Charles William Brandon Allison

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1820-12-12

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1876-12-05

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"Charles William Brandon Allison" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009356, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Ohio, attorney and soldier. Middletown, Pennsylvania native. Son of William Allison. Married to Sophronia Lee on November 5, 1844. Married to Mary Stanton on May 21, 1851. Father of [Unknown] Allison, [Unknown] Allison, Benjamin Allison, and Catherine Allison. Admitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio, in 1841. Attorney in Marrysville, Ohio, in 1850. Attorney in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1860. Colonel in the 85th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment from June 1862 to September 1862. Commander of Camp Chase prison in Columbus, Ohio. Member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1864. Member of the Ohio Senate.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Union County, Marysville, p. 36B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Logan County, Bellefontaine, p. 32. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population/Slave Schedules, West Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling Ward 1, p. 156B. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Film #000534836, Union County, May 21, 1851 (accessed via ancestry.com). Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Film # 000573776, Logan County, November 5, 1844 (accessed via ancestry.com). War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies, ser. 2, vol. 4, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899), 219, 412, 428, 344, 541, 680. United States Adjutant General’s Office, _ Official Army Register of The Volunteer Force of The United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65_, 5, (Washington, D.C.: 1865), 359. Leonard Allison Morrison, The History of the Alison, Or Allison Family in Europe and America, A.D. 1135 to 1893: Giving an Account of the Family in Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the United States (Boston, MA: Damrell & Upham, 1893), 141.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, vol. 60, (Columbus, OH: Richard Nevins, State Printer, 1864), 4. Find A Grave, "Col Charles William Brandon Allison(1820-1876)," Memorial #78736810, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78736810 (accessed September 20, 2018).

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