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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 1
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 168-169]
         
         JAMES ALLISON, proprietor of the old ALLISON homestead in
       section 15, Maxville township, Buffalo county, was born in a 
       log house on the farm he now owns, July 25, 1858, son of 
       WILLIAM and MARY (CROCKETT) ALLISON. He was educated in the 
       district school and at Durand high school and subsequently 
       taught district school for two years. Aside from that occu-
       pation, he has given his whole attention to farming, buying 
       the home farm after the death of his parents. This he has 
       since increased in size from 700 to 820 acres. He formerly 
       raised Jersey cattle, and at one time had a large herd, but 
       now raises Aberdeen Angus pure-bred cattle and large pure-
       bred Poland-China hogs, with a good grade of Percheron horses. 
       He also used to conduct a private creamery and is now a patron 
       of the local creamery and an advocate of co-operative plants 
       of that kind. MR. ALLISON is active in church work and has 
       served as Sunday school superintendent for twenty-five years. 
       He was chairman of the township board for seven or eight years, 
       township clerk one year, and has served on the school board. 
       In 1912-13 he was representative to the state legislature from 
       Buffalo county and while there was chairman of the Excises and 
       Fees Committees. As such he took a firm stand on temperance 
       principles regardless of his political future. The residence 
       which stands on the farm was built by MR. ALLINSON'S father,
       but he himself built the fine barns on the property. JAMES 
       ALLISON was married, Jan. 30, 1889, to FLORENCE MACE, who was 
       born in Clinton county, New York, daughter of JOHN and ADA 
       (BEARDSLEY) MACE. He and his wife have three children: ROBERT 
       M., who served two terms as clerk of Maxville township, and 
       with his brother HAROLD rents the farm of his father; HAROLD 
       ARTHUR, and ANDREW B. ROBERT married ROE L. GOLDEN and has 
       one child, NORMAN R. ANDREW B., who enlisted in U. S. service, 
       is now attending the University of Wisconsin, under the 
       Student's University Training Course. MRS. ALLISON attended 
       the Durand high school and River Falls normal school, and 
       previous to her marriage taught in the district school.
       
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