. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,. ames Allison, Jr., was born in Beaver,August 5, 1812. He was a hatter by trade, and followed hisbusiness in Beaver and Marietta, Ohio, until the year 1843,when he began the study of law with his father, being admittedto the bar of Beaver County, November 26, 1845. Mr. Allisonwas a prominent member of the Whig party, being electedon its ticket to the Assembly three times—in 1846, 1847, and1849. He was elected a Representative in Congress in 1850,defeated for a second term, but elected with a handsome major-ity in 1854. In
. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,. ames Allison, Jr., was born in Beaver,August 5, 1812. He was a hatter by trade, and followed hisbusiness in Beaver and Marietta, Ohio, until the year 1843,when he began the study of law with his father, being admittedto the bar of Beaver County, November 26, 1845. Mr. Allisonwas a prominent member of the Whig party, being electedon its ticket to the Assembly three times—in 1846, 1847, and1849. He was elected a Representative in Congress in 1850,defeated for a second term, but elected with a handsome major-ity in 1854. In the Assembly and in the National Legislaturehis voice was ever heard in opposition to slavery, and when theRepublican party was organized he was a member of the con-vention at Pittsburg, and represented Pennsylvania on theCommittee on Platform. In May, 1856, he was chosen chairmanof the Republican State Committee, and in i860 he was a dele-gate to the National Convention at Chicago. Mr. Allison servedas paymaster from the beginning to the close of the Civil War, and. James Allison, Esq., Feb., 1804. Died June 17, 1854. History of Beaver County 347 after his return became for a time a farmer in Mercer April 1, 1869, he was appointed by President Grant to theoffice of Register of the Treasury. He was married in 1836 toL. A. Adams, a daughter of Dr. Milo Adams, and died in NewBrighton, Pa., March 23, 1878. Hon. Oliver James Dickey, the eldest son of John and ElviraAdams Dickey, was born April 6, 1823, at Old Brighton, nowBeaver Falls, Pa. He received his education at the BeaverAcademy and Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., closing his classi-cal career one year short of graduation. He entered the lawoffice of James Allison, Esq., one of the oldest leading lawyers ofthe county, and was admitted to the bar of Beaver County,November 26, 1845. In 1846 he went to Lancaster, Pa., andwas in the office of his fathers life-long friend, Thaddeus Stevens,whose partn
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