FROM THE HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS - 1891:
"John B. Allanson was married in Oneida County, his union being with Miss Clara Doty, who was born in Massachusetts, and is a daughter of Wilson and Clara Doty. Her family traces their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock in 1620, and in the War of 1812, Jeduthan Doty, grandfather of Mrs. Allanson, served in the American army. Her father was born in the Bay State, October 10, 1811, and about 1832, there married Clara Savery, who was born February 24, 1814. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that business for many years. In 1839, he removed to Oneida County, N. Y., where he resided until 1860, which year witnessed his arrival in Vernon Township, Lake County. Afterwards he went to Elgin, Ill., where his death occurred in January, 1891, at the age of four score years. During the late war, he enlisted at Wheeling, Cook County, Ill., in 1862, as a member of the Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He entered the service as a wagoner and later was engaged as nurse in the hospitals. On the close of the war he was honorably discharged and afterward became a member of the Grand Army Post of Elgin. His excellent wife still survives him and makes her home at that place. In their family were eight children, the eldest of whom is Clara, wife of John B. Allanson; Reuben died in infancy; Warren is married and resides in Winona, Minn., where he is employed as a bookkeeper; Benjamin is married and holds the position of City Marshal in Baraboo, Wis.; Mary Janet died in New York at the age of eight years; Isabel is the widow of John A. Corbin; Charlotte is the wife of George Foot, of Elgin, Ill,; Dora died in infancy in New York.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Allanson have been born four children but only two are now living: Edith E., born October 4, 1854, was married on the 20th of October, 1874, to Fred Towner, and died May 6, 1884, at Diamond Lake, this county, leaving three children, Edith, Grace, and Charlie, all of whom are living; J. Thomas, born August 8, 1859, wedded Miss Mary E. Davison, and they have two children, Park and Paul; Mary Jane, born December 14, 1861, is the wife of E. W. Butterfield; they were married November 16, 1881, and have two children, Maud and Earl."
"John B. Allanson was married in Oneida County, his union being with Miss Clara Doty, who was born in Massachusetts, and is a daughter of Wilson and Clara Doty. Her family traces their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock in 1620, and in the War of 1812, Jeduthan Doty, grandfather of Mrs. Allanson, served in the American army. Her father was born in the Bay State, October 10, 1811, and about 1832, there married Clara Savery, who was born February 24, 1814. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that business for many years. In 1839, he removed to Oneida County, N. Y., where he resided until 1860, which year witnessed his arrival in Vernon Township, Lake County. Afterwards he went to Elgin, Ill., where his death occurred in January, 1891, at the age of four score years. During the late war, he enlisted at Wheeling, Cook County, Ill., in 1862, as a member of the Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He entered the service as a wagoner and later was engaged as nurse in the hospitals. On the close of the war he was honorably discharged and afterward became a member of the Grand Army Post of Elgin. His excellent wife still survives him and makes her home at that place. In their family were eight children, the eldest of whom is Clara, wife of John B. Allanson; Reuben died in infancy; Warren is married and resides in Winona, Minn., where he is employed as a bookkeeper; Benjamin is married and holds the position of City Marshal in Baraboo, Wis.; Mary Janet died in New York at the age of eight years; Isabel is the widow of John A. Corbin; Charlotte is the wife of George Foot, of Elgin, Ill,; Dora died in infancy in New York.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Allanson have been born four children but only two are now living: Edith E., born October 4, 1854, was married on the 20th of October, 1874, to Fred Towner, and died May 6, 1884, at Diamond Lake, this county, leaving three children, Edith, Grace, and Charlie, all of whom are living; J. Thomas, born August 8, 1859, wedded Miss Mary E. Davison, and they have two children, Park and Paul; Mary Jane, born December 14, 1861, is the wife of E. W. Butterfield; they were married November 16, 1881, and have two children, Maud and Earl."
FROM THE HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS - 1891:
"John B. Allanson was married in Oneida County, his union being with Miss Clara Doty, who was born in Massachusetts, and is a daughter of Wilson and Clara Doty. Her family traces their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock in 1620, and in the War of 1812, Jeduthan Doty, grandfather of Mrs. Allanson, served in the American army. Her father was born in the Bay State, October 10, 1811, and about 1832, there married Clara Savery, who was born February 24, 1814. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that business for many years. In 1839, he removed to Oneida County, N. Y., where he resided until 1860, which year witnessed his arrival in Vernon Township, Lake County. Afterwards he went to Elgin, Ill., where his death occurred in January, 1891, at the age of four score years. During the late war, he enlisted at Wheeling, Cook County, Ill., in 1862, as a member of the Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He entered the service as a wagoner and later was engaged as nurse in the hospitals. On the close of the war he was honorably discharged and afterward became a member of the Grand Army Post of Elgin. His excellent wife still survives him and makes her home at that place. In their family were eight children, the eldest of whom is Clara, wife of John B. Allanson; Reuben died in infancy; Warren is married and resides in Winona, Minn., where he is employed as a bookkeeper; Benjamin is married and holds the position of City Marshal in Baraboo, Wis.; Mary Janet died in New York at the age of eight years; Isabel is the widow of John A. Corbin; Charlotte is the wife of George Foot, of Elgin, Ill,; Dora died in infancy in New York.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Allanson have been born four children but only two are now living: Edith E., born October 4, 1854, was married on the 20th of October, 1874, to Fred Towner, and died May 6, 1884, at Diamond Lake, this county, leaving three children, Edith, Grace, and Charlie, all of whom are living; J. Thomas, born August 8, 1859, wedded Miss Mary E. Davison, and they have two children, Park and Paul; Mary Jane, born December 14, 1861, is the wife of E. W. Butterfield; they were married November 16, 1881, and have two children, Maud and Earl."
"John B. Allanson was married in Oneida County, his union being with Miss Clara Doty, who was born in Massachusetts, and is a daughter of Wilson and Clara Doty. Her family traces their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock in 1620, and in the War of 1812, Jeduthan Doty, grandfather of Mrs. Allanson, served in the American army. Her father was born in the Bay State, October 10, 1811, and about 1832, there married Clara Savery, who was born February 24, 1814. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that business for many years. In 1839, he removed to Oneida County, N. Y., where he resided until 1860, which year witnessed his arrival in Vernon Township, Lake County. Afterwards he went to Elgin, Ill., where his death occurred in January, 1891, at the age of four score years. During the late war, he enlisted at Wheeling, Cook County, Ill., in 1862, as a member of the Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry. He entered the service as a wagoner and later was engaged as nurse in the hospitals. On the close of the war he was honorably discharged and afterward became a member of the Grand Army Post of Elgin. His excellent wife still survives him and makes her home at that place. In their family were eight children, the eldest of whom is Clara, wife of John B. Allanson; Reuben died in infancy; Warren is married and resides in Winona, Minn., where he is employed as a bookkeeper; Benjamin is married and holds the position of City Marshal in Baraboo, Wis.; Mary Janet died in New York at the age of eight years; Isabel is the widow of John A. Corbin; Charlotte is the wife of George Foot, of Elgin, Ill,; Dora died in infancy in New York.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Allanson have been born four children but only two are now living: Edith E., born October 4, 1854, was married on the 20th of October, 1874, to Fred Towner, and died May 6, 1884, at Diamond Lake, this county, leaving three children, Edith, Grace, and Charlie, all of whom are living; J. Thomas, born August 8, 1859, wedded Miss Mary E. Davison, and they have two children, Park and Paul; Mary Jane, born December 14, 1861, is the wife of E. W. Butterfield; they were married November 16, 1881, and have two children, Maud and Earl."
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