Dorothy Anne Allison

1856 - 1925  (69 years)

• Name	Dorothy Anne Allison  [1]
  	Alternate first name spelling: Dorathy [1]
  Nickname	Dollie
  Born	31 Mar 1856	, Monroe, MO   [1, 2]
  	Her Texas death certificate lists her birth year as 1855, a year earlier than indicated on census records.
  Gender	Female
  Address	1862	, Boone, MO   [3]
  	Her father moved the family to a farm near Sturgeon, Boone, MO. Here, she and her siblings were raised and educated in the public schools in Sturgeon
  Education	Abt 1910	Chicago, Cook, IL   [3]
  	School of Expression. She took a course in physical culture just prior to when her mother, Elizabeth Mosby Woodson, provided information for the Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and their connections about 1911.
  Occupation	Teacher. She taught school for many years in Kansas and Oklahoma, including in Coalgate, Coal, OK, and in Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri.  [2]
  Religious denomination	Methodist Episcopal  [3]
  Died	5 Apr 1925	Dallas, Dallas, TX   [1]
  	Cause of death: Acute myocarditis; contributory factor: exopthalmic goitre (Graves' Disease). Time of death: 9:00 pm [1]
  Buried	Mount Pisgah Cemetery, , Audrain, MO   [2]
  Notes	She painted as a hobby. One of her great-great nieces owns a painted plate signed and dated 1880 by Dollie. [2] She never married. [2]
  Person ID	I19	Allison | Allison
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	John Benjamin Allison,   b. 7 Sept 1828, , Boone, MO ,   d. 8 Mar 1904, Sturgeon, Boone, MO  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mosby Woodson,   b. 30 Dec 1824, , Franklin, VA ,   d. 19 Feb 1924, Dallas, Dallas, TX  (Age 99 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1850	, Monroe, MO   [3]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John B. Allison's daughters Arabella Jane (Belle), Mary Edith, Dorothy Anne, and Emma Jemima. John B and Elizabeth Woodson Allison's daughters. Year unknown.
  		Dorothy Anne Allison Profile photo, cropped from photo of 4 sisters.
  		John B. Allison family (Back) Emma Jemima and Mary Edith. (Front) Dorothy Anne and Arabella (Belle) Jane.
  		John B. Allison The Allison family home in Sturgeon, Boone, MO. On the porch is Dorothy Ann, Elizabeth Mosby Woodson and a friend. FindAGrave info states photo taken in early 1940s but that's incorrect. Dorothy and Elizabeth died in 1925 and 1924, respectively.
  		Allison family outing Front, L-R: Adelle "Delle" Ferguson, Dorothy Anne "Dolly", Benjamin Alexander "Ben", Elizabeth Mosby Woodson, Mary Edith Allison and Arabelle Jane. Back, L-R: Harris Gray, Marianne, Maurice Hayth, John B (on mule), Maurine Allison and Gustavus Adolphos Fischer.
  		Dorothy Ann Allison Date and place unknown
  		Dorothy Anne Allison Date and place unknown
  		Main Street, Sturgeon, Boone county, Missouri Caption from Find A Grave: "where Dollie and her mother lived." I don't know if that means they lived in Sturgeon or on Main Street.
  		Dorothy Anne Allison Hand-painted plate, signed and dated 1880, that she gave to her family. Currently owned by Betty Keene Scavone's family.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1900 US Census Bourbon Township, Boone, Missouri John B Allison listed as head of household, which included wife Elizabeth and daughter Dollie (Dorothy). John's father's birthplace is Pennsylvania; mother's birthplace is Virginia
  		1860 US Census Union Township, Monroe County, Missouri John B. Allison with wife Elizabeth Allison, and children George, Benjamin, Dorothy, Arabella, Martha, and (tenant?) Charles Gaear, born in Virginia. John's and Charles' occupations listed as farmer.
  		1870 US Census, Township 51 (Sturgeon), Boone, Missouri John B. Allison listed as head of household, which included wife Elizabeth, sons George W., Benjamin A, John S., Wm M., and daughters Dorothy A, Arabella, Emma, and Mary E. (enumerator mistakenly wrote her middle initial as H.). John's occupation listed as farmer.
  		Dorothy Anne Allison, death certificate Texas State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Standard Certificate of Death 5 Apr 1925

  
  

  Histories		Brief history of the Sturgeon Schools Excerpt from History of Boone County, Missouri. Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages,, page 576. "Miss D. Annie Allison" was one of the teachers at the school.
  		John Stephen Allison, biographical sketch History of Monrovia Wiley, John L. Pasadena, Calif.: Press of Pasadena Star-News, 1927 pgs 216-217

  
  

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  Allison (6) Images (photos, scanned documents), histories, recordings, and videos relating to our Allison ancestors.

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] Texas State Board of Health, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S5] Find A Grave. [S18] Hist. Genea. of Woodsons & connections, Compiled by Henry Morton Woodson, (H.M. Woodson, Tennessee, c1915), 929.273 W868.