Biographical Sketch of James H. Allison, Rush Township, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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James Henry Allison, farmer, Rushville, was born in Fayette County,
Missouri in February, 1833.  In 1838 his parents moved to Buchanan
County, Missouri, where he was raised and educated.  He spent his
boyhood days on a farm, with the exception of four years, which time
he was engaged in clerking in a store.  Mr. Allison is considered one
of the most successful farmers of Buchanan County.  During the late
war he served six months in the State Militia.  His farm contains 200
acres, eighty acres being situated in the bottom, and his home farm
in sections 13 and 14.  He was married December 16, 1855, to Miss 
Martha Eastburn.  She was born and raised in Buchanan County.  They
have four children: Lloyd W., Elizabeth F., William F. and Anna E.

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