Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Allison, S. H. 1856 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  S. H. Allison, a well known and successful farmer of Olathe township, is a
native of Ohio. He was born in Shelby county, May 5, 1856, and is a son of R. C.
and Mary (Russell) Allison, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter
of Ohio. The mother died when S. H. was about two years of age. The father
followed farming in Ohio until about 1869 when he moved to Kansas and bought a
quarter section of land at $20 dollars per acre. This property is now the home
of S. H. Allison, whose name introduces this sketch. The father improved the
place and built a log house about forty rods south of where the farm residence
now stands. He spent the remainder of his life in Johnson county where he
followed farming and prospered. He died in 1899. The Allison family consisted of
six children, as follows: J. C, who resides in Topeka; W. M., a resident of
Stanley, Kan.; S. H., the subject of this sketch; F. R. and two sisters who are
now deceased. S. H. Allison attended the public schools, both in Ohio and
Kansas. He was thirteen years old when the family came to Johnson county. He has
made farming his life occupation and was associated with his father until the
death of the latter. Since that time he has carried on farming on the home place
and is one of the substantial farmers and stockmen of Johnson county. Mr.
Allison was united in marriage March 15, 1897, to Miss Minnie, daughter of T. L.
Beckett, of Olathe township. To this union have been born two children, Lucile
and Jennis, the elder, a sophomore in the Olathe High School. Mr. Allison is a
Republican and since reaching manhood has been active in the local affairs of
his party and has rarely missed attending a county or State convention. In 1900
he was elected county commissioner of Johnson county and reelected to that
office at the expiration of his first term, serving eight years in all, and
during that time established a record as a conscientious and efficient public
officer. In 1914 he was appointed trustee of Olathe township, and in the fall of
that year was elected to that office. He has the distinction of having served as
county commissioner of Johnson county longer than any other man. Mr. Allison is
a member of the Grange, the Modern Woodmen of America and the family belongs to
the Presbyterian church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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