JAMES ALLISON, honest, frank and fearless, served as postmaster and justice of the peace at Searights, and was county commissioner from 1837 to 1840. His life is well worthy of imitation. It was straightforward, unfaltering, uncheckered and uneventful. He was born near Laurel Hill, December 22, 1801, and passed to rest July 4, 1881. He was senior warden of Grace church, Menallen, for many years and died enjoying the confidence and commanding the respect of all who knew him. He was a remarkable man whose veracity was never doubted or questioned during his whole lifetime.
Source:
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette
County, Pennsylvania: containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County,
and the boroughs and townships of the county: also, portraits and biographies of the
governors since 1790, and genealogies, family histories and biographies of
representative men of the county: illustrated.
Author(s): Shepherd, Henry E.; 1844-1929.; (Henry Elliot), Publication: Uniontown,
Pa.: S.B. Nelson, Year: 1900