Shasta County CA Archives Biographies.....Allison, Benjamin Franklin 1860 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLISON, Principal of the schools of Redding, Shasta County,
California, was born in Missouri, February 8, 1860. He comes of good old
Revolutionary stock, the ancestors of, his family having settled in the colonies
at an early period in the history of this country, and having been active
partipants [sic] in the Revolutionary struggle. His grandfather, John Allison,
was one of the pioneers of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and his father, James W.
Allison, was born there. Mr. Allison's mother, nee Laura A. Martin, was also a
native of Kentucky. His parents had five children, of whom he was the third. He
is now the only survivor of the family.

  Mr. Allison received his education in Kentucky and Ohio; graduated at the
academy at Greenville, Kentucky, and afterward in both the scientific and
classical courses of the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He is also
a graduate of the commercial course of Kentucky University at Lexington. His
first intentions were to enter the medical profession, but his natural talent
and adaptation for teaching became so apparent that he turned his attention to
the profession of teaching. For the past twelve years he has been a successful
teacher. Hie had charge of the Columbia High School, Kentucky, from 1881 till
1883; was superintendent of the Hamilton College, Texas, from 1883 till 1886;
conducted the Apopka public schools, in Florida, three years; .and came to
Redding and took his present position April 1, 1889. His school work here, as it
has been elsewhere, is thorough and systematic. Everything goes on like
clock-work, without friction or disorder. As a teacher, Professor Allison is
regarded with high esteem by both pupils and patrons. In the higher departments
of the school the young ladies and gentlemen of his classes are thrown entirely
upon their honor for deportment, and their conduct is such that it reflects
credit not only upon themselves but also upon their worthy instructor.

  In 1888 Professor was united in marriage, in Texas, to Miss Mary Hart, a
native of Iuka, Mississippi. At the time of their marriage she was a teacher of
ability and experience. Mr. Allison and his wife are members of the Presbyterian
Church. Social and affable, they are valuable acquisitions to the good society
of the city of Redding.


Additional Comments:
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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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