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From the biography section of the Indiana GenWeb site:
RANDOLPH B. ALLISON. The durable satisfactions of life are those won by hard work and by the overcoming of many obstacles. While he is now generally recognized as one of the successful and substantial farmers and stock raisers of Kosciusko County, there was a time then Randolph B. Allison had to depend upon the work of his hands at day and monthly wages. He paid for his first land in that way, and with the co-operation of a loyal wife has made progress over obstacles and has achieved his present position and success in the world. Mr. Allison is proprietor of the Lakeside Farm of eighty acres a half mile south of Yellow Bank in Tippecanoe Township.
He is a native of Delaware County, Indiana, where he was born November 28, 1859, son of Samuel and Martha (Fields) Allison. The parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, where they grew up and married, from there moved to Ohio, and a little later to Delaware County, Indiana, and their next move took them to
Sullivan County in this state, and from there they came to Kosciusko County locating in Plain Township, where they acquired seventy-two acres southeast of Leesburg. Eight years later they made their final move to Tippecanoe Township, where the mother spent her last years. The father died in Missouri. Of their
twelve children eight are still living, and the family are now widely scattered: Emma, unmarried, at Leesburg; Randolph B.; Samuel, of Kansas; William, of Missouri; Perry, of North Dakota, John A. and Madison, twins, the former in Wyoming and the latter in Oklahoma: and Arthur, in Wyoming.
Randolph B. Allison grew up in Kosciusko County and attended public schools to the age of sixteen. Even before that he had been working and contributing his help to the support of the family. He has made his own way since early youth.
On July 15, 1882, Mr. Allison married Miss Leuesa Stemler. Mrs. Allison was born at North Webster August 14, 1866, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Arnold) Stemler. Her parents were both natives of Germany. Her father came to this country when a young man and her mother with her parents. They married in Ohio and from there moved to North Webster. Jacob Stemler became widely known in that
community. He was the first shoemaker to locate in the town, and, being a man of expert skill he had a lance trade and continued active in the work until advanced years overtook him. He was a charter member of the Evangelical Church and a trustee. His wife died in 1893, while he passed away in 1901. In the Stemler family were eight children, four of whom died young. Catherine, the oldest of those who grew up, married Hiram Kindle. The second, Mary, is the wife of John Webber, of Nappanee, Indiana; Emma is the wife of Lewis Baugher; Leuesa, the youngest, is Mrs. Allison. Mrs. Allison was educated in the common schools.
After his marriage Mr. Allison supported his little family by monthly wages, and for two years lived in Kansas. On returning to this country he again resumed his program of work by the day. His first purchase of land was ten acres and it was paid for by his wages. He then bought ten acres more, also rented ground, and finally acquired sixty acres, and has gradually built up the lakeside Farm, which is widely known for its fine Norman horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison have one daughter, Elizabeth. She is now the wife of Milo Daniels, and lives in Elkhart, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have four children: Ruth E., Mary E., Louise, and C. Wilber.
The family are members of the Evangelical Church at North Webster, and Mr. Allison is one of the trustees and a class leader, and for twenty years was superintendent of its Sunday school. In politics he votes as a democrat. He is one of the directors of the Farmers State Bank at North Webster.
Source: History of Kosciusko County
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