Pinckney Dispatch, August 7, 1929
Freeman Allison, age 84 years, a pioneer resident of this township died at his home near Chubbs Corner, Saturday, August 3, 1929, from injuries received when he fell from a load of hay which he was unloading Friday.
He was the son of Timothy and Ann Carr Allison and was born April 24, 1845 on the same farm where he died in a log house which has long since disappeared. His parents were among the earliest settlers in this section.
When a young man he attended the Michigan State Normal and for a number of years was a school teacher. In 1870 he married Martha Benedict of Howell. To this union was born one child who died in infancy. A niece, Julia Benedict was taken into the family and her home with them until she was grown to womanhood. She is now Mrs. Percy Dudley of Dearborn. During the Populist movement, Mr. Allison was nominated for the legislature by the Democrats of Livingston County and was defeated by George Coleman of Marion Township in a close contest.
On Jan. 1, 1925, his wife Martha died, following a paralytic stroke. In the summer of 1925, he was married to Mrs. Ann Meade of Detroit who survives him. The deceased was the oldest member of the Livingston Lodge #76 F and AM, Pinckney having been a Mason 62 years, the late Dr. C. W. Haze conferring the MW degree upon him June 1, 1867.
Funeral held at the late home Monday at 2:00 pm, Rev. B F Esic of the Pinckney Congregational Church officiating. The Livingston County Lodge No. 76 F. & A. M. attended the funeral in a body and gave the Masonic service at the grave. Burial was in the family lot of Lakeview Cemetery, Howell.
Freeman Allison, age 84 years, a pioneer resident of this township died at his home near Chubbs Corner, Saturday, August 3, 1929, from injuries received when he fell from a load of hay which he was unloading Friday.
He was the son of Timothy and Ann Carr Allison and was born April 24, 1845 on the same farm where he died in a log house which has long since disappeared. His parents were among the earliest settlers in this section.
When a young man he attended the Michigan State Normal and for a number of years was a school teacher. In 1870 he married Martha Benedict of Howell. To this union was born one child who died in infancy. A niece, Julia Benedict was taken into the family and her home with them until she was grown to womanhood. She is now Mrs. Percy Dudley of Dearborn. During the Populist movement, Mr. Allison was nominated for the legislature by the Democrats of Livingston County and was defeated by George Coleman of Marion Township in a close contest.
On Jan. 1, 1925, his wife Martha died, following a paralytic stroke. In the summer of 1925, he was married to Mrs. Ann Meade of Detroit who survives him. The deceased was the oldest member of the Livingston Lodge #76 F and AM, Pinckney having been a Mason 62 years, the late Dr. C. W. Haze conferring the MW degree upon him June 1, 1867.
Funeral held at the late home Monday at 2:00 pm, Rev. B F Esic of the Pinckney Congregational Church officiating. The Livingston County Lodge No. 76 F. & A. M. attended the funeral in a body and gave the Masonic service at the grave. Burial was in the family lot of Lakeview Cemetery, Howell.
Pinckney Dispatch, August 7, 1929
Freeman Allison, age 84 years, a pioneer resident of this township died at his home near Chubbs Corner, Saturday, August 3, 1929, from injuries received when he fell from a load of hay which he was unloading Friday.
He was the son of Timothy and Ann Carr Allison and was born April 24, 1845 on the same farm where he died in a log house which has long since disappeared. His parents were among the earliest settlers in this section.
When a young man he attended the Michigan State Normal and for a number of years was a school teacher. In 1870 he married Martha Benedict of Howell. To this union was born one child who died in infancy. A niece, Julia Benedict was taken into the family and her home with them until she was grown to womanhood. She is now Mrs. Percy Dudley of Dearborn. During the Populist movement, Mr. Allison was nominated for the legislature by the Democrats of Livingston County and was defeated by George Coleman of Marion Township in a close contest.
On Jan. 1, 1925, his wife Martha died, following a paralytic stroke. In the summer of 1925, he was married to Mrs. Ann Meade of Detroit who survives him. The deceased was the oldest member of the Livingston Lodge #76 F and AM, Pinckney having been a Mason 62 years, the late Dr. C. W. Haze conferring the MW degree upon him June 1, 1867.
Funeral held at the late home Monday at 2:00 pm, Rev. B F Esic of the Pinckney Congregational Church officiating. The Livingston County Lodge No. 76 F. & A. M. attended the funeral in a body and gave the Masonic service at the grave. Burial was in the family lot of Lakeview Cemetery, Howell.
Freeman Allison, age 84 years, a pioneer resident of this township died at his home near Chubbs Corner, Saturday, August 3, 1929, from injuries received when he fell from a load of hay which he was unloading Friday.
He was the son of Timothy and Ann Carr Allison and was born April 24, 1845 on the same farm where he died in a log house which has long since disappeared. His parents were among the earliest settlers in this section.
When a young man he attended the Michigan State Normal and for a number of years was a school teacher. In 1870 he married Martha Benedict of Howell. To this union was born one child who died in infancy. A niece, Julia Benedict was taken into the family and her home with them until she was grown to womanhood. She is now Mrs. Percy Dudley of Dearborn. During the Populist movement, Mr. Allison was nominated for the legislature by the Democrats of Livingston County and was defeated by George Coleman of Marion Township in a close contest.
On Jan. 1, 1925, his wife Martha died, following a paralytic stroke. In the summer of 1925, he was married to Mrs. Ann Meade of Detroit who survives him. The deceased was the oldest member of the Livingston Lodge #76 F and AM, Pinckney having been a Mason 62 years, the late Dr. C. W. Haze conferring the MW degree upon him June 1, 1867.
Funeral held at the late home Monday at 2:00 pm, Rev. B F Esic of the Pinckney Congregational Church officiating. The Livingston County Lodge No. 76 F. & A. M. attended the funeral in a body and gave the Masonic service at the grave. Burial was in the family lot of Lakeview Cemetery, Howell.
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