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Hello, Ann...
I am also interested in the Allison families of Brookings County, South Dakota.
I'm not sure how or if all of the Brookings County Allison families are connected; however, I would be grateful for any information that you may be able to provide.
I'm researching our Sayles family genealogy [John Sayles married Mary Williams, daughter of Roger Williams, Providence, R.I.]. And, we do know that the Mary VOORUS Allison (wife of James / J.D. Allison), Brookings Co., SD, descends from this Sayles/Williams line.
J.D. and Mary [Voorus] Allison are on the census in Brookings County, South Dakota, as are a number of additional Allison families. I would love to learn more about these families.
Odds & ends of census data, attached below; plus a biography for William Burgress -- which also mentions a 'J.C.' [John C.] Allison.
I look forward to hearing from you...
Peace & blessings,
Cathy Porter-Maynard
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1910 United States Federal Census
White, Brookings County, South Dakota
ALLISON HOUSEHOLDS
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1910 United States Federal Census
The Household of J.D. Allison & Mary [Voorus] Allison
Residence: 1910 - White, Brookings County, South Dakota
Household Members: Name / Age
• J D Allison (age 52; estimated birthyear 1858)
• Mary [Voorus] Allison (age 50; estimated birthyear 1860)
• Dwit [Dwight?] Allison (age 13; estimated birthyear 1897)
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1910 United States Federal Census
The Household of Mrs. Andy Allison
Residence: 1910 - White, Brookings County, South Dakota
Household Members: Name / Age
• Mrs. Andy Allison (age 39; estimated birthyear 1871)
• Jennie Allison (age 12; estimated birthyear 1898)
• Lon Allison (age 8; estimated birthyear 1902)
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1910 United States Federal Census
The Household of John Allison & Jane M. Allison
Residence: 1910 - White, Brookings County, South Dakota
Household Members: Name / Age
• John Allison (age 56; estimated birthyear 1854)
• Jane M Allison (age 48; estimated birthyear 1862)
• Hattie E Allison (age 16; estimated birthyear 1894)
• Hoarce D Allison (age 7; estimated birthyear 1903)
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1910 United States Federal Census
The Household of Annie Allison
Residence: 1910 _____, Brookings County, South Dakota
Household Members: Name / Age
• Annie Allison (age 60; estimated birthyear 1850)
• Hanah Nesson (age 38; estimated birthyear 1872)
• Robert A Nesson (age 19; estimated birthyear 1891)
• Grace L Nesson 15; estimated birthyear 1895)
• Harold H Nesson 13; estimated birthyear 1897)
• Shelby A Nesson 11; estimated birthyear 1899)
• John C Nesson 9; estimated birthyear 1901)
• Annabelle E Nesson (age 7; estimated birthyear 1903)
• Vilas A Nesson (age 3; estimated birthyear 1907)
• Paul R Nesson (age 1 3/12; estimated birthyear 1909)
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1910 United States Federal Census
The Household of John and Kate Miles
Residence: 1910 - Brookings County, South Dakota
Household Members: Name / Age
• John J Miles (age 51; estimated birthyear 1859)
• Kate Miles (age 47; estimated birthyear 1863)
• Hall J Miles (age 10; estimated birthyear 1900)
• Harry Lathan (age 40; estimated birthyear 1870)
• Ella Tiller (age 23; estimated birthyear 1887)
• Atwood D Hesson (age 42; estimated birthyear 1868)
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William A. Burgess:
Summary:
''Treasurer of Brookings county, South Dakota, and one of its most popular officials and business men. Born in Nelson township, Buffalo county, Wisconsin, August 3, 1863, and is a son of John and Rachel (Evens) Burgess. John Burgess is a native of Scotland, and came to this country in 1854. '' [SEE: Full biography, below].
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Mini Bios of People of Scots Descent:
BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM A. BURGRESS
...'This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1898. Pages 242-243.
WILLIAM A. BURGESS, treasurer of Brookings county, South Dakota, and one of its most popular officials and business men, resides at White. He conducts a general hardware business there, and is also interested in the firm of J. C. Allison & Co., lumber and grain dealers. Mr. Burgess has been remarkably successful in business and public life, and has established an enviable reputation throughout the county for his ability, integrity and enterprise.
He was born in Nelson township, Buffalo county, Wisconsin, August 3, 1863, and is a son of John and Rachel (Evens) Burgess. John Burgess is a native of Scotland, and came to this country in 1854. He settled upon a farm in Buffalo county, Wisconsin, and in the fall of 1877 was elected county clerk, whereupon he removed to Alma, the county seat. He held this office for seven years and was then appointed state lumber inspector, serving in that capacity for two years. In 1892, he went to Winona, Minnesota, where he has since been engaged in the grocery business. Our subject's mother, who also resides at Winona, was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and is a daughter of Thomas Evens, a Welshman, who came to the United States and located in Illinois at an early day. In 1860 he went to Buffalo county, Wisconsin, settling upon a farm; where he spent his declining days.
William Burgess received his education in the common schools of Alma, Wisconsin, and Galesville university, at Galesville, Wisconsin, where he spent two winters. In the spring of 1881 he journeyed west, finally locating in Brookings county, Dakota, where he took up the occupation of farming. For three years he tilled the soil most successfully, but, perceiving that his greatest talents lay in another direction, he gave up the plow in 1884 and went to the village of White. This hamlet was a rather discouraging sight at that time, if indeed, it was large enough to be seen, for there were but a few straggling cottages, perhaps a half dozen in all, and a handful of people to make up the population.
Notwithstanding these little drawbacks, Mr. Burgess went ahead and established a hardware store, just as he had planned to do. Some time after the hardware store came to be an assured success, Mr. Burgess, in partnership with Mr. Allison, launched another venture, a lumber, implement and grain firm, under the name of J. C. Allison & Co. It is quite needless to say that this has been a prosperous enterprise since its inception, and to pronounce it one of the most reliable and prosperous concerns in Brookings county would be no exaggeration.
Mr. Burgess has been a Republican from his youth, and has always enthusiastically adhered to his party. He has held numerous local and township offices, and in 1896 was elected to the office of treasurer of Brookings county. He still occupies that office, and is giving general satisfaction to those who like to see a political office run in a business-like manner.
Mr. Burgess is a member of the Masonic fraternity - Washington lodge, No. 11, at White - and the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. In March, 1887, he married Miss Clara M. Fox, who was born in Buffalo county, Wisconsin, and is a daughter of James H. and Margaret Fox, of White, South Dakota. Her great-grandfather came to this country from Ireland, settling first in Indiana and then in Wisconsin. He was a Presbyterian minister, and represented one of the best families in the northern part of Ireland. The genealogy of the family has been traced back for many generations, and, it is said, to the beginning of the Celtic nation. The remote progenitors of the family or clan located there at the time of the Milesian migration.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess are the parents of five children: Norman J., John L., Florence, Agnes and Erle. ...'
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SOURCE:
''Scots around the world''
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NESSON, POWELL, ALLISON, WINTER in Brookings Co.,SD
Date: June 28, 2002
Ann Erickson wrote:
.....''I am researching the families of Atwood "Art" and Hannah (POWELL) NESSON, and John C. and Ann Maria (Annie) (WINTER) ALLISON. They lived in Brookings Co., SD in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I would be happy to share information with others who have like interests.''
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