John Wallace Allison1
b. September 1888, d. 1978
Birth | Sep 1888 | John Wallace Allison was born in Sep 1888 in Virginia.2,1 |
Cens-1900 | 1 Jun 1900 | He was recorded in his father's household in the Glade Spring District of Washington County, Virginia, in June 1900.3 |
| Oct 1900 | His father and brother James both died a few months later. |
Cens-1910 | 16 Apr 1910 | The 1910 census recorded John's mother as the head of the household and also included 75 year old Martha Ligon, John's great aunt. John was 21 and worked as a bookkeeper at a bank.4 |
| | John married Lucille McCowan and Rose Phillips.2 |
Death | 1978 | John died in 1978 in Knoxville, Tennessee.2 |
Citations
- [S622] Martha Keys, "Answers for a Change," e-mail to Diana Powell, 13 Sept. 2005. Martha cites the Bible (now in her possession) of Mattie Lee Taylor Allison which was gifted to Mattie on 4 Jul 1891 by her father.
- [S681] Martha Keys, "Abram Greenfield Allison-Mattie Lee Taylor" family group sheet. Abram and Mattie were Martha's great-grandparents.
- [S574] Abram Allison household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 108, sheet 1B, dwelling 15, family 18, viewed online at Genealogy.com, April 2003, image 2 of 70. Abram Allison, 33, b. Feb. 1867, marr 12 yrs, farmer; Mattie, wife, 30, b. Feb. 1870, marr 12 yrs, mother of 3 children, all living; John W., son, 11, b. Sept 1888; May T., dau, b. Jan 1890; James, son, 2, b. Jan. 1898; Martha Ligon, aunt, 65, b. July 1834, mother b. Scotland; all persons b. VA.
- [S237] Mattie L. Allison household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring Precinct, ED 116, sheet 3A, dwelling 47, family 52, viewed online at Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 5 of 36. Mattie L. Allison, 38, b. TN, widowed, mother of 3 children, two living; John W., son, 21, b. VA, bookkeeper at bank; Mae T, dau, 20, b. VA, school teacher; Martha H. Ligon, aunt, 75 widowed, b. VA, mother b. Scotland.