#500 Archibald Allison ( James Allison • Archibald Allison◊ • Archibald Allison◊ )
Archibald was born 15 Apr 1823 in Spring Mills, Centre Co., Pennsylvania. He died 15 Jun 1903 in Marshalltown, Iowa.
Archibald and his brother, Robert , started out in a covered wagon to seek their fortunes to the west. When they came to Maysville, Kentucky, they were quite impressed with the land. Robert said, "Archibald, this is where I stop and set me up a home." Robert's descendants still live in that area. Archibald went on and settled in Marietta, Iowa. He took up a homestead of 640 acres, which he cultivated until his death.
∞ Archibald married #501 Mary Spear Cook.
Marriage notes |
They married 1846. |
Mary was born 1825. She died 1874.
Children of this relationship:
| #514 | F | i | Louisa L. Allison | (11 Jan 1848–) |
| #516 | F | ii | Margaret Ann Allison | (29 Nov 1849–) |
| #518 | F | iii | Ellen V. Allison | (3 Oct 1851–) |
| #519 | M | iv | James H. Allison | (20 Mar 1853–) |
| #520 | M | v | Robert Cook Allison | (11 Jan 1855–) |
| #521 | F | vi | Emily Jane Allison | (8 Mar 1857–1942) |
| #523 | M | vii | Charles Wood Allison | (11 Feb 1860–) |
| #525 | F | viii | Mary Jane Allison | (11 Jul 1863–) |
Verna Allison Pierson & Marlowe G. Smith, The Allisons of Center County, Pennsylvania, History of the Family and Descendants of Archibald Allison and Mary Kennedy of Kirmaiden, Scotland and Monaghan, Ireland, (unpublished). Ref. as [Pierson/Smith]
Line Generation: 4
Relationship: First Cousins Four Times Removed through Archibald Allison◊