 Oct 1876 Gordon Hampton Allison was born on 26 Oct 1876 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia.1,4 
Fath-DeathJan 1879 Gordon was only 3 years old when his father died in 1879. 
Cens-1880Jun 1880  His mother continued to provide a home for Gordon and his older siblings in the community of Glade Spring in Washington County, Virginia.3 
Cens-Sum  After his mother's death in 1905, and before his marriage to Annie Williams, Gordon lived with his sister Nellie and her husband Buck Hutton.3,5 
Marriage16 Jan 1911 He married Annie Maria Williams, daughter of Joseph Davis Williams and Mary Virginia Horne, on 16 Jan 1911.6 
Death10 Dec 1918 Gordon died of pneumonia following the flu on 10 Dec 1918 [1918 was the year of the Spanish Flu Pandemic] in Washington County at age 42.4,7 
Burial He was buried in the Allison-Keys square at Old Baptist Cemetery, Washington County.8 

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Gordon (back row, far left) and Annie with children and other family members, circa 1918. (click on the camera icon, then run cursor over faces to see names).9
Gordon's childhood home - built by his grandfather, William Beattie Allison.
Gordon's headstone
Other interments in Old Baptist Cemetery

Family

Annie Maria Williams b. 1 Sep 1884, d. 11 Apr 1975
Children
ChartsDescendants of Robert Clark and Martha Harvie
Last Edited28 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S2169] Donald Helton, compiler, "Washington County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1939" (manuscript shared by author), p. 13; Gordon Hampton Allison entry.
  2. [S708] John B. Allison will (1879), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 20: 95. The will was dated 4 Jan. 1879 and recorded 27 Jan. 1879. Robert C. Allison and Samuel D. Allison were named executors with Selden Longley and Robert F. Smith witnesses. The executors posted $8,000 bond with William W. Allison and John B. Clark their securities.
  3. [S165] Sarah E. Allison household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring, ED 94, page 28 (66D stamped), dwelling 245, family 247, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 28 of 54. Sarah E. Allison 37, widow; Ida 14, dau; Joseph G. 13, son; Lelia 10, dau; Nellie G. 8, dau; Clinton J. 7, son; Gordon 4, son; Adaline Billings 23, servant; Vernon Wright 21, brother; all b. VA.
  4. [S1237] Gordon H. Allison tombstone, Old Baptist Cemetery, Washington County, Virginia, photographed 2005 by Martha Keys.
  5. [S237] William J. Hutton household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring Precinct, ED 116, sheet 2B, dwelling 40, family 45, viewed online at Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 4 of 36. William J. Hutton, 40, marr 9 yrs, salesman for dry goods store; Nellie, 36, marr 9 yrs, second marr; Gordon H. Allison, bro-in-law, 32 or 37, messenger for _____; all b. VA.
  6. [S1637] King Albert Hagey and William Anderson Hagey, Hagy Families in America, p. 214; provides full date.
  7. [S2273] Research of Jack Hockett, Montreal, Canada; Mr. Hockett cites the Washington Co. Virginia death record entry for Gordon Hampton Allison (Library of Virginia, reel 75) which he abstracted as: WCV, Glade Spring: WCV, Glade Spring: Gordon Hampton Allison, Caucasian, male, mar, b 26 Oct 1876, 41/15/--; b Glade Spring, WCV; d of broncho pneumonia following influenza, 10 Dec 1918, s/o John Beatty Allison, WCV & Sarah Ellen Wright, Amelia Co VA; J. C. Allison, Knoxville, TN, inf; bur Glade Spring, VA.
  8. [S622] Martha Keys, "Old Baptist Pics," e-mail to Diana Powell, 3 Oct. 2005.
  9. [S1376] Photo courtesy of Martha Keys.
  10. [S698] Letter, Kathlyn Allison Carnagey to Graham Keys, 5 Sept. 1966. Ms Carnagy states that Gordon Hampton Allison, son of John Beattie Allison and Susan Ellen Allison, married Annie Williams. They had two sons: Hampton and Lamar.
  11. [S1345] Obituary of Hampton Allison, Washington County, Virginia News, Sept. 10, 2003.