| Edward Lee
"Ned" Allison, my 2g. grandfather was born in 1829 in Virginia and
came to Amador County sometime between 1852 & 1854 after residing in Missouri for a
few years. He owned two 80 acre parcels, one in Plymouth that he claimed was used for
farming (though there is a mine on the land) and one in Oleta that was strictly for
mining. His wife, Mary Allen Moore, was English and had come
to America when she was only a year old. They raised 8 children on the ranch; James Albert - b. Nov. 1, 1855 (m. Grace Mott)
John Augustus - b. Aug. 19, 1857 (m. Mary Chapman)
Sarah E. - b. March 30, 1860 (m. Jos.
Brinole, ? Smith, & Harry Kaufman)
Eliza - b. 1861 (m. John Wright)
Isabella - b. Jan 30, 1862 (m. Ted
Pinder & Henry Cable)
Mary Eva - b. May 25, 1863 (m. James
White)
Martha - b. 1865 (m. Theo.
Lucich)
William Joseph - b. 1869
John Augustus Allison,
my g. grandfather married Mary Eva Chapman of Eldorado County
in May of 1883. Mary had been born in May of 1865 in Cherry Creek, NV in the back of a
wagon while enroute to CA from IN. Their marriage produced 9 children;
John William (pictured
above) - b. April 1884 (m. Olive Ollie)
Addie - b. Aug. 8, 1885 (m. Bill
McGregor)
Alberta - b. abt. 1887 (m. Del McGregor)
Martha "Peg" - b. abt. 1890 (m. Raymond Fisher)
Margaret A. - b. Sept. 24, 1892 (m. Ray
Butler)
Henry James - b. Aug. 22, 1895 (m. Lula
Opal Wall)
Dewey - b. Oct. 13, 1898 (m. ?, a Mormon from Joseph, UT)
William Augustus -b. Aug. 5, 1901 (m. Inez
Pawson)
Eva - b. Dec. 4, 1903 (m. Frank Jouch)
After John's death on March 3, 1908,
Mary Eva could no longer afford to continue raising the family on the ranch. She moved
first to Diamond Springs where her Chapman family was, and then later to the Placerville
area.
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There were
three houses built on the Alison Ranch. The first built by Edward Lee Allison, a second
nearby by his son John Augustus Allison, and this third one (pictured above) built on the
spot of the original by Edward's daughter Isabella Allison and her 2nd husband Henry
Cable.
If you are interestred in learning more
about this pioneering Amador County family then please visit my website at http://artmichaelis.com
Submitted by Art Michaelis on 4-18-99 |
