History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ate, and perhaps in the UnitedStates. So long and so very attentively did he oc-cupy this position that he became a part of the town,thought to be entirely indispensable. He was a con-scientious and consistent member of the Episcopal (368 HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Clmrcli, and was for very many years senior warden ofGrace Clnirch, Menallen. He was married in earlylife, and his wile died shortly after their had no family. The life of James Allison is wellwo
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ate, and perhaps in the UnitedStates. So long and so very attentively did he oc-cupy this position that he became a part of the town,thought to be entirely indispensable. He was a con-scientious and consistent member of the Episcopal (368 HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Clmrcli, and was for very many years senior warden ofGrace Clnirch, Menallen. He was married in earlylife, and his wile died shortly after their had no family. The life of James Allison is wellworthy of imitation. It was straightforward, unfal-tering, uiK-he(iuered, and uneventful. His habitswere extremely plain, simple, sensible, sober, tem-perate, and industrious. His manner was free, oi^en, ROBERT JACKSON. Eobert Jackson was born in Menallen township,upon the farm where he now resides, Oct. 11, is of Irish descent, and was educated *n the com-mon schools. He learned the business of farming,and has always been engaged in it. He was marriedNov. 7, 1867, to Catharine Murdock, of Pittsburgh,. friendly, frank, and rourtcous. His character was aperfect light-house of honesty, truthfulness, and up-rightness. So hi-lily was lie e-liriiu-,! for tlu-e (|Uul-ities, it liccamc a coiniiioii savin- in tlir surrouiidinucommunity of which he \\ii~ :i ]i:irt tli:it ? if .liimiivAllison says it is so it iiiu>t ho>,i: .ir. ?? If .limiiivAllison . s., it iiui>i li-li!. vivihl;- Millreverently lin-cr in tli. , of Ins ol,| died Midilcnly on .Inly 4, 1881, of a congestivespasm, to which lie sulijict. His remains were in-terred in (!rai-e (.hunli burial-ground on July 5, Rev. R. S. Smith, rector of St. Peters Church,Iniontown, and Grace Church, Menallen, officiatedat liis funeral, and in the course of his remarks saidthat he had known James Allison intimately fortwenty years, and for that period had been his per-sonal fr
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