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William Hardy Allison

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William Hardy Allison

Birth
Hancock County, West Virginia, USA
Death
10 Apr 1931 (aged 85)
Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Served as a private in Co. I, 12th West Virginia Infantry
Certificate of Disability of Discharge - Gunshot wound of left elbow, 15 May 1864, near New Market. Light complexion; light eyes; grey hair; 5 feet nine inches tall. Discharged 28 June 1865, Cumberland, Md. Anchylosis of Left elbow joint arising from wounds received in battle. Physically unsuitable to enter or re-enlist in the Vet. Res. Corps. Degree of disability - total.

OBITUARY: East Liverpool Review, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH. Saturday, 11 Apr 1931, pg 3.

W.H. Allison, Aged 85, Dies

Civil War Veteran Succumbs in Chester.

William Hardy Allison, 85, Civil war veteran and lifelong resident of Hancock county, W. Va., died Friday at 7 p.m. in his home at 849 Louisiana avenue, Chester. He observed his birthday Thursday. He enlisted at Pughtown in Company I, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, January 1, 1884. He was wounded in the battle of New Market, Virginia, May 16, 1864. He was mustered out of service at Cumberland, Md., in August, 1865. He was married to Miss Anna Pugh, daughter of John and Hannah Pugh of Pughtown on April 7, 1868. They were tendered a post-card shower in their home Tuesday marking their 63rd wedding anniversary. He was a member of General Lyon post No. 44, G.A.R., and the First Methodist Episcopal church of Chester. Besides his widow, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Fowler and Mrs. Hugh Miller, and one son, Clifford Allison of Chester, and brother, A.S. Allison of Pughtown. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church in Chester, in charge of Rev. Alexander Steele of Ligonier, Pa., assisted by Rev. C.J. Bland, pastor of the church. Burial will be made in Locust Hill cemetery, near Chester. The Ladies of the G.A.R. will hold services in the home Sunday at 7 p.m.

Allison lineage back to Thomas Allanson, English extraction, London.

Thomas Allanson/Mary Roberts
Charles Allanson/ ? Posey
Thomas Allison/Barbary Burch
Charles Allison/Barbara Moore
James Allison/Nancy ?
Thomas Allison/Mary Bailey
Robert B. Allison/Blanche Wilcoxen
William Hardy Allison

Served as a private in Co. I, 12th West Virginia Infantry
Certificate of Disability of Discharge - Gunshot wound of left elbow, 15 May 1864, near New Market. Light complexion; light eyes; grey hair; 5 feet nine inches tall. Discharged 28 June 1865, Cumberland, Md. Anchylosis of Left elbow joint arising from wounds received in battle. Physically unsuitable to enter or re-enlist in the Vet. Res. Corps. Degree of disability - total.

OBITUARY: East Liverpool Review, East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH. Saturday, 11 Apr 1931, pg 3.

W.H. Allison, Aged 85, Dies

Civil War Veteran Succumbs in Chester.

William Hardy Allison, 85, Civil war veteran and lifelong resident of Hancock county, W. Va., died Friday at 7 p.m. in his home at 849 Louisiana avenue, Chester. He observed his birthday Thursday. He enlisted at Pughtown in Company I, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, January 1, 1884. He was wounded in the battle of New Market, Virginia, May 16, 1864. He was mustered out of service at Cumberland, Md., in August, 1865. He was married to Miss Anna Pugh, daughter of John and Hannah Pugh of Pughtown on April 7, 1868. They were tendered a post-card shower in their home Tuesday marking their 63rd wedding anniversary. He was a member of General Lyon post No. 44, G.A.R., and the First Methodist Episcopal church of Chester. Besides his widow, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Fowler and Mrs. Hugh Miller, and one son, Clifford Allison of Chester, and brother, A.S. Allison of Pughtown. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church in Chester, in charge of Rev. Alexander Steele of Ligonier, Pa., assisted by Rev. C.J. Bland, pastor of the church. Burial will be made in Locust Hill cemetery, near Chester. The Ladies of the G.A.R. will hold services in the home Sunday at 7 p.m.

Allison lineage back to Thomas Allanson, English extraction, London.

Thomas Allanson/Mary Roberts
Charles Allanson/ ? Posey
Thomas Allison/Barbary Burch
Charles Allison/Barbara Moore
James Allison/Nancy ?
Thomas Allison/Mary Bailey
Robert B. Allison/Blanche Wilcoxen
William Hardy Allison



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