BIO: James G. ALLISON, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 314.
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  JAMES G. ALLISON, Mill Creek, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born in 
Brady township, July 2, 1849, son of R.K. and Sarah (Semple) Allison. 
Mr. R. K. Allison was a tanner; he died in 1876. His wife was a native 
of Mifflin county, Pa. Their children are: Mary W. (Mrs. David Walker), 
of Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pa.; Letitia A. (Mrs. Wakefield); 
and James G.
  After attending the schools of Brady township, James G. Allison began 
business as a dealer in stock; he was also interested in stock raising, 
and cultivated a farm during most of his life, retiring from those 
pursuits in 1892. He was elected justice of the peace of Mill Creek in 
1889, has served ever since, and has been assessor and school director 
of Brady township. He is a Republican. James G. Allison married Eleanor 
J., daughter of A.L. and Margaret Lemon, of Westmoreland county, of 
Scotch-Irish descent. Their children are: Harry L., at home; Margaret; 
Myrtle, married and resides in New York; William Wilson, at home; 
Carrie; and May. Mr. Allison was reared in the Presbyterian church, but 
is now a member of the Lutheran communion.