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- From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri", Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri:
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 ware 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 Eastbourn. 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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