Fresno County Biographies

James R. Allison

Submitted by Sally Kaleta, June, 2007

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	James R. Allison, deceased, was a native of Johnson County, 
Missouri, born in 1850. His early life was spent on his father's farm, during 
which time he availed himself of what educational advantages were then afforded. 
At the age of twenty he was happily married to Miss Laura Allison, his cousin, 
also a native of Missouri, and soon afterward moved to California. They settled 
in the Sacramento Valley, where he engaged in farming  for five years. A brief 
period was then spent in Missouri, after which they returned to the Golden State 
and located in the town of Kingsburg, Fresno County. Mr. Allison here owned a 
farm of 240 acres, upon which he was successfully engaged in  ranching up to the 
time of his death, which occurred in March, 1889. He was a man of many pleasing 
traits of  character, and his amiable qualities won for him many friends. During 
his residence at Kingsburg he was identified with the best interests of the 
community, and had the confidence and respect of all who knew him. His widow and 
their six children survive him. The names of the latter are as follows: Robert 
M., Leslie Odell, Charles, May, and   Dora and Nora, twins. 

Source: "The Memorial and Biographical History of the County of Fresno, Tulare 
and Kern, California," Lewis Publ. Co., 1892, pp. 468-469.