Edward Hale Allison and Helen Eliza Ketner

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Husband Edward Hale Allison ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Jul 1849 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1 Jun 1926 - Grundy Center, Grundy Co, IA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Allison, Jr. (1819-1876) 2 3
         Mother: Mary Ann Mason (1826-1893) 2 3

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       Marriage: 23 Dec 1880 - Saegertown, Crawford Co, PA 4

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Wife Helen Eliza Ketner ^{1 4}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1857 - Cherrytree, Venango Co, PA 4
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           Died: 5 Jul 1930 - Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN 4
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         Father: David Andrew Ketner (1828-1897) 1 4 5
         Mother: Harriet Amelia Cauvel (1834/1836-1924) 4

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Children

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1 M Earl William Allison ¹

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           Born: 12 Feb 1883 - Grundy Center, Grundy Co, IA
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           Died: 1 Jul 1979 - Gardena, Los Angeles Co, CA
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         Spouse: Olive Harriet Roberts (1883-1950) 6
           Marr: 29 May 1907 - Grundy Center, Grundy Co, IA 4

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General Notes: Husband - Edward Hale Allison

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Allison Genealogy states in one chart that he was born in Cooperstown, Venango Co, PA, and in another that he was born in Centre Co, PA. Similarly, another page in the same book states that he died July 1 (possibly confusing the date with his son's date of death?).

The Grundy Republican, Grundy Center, IA
June 3, 1926
E. H. Allison Died At Home Tuesday Morning
THE END COMES SIX DAYS AFTER SECOND STROKE OF PARALYSIS
Buried Here this Afternoon
Served as County Clerk and Postmaster at Grundy Center For 12 Years
Edward Hale Allison was born near Cooperstown, Venango county, Penn­sylvania, July 5th, 1849. He would have been 77 years old on his next birthday. He lived at the place of his birth until he was 15 years of age, when he moved with his folks to Franklin, the county sent of their coun­ty in Pennsylvania. He completed his course in the high school at Franklin and later went to Pittsburg where he remained until he graduated from a commercial college. He began the study of law but had to quit on account of trouble with his eyes. For a short. time he served as deputy to the county Recorder of Venango county and he taught school for several terms before he came to Grundy county to take up the business of farming.
A year after coming to Grundy county Mr. Allison returned to his boyhood home where he was married to Helen E. Ketner and he brought, his young bride to their new home on the farm in Grundy county.
Mr. Allison came to Grundy county in 1877 and moved on the farm two miles southeast of Grundy Center, which at that time was owned by his father. Later he bought out the in­terest of this 280-acre farm from the remaining heirs, and he retained that property up to the time of his death. He came from the farm to Grundy Center following his election to the office of county clerk in 1889. He re­tired from that office in 1896 and a year later was appointed postmaster at Grundy Center by President Mc­Kinley. He filled this place for three terms and retired in 1908.
For many years Mr. Allison was one of the best known and most prominent men in the county. He was an active party leader and worker and for eigh­teen years of his active life he filled an important office in the county. He was clerk of courts of the county for six years and for twelve years was postmaster at Grundy Center. Aside from these activities he managed an elevator here for a year, he was one of the promoters and owners of the Grundy Center Electric Light and Pow­er plant, he was for many years a director in the First National Bank of this city and he served as Secretary of the Grundy Telephone Company.
Mr. Allison is survived by his wife and one son, Earl, of North Branch, Minnesota, by two brothers and two sisters. The brothers are G. C. of Grundy Center, and J. E. of Peterson, Iowa. The sisters are Mrs. Clara E. Beatty, from Oklahoma, and Mrs. El­la A. Leffler, from Waterloo.

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1154.

2 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985).

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 604.

4 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 52.

5 Frances Deets Latham, The Genealogy of the Samuel Deets Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Palm Harbor, FL: Self-published, 1975), Pg 40.

6 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 54.