Jonathan 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. ********************************************************************** Submmitted 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: Jonathan Allison: was born in Maryland, on the 14th of June, 1777; brought to now Hancock County, locating in Grant District, in about 1780, by his father, James Allison, who was of English extraction, and settling upon the land owned by Jonathan Allison. His first improvement was the erection of a round log house, 18x20, in which he lived for a number of years, and reared a family of children, all of whom are dead. He lived until he reached his hundredth year. Our subject was married to Miss Sarah Harmon, a lady of German descent. Their union resulted in eleven children--Charles, Samuel, James, Ross, Nancy, Sarah, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Daniel and Christina. Daniel, Christina and Ross are deceased. Soon after the marriage of Jonathan A., he settled upon the old home farm, remaining there engaged in tilling the ground until his death, which occurred June 3, 1873, aged ninety- six years. He served in the War of 1812; filled the office of Sheriff for several years; served as constable for about thirty years, and at the age of ninety-one years took the census of the county.