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Facts and Events
| Name |
Louis Dortch Allison |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
1818 |
Georgia, United States |
| Marriage |
Abt 1849 |
Sebastian, Arkansas, United Statesto Amanda Pruitt |
| Census[1] |
1850 |
Crawford, Arkansas, United States |
| Census[2] |
1860 |
Sebastian, Arkansas, United States |
| Property[4] |
1 Mar 1860 |
Sebastian, Arkansas, United States |
| Property[5] |
1 Mar 1860 |
Sebastian, Arkansas, United States |
| Census[3] |
1870 |
Sebastian, Arkansas, United States |
| Death[3][6] |
Abt 1870 |
Arkansas, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
- ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).
- ↑ United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.
- ↑ United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.
- ↑ Dear probable cousin several-times-removed,
My grandmother, Charlotte Earl Allison Gant (1894-1979) was the daughter of James Buchanan Allison (1856-ca 1930). In 1978 she wrote a little document for her descendants concerning what she knew about her and her husband's forbears. I send an excerpt which you may find of interest: "My father (J. Buchanan Allison) was of English heritage. The first Allison in America evidently married an Indian woman, hence my Indian blood. Three generations later my father's parents were in Arkansas where my father was born. He had two full brothers, Billie and Cunningham, two sisters, Charlotte and Dorcas, and several half-brothers and -sisters.
When my father was fourteen years old, his father, Louis Allison, was shot in his own doorway by guerillas after the war between the states was over. His wife and new born baby were dragged into the snow where they died of exposure. The house was burned to the ground because my grandfather had refused to join the guerillas; thus my father at fourteen years old was on his own and responsible for his own upkeep. One boy was sent to the blind institute where his eyes were treated and he was educated.
My father was sometimes unique in his speech. For example, he was never "afraid," but used the old English "afeared"......He did a good job of bringing himself up for he was a very honest man, hard working and moral.
My mother (Nancy Adeline Norie, 1870-1936) was a most amazing woman. She was a tall, slender, big-boned girl of sixteen when she met and married my father, who was then thirty years old. They were married in August of 1886. After she married, she moved into a small house my father owned and kept house for him and his two single brothers, cooking and washing for all of them. Her first son was born when she was eighteen. After that she had a child every two years until she had eight sons and three daughters: Louis Alexander (4-20-1888) James Cunningham (9-24-1890) Samuel Roy (9-17, 1892) Charlotte Earl (4-4-1894) Norie Louise (10-21-1895 Vergil David(4-7-1897) Claude Buchanan(March 1899) the twins, Ethel and Bethel (9-14-1901) Willliam Pinckney 10-12-1907, and Melvin Ernest (1-30-1910)....."
My grandmother was born in Indian Territory, and most of them lived
in the Waco area including places like Ben Hur (where my mother was born), Groesbeck, and Nus. Before her marriage to George Washington Gant (1892-1974) in 1913, she wrote a column for the newspaper in Nus under the pen name of "Edris".........
My very best to you and yours,
Timothy Allison Wells,
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