David Allison Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted By Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: David Allison: a son of Ross Allison, deceased, was born in now Hancock County, West Virginia, June 14, 1844. Married Elizabeth J. Allison, daughter of Thomas Allison. They settled on his father's farm, where they remained until 1872, then they moved on the farm where they are now living; he is following the manufacturing of staves in connection with farming as his vocation.