Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 85th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902.
Typed by Laurie Birks Dean
pp. 411-412
Charles William Brandon ALLISON, deceased, was born at Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1820, and died at Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 5, 1876. He was a son of Maj. William Allison (an officer in the War of 1812) and his wife Julia (Brandon) Allison, who was a daughter of Charles and Mary Brandon.
His father died when he was five years old, and, in 1831, he went with his mother to live at the home of her sister, on a farm in Wayne county, Ohio. As a youth he learned the tinner's trade, and while working at that trade in Wooster, Ohio, he studied law at night and was admitted to the bar in December, 1841. Immediately
thereafter he opened an office in Marysville, Ohio, where he practiced his profession for nine years. During that time he first had as his partner Hon. Augustus Hall (afterward a member of Congress from Iowa and chief justice of Nebraska) and later Otway Curry. In January, 1851, he removed to Bellefontaine, and formed a partnership with Congressman Benjamin Stanton under the firm name of Stanton & Allison, and that firm continued until the death of Mr. Stanton in 1872. In May, 1862, Mr. Allison was commissioned colonel of the 85th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., having previously been captain of Company E, of the 86th Regiment. His regiment was assigned to guard duty at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, where there was a prison in which many captured Confederates were confined. In October, 1862, he was appointed commander of the rendezvous for drafted men at Camp Denison, where he remained until that service was closed, on January 1, 1863. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1864, and was
chairman of the committee on military affairs, and a member of the judiciary committee.
In 1866 Mr. Allison, with Mr. Stanton, opened an office in Wheeling, West Virginia, and they removed their families here on April 1, 1867. Thereafter until the death of Mr. Stanton the firm of Stanton & Allison had, perhaps, a larger practice than any other law firm in the state of West Virginia, as their names appear as counsel in more reported cases before the supreme court of this state than
those of any of their contemporaries. After the death of Mr. Stanton, Mr. Allison continued the large practice established by the firm, until his own death, which occurred on December 5, 1876.
Mr. Allison was a self-made man. When, at twenty-one years of age, he began practicing his profession at Marysville, Ohio, among strangers, he had only $25 that he had borrowed, and one law book. He had a discriminating and investigating mind, and was conscientious, painstaking and indefatigable in his work, so that he ranked high as a lawyer. He took an active interest in public
affairs, and served several terms in the council of the city of Wheeling. In politics he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican.
Mr. Allison married, first (on November 5, 1844), Sophronia Lee, a daughter of Dr. Elisha S. and Elizabeth Lee, of Marysville. She was born in Knox county, Ohio, October 24, 1825, and died August 26, 1848. He married, second (on May 21, 1851), Mary Stanton, a daughter of Hon. Benjamin and Nancy (Davis) Stanton. Mr. Allison was born at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, on December 27, 1830, and died at
Wheeling on October 13, 1899. Mr. Allison left surviving him, besides his wife, a daughter by his first marriage, Julia, wife of Maj. O. J. Hopkins, of Toledo, and two children by his second marriage, viz.: Kate and Benjamin Stanton, both of whom reside in Wheeling, - the latter being a member of the law firm of Erskine &
Allison.
From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902.
Typed by Laurie Birks Dean
pp. 411-412
Charles William Brandon ALLISON, deceased, was born at Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1820, and died at Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 5, 1876. He was a son of Maj. William Allison (an officer in the War of 1812) and his wife Julia (Brandon) Allison, who was a daughter of Charles and Mary Brandon.
His father died when he was five years old, and, in 1831, he went with his mother to live at the home of her sister, on a farm in Wayne county, Ohio. As a youth he learned the tinner's trade, and while working at that trade in Wooster, Ohio, he studied law at night and was admitted to the bar in December, 1841. Immediately
thereafter he opened an office in Marysville, Ohio, where he practiced his profession for nine years. During that time he first had as his partner Hon. Augustus Hall (afterward a member of Congress from Iowa and chief justice of Nebraska) and later Otway Curry. In January, 1851, he removed to Bellefontaine, and formed a partnership with Congressman Benjamin Stanton under the firm name of Stanton & Allison, and that firm continued until the death of Mr. Stanton in 1872. In May, 1862, Mr. Allison was commissioned colonel of the 85th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., having previously been captain of Company E, of the 86th Regiment. His regiment was assigned to guard duty at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, where there was a prison in which many captured Confederates were confined. In October, 1862, he was appointed commander of the rendezvous for drafted men at Camp Denison, where he remained until that service was closed, on January 1, 1863. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1864, and was
chairman of the committee on military affairs, and a member of the judiciary committee.
In 1866 Mr. Allison, with Mr. Stanton, opened an office in Wheeling, West Virginia, and they removed their families here on April 1, 1867. Thereafter until the death of Mr. Stanton the firm of Stanton & Allison had, perhaps, a larger practice than any other law firm in the state of West Virginia, as their names appear as counsel in more reported cases before the supreme court of this state than
those of any of their contemporaries. After the death of Mr. Stanton, Mr. Allison continued the large practice established by the firm, until his own death, which occurred on December 5, 1876.
Mr. Allison was a self-made man. When, at twenty-one years of age, he began practicing his profession at Marysville, Ohio, among strangers, he had only $25 that he had borrowed, and one law book. He had a discriminating and investigating mind, and was conscientious, painstaking and indefatigable in his work, so that he ranked high as a lawyer. He took an active interest in public
affairs, and served several terms in the council of the city of Wheeling. In politics he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican.
Mr. Allison married, first (on November 5, 1844), Sophronia Lee, a daughter of Dr. Elisha S. and Elizabeth Lee, of Marysville. She was born in Knox county, Ohio, October 24, 1825, and died August 26, 1848. He married, second (on May 21, 1851), Mary Stanton, a daughter of Hon. Benjamin and Nancy (Davis) Stanton. Mr. Allison was born at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, on December 27, 1830, and died at
Wheeling on October 13, 1899. Mr. Allison left surviving him, besides his wife, a daughter by his first marriage, Julia, wife of Maj. O. J. Hopkins, of Toledo, and two children by his second marriage, viz.: Kate and Benjamin Stanton, both of whom reside in Wheeling, - the latter being a member of the law firm of Erskine &
Allison.
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 85th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902.
Typed by Laurie Birks Dean
pp. 411-412
Charles William Brandon ALLISON, deceased, was born at Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1820, and died at Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 5, 1876. He was a son of Maj. William Allison (an officer in the War of 1812) and his wife Julia (Brandon) Allison, who was a daughter of Charles and Mary Brandon.
His father died when he was five years old, and, in 1831, he went with his mother to live at the home of her sister, on a farm in Wayne county, Ohio. As a youth he learned the tinner's trade, and while working at that trade in Wooster, Ohio, he studied law at night and was admitted to the bar in December, 1841. Immediately
thereafter he opened an office in Marysville, Ohio, where he practiced his profession for nine years. During that time he first had as his partner Hon. Augustus Hall (afterward a member of Congress from Iowa and chief justice of Nebraska) and later Otway Curry. In January, 1851, he removed to Bellefontaine, and formed a partnership with Congressman Benjamin Stanton under the firm name of Stanton & Allison, and that firm continued until the death of Mr. Stanton in 1872. In May, 1862, Mr. Allison was commissioned colonel of the 85th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., having previously been captain of Company E, of the 86th Regiment. His regiment was assigned to guard duty at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, where there was a prison in which many captured Confederates were confined. In October, 1862, he was appointed commander of the rendezvous for drafted men at Camp Denison, where he remained until that service was closed, on January 1, 1863. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1864, and was
chairman of the committee on military affairs, and a member of the judiciary committee.
In 1866 Mr. Allison, with Mr. Stanton, opened an office in Wheeling, West Virginia, and they removed their families here on April 1, 1867. Thereafter until the death of Mr. Stanton the firm of Stanton & Allison had, perhaps, a larger practice than any other law firm in the state of West Virginia, as their names appear as counsel in more reported cases before the supreme court of this state than
those of any of their contemporaries. After the death of Mr. Stanton, Mr. Allison continued the large practice established by the firm, until his own death, which occurred on December 5, 1876.
Mr. Allison was a self-made man. When, at twenty-one years of age, he began practicing his profession at Marysville, Ohio, among strangers, he had only $25 that he had borrowed, and one law book. He had a discriminating and investigating mind, and was conscientious, painstaking and indefatigable in his work, so that he ranked high as a lawyer. He took an active interest in public
affairs, and served several terms in the council of the city of Wheeling. In politics he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican.
Mr. Allison married, first (on November 5, 1844), Sophronia Lee, a daughter of Dr. Elisha S. and Elizabeth Lee, of Marysville. She was born in Knox county, Ohio, October 24, 1825, and died August 26, 1848. He married, second (on May 21, 1851), Mary Stanton, a daughter of Hon. Benjamin and Nancy (Davis) Stanton. Mr. Allison was born at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, on December 27, 1830, and died at
Wheeling on October 13, 1899. Mr. Allison left surviving him, besides his wife, a daughter by his first marriage, Julia, wife of Maj. O. J. Hopkins, of Toledo, and two children by his second marriage, viz.: Kate and Benjamin Stanton, both of whom reside in Wheeling, - the latter being a member of the law firm of Erskine &
Allison.
From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902.
Typed by Laurie Birks Dean
pp. 411-412
Charles William Brandon ALLISON, deceased, was born at Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1820, and died at Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 5, 1876. He was a son of Maj. William Allison (an officer in the War of 1812) and his wife Julia (Brandon) Allison, who was a daughter of Charles and Mary Brandon.
His father died when he was five years old, and, in 1831, he went with his mother to live at the home of her sister, on a farm in Wayne county, Ohio. As a youth he learned the tinner's trade, and while working at that trade in Wooster, Ohio, he studied law at night and was admitted to the bar in December, 1841. Immediately
thereafter he opened an office in Marysville, Ohio, where he practiced his profession for nine years. During that time he first had as his partner Hon. Augustus Hall (afterward a member of Congress from Iowa and chief justice of Nebraska) and later Otway Curry. In January, 1851, he removed to Bellefontaine, and formed a partnership with Congressman Benjamin Stanton under the firm name of Stanton & Allison, and that firm continued until the death of Mr. Stanton in 1872. In May, 1862, Mr. Allison was commissioned colonel of the 85th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., having previously been captain of Company E, of the 86th Regiment. His regiment was assigned to guard duty at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, where there was a prison in which many captured Confederates were confined. In October, 1862, he was appointed commander of the rendezvous for drafted men at Camp Denison, where he remained until that service was closed, on January 1, 1863. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1864, and was
chairman of the committee on military affairs, and a member of the judiciary committee.
In 1866 Mr. Allison, with Mr. Stanton, opened an office in Wheeling, West Virginia, and they removed their families here on April 1, 1867. Thereafter until the death of Mr. Stanton the firm of Stanton & Allison had, perhaps, a larger practice than any other law firm in the state of West Virginia, as their names appear as counsel in more reported cases before the supreme court of this state than
those of any of their contemporaries. After the death of Mr. Stanton, Mr. Allison continued the large practice established by the firm, until his own death, which occurred on December 5, 1876.
Mr. Allison was a self-made man. When, at twenty-one years of age, he began practicing his profession at Marysville, Ohio, among strangers, he had only $25 that he had borrowed, and one law book. He had a discriminating and investigating mind, and was conscientious, painstaking and indefatigable in his work, so that he ranked high as a lawyer. He took an active interest in public
affairs, and served several terms in the council of the city of Wheeling. In politics he was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican.
Mr. Allison married, first (on November 5, 1844), Sophronia Lee, a daughter of Dr. Elisha S. and Elizabeth Lee, of Marysville. She was born in Knox county, Ohio, October 24, 1825, and died August 26, 1848. He married, second (on May 21, 1851), Mary Stanton, a daughter of Hon. Benjamin and Nancy (Davis) Stanton. Mr. Allison was born at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, on December 27, 1830, and died at
Wheeling on October 13, 1899. Mr. Allison left surviving him, besides his wife, a daughter by his first marriage, Julia, wife of Maj. O. J. Hopkins, of Toledo, and two children by his second marriage, viz.: Kate and Benjamin Stanton, both of whom reside in Wheeling, - the latter being a member of the law firm of Erskine &
Allison.
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