hmtl5 Frank Wesley Allison: Gritton Genealogy

Frank Wesley Allison

Male 1897 - 1927  (29 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Frank Wesley Allison was born on 9 Oct 1897 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Alfred Henry Allison and Charlotte Ellen Fox); died on 11 Apr 1927 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 14 Apr 1927 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: day laborer

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21515950/frank-wesley-allison

    Floral Hill Cemetery is located in Hoopeston just across the Iroquois County, line.

    Family/Spouse: Helen Thomas. Helen was born on 27 Dec 1905 in Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 25 May 1950 in Bremen, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. James Alfred Allison was born on 19 Jun 1925 in Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 8 Oct 1925 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 10 Oct 1925 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.
    2. Harold Eugene Allison was born on 25 Jun 1924 in Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 16 Oct 1995 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in burial details unknown.
    3. Franklin Allison was born on 10 Jul 1927 in Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 3 Apr 1965; was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alfred Henry Allison was born on 9 Jul 1860 in Illinois (son of Otho Allison and Minerva Jane Cosat); died on 31 Mar 1937 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Apr 1937 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer; wagon driver for poulty house
    • Census: 1910, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19504290/alfred-henry-allison

    Floral Hill Cemetery is located in Hoopeston just across the Iroquois County, line.

    Alfred married Charlotte Ellen Fox. Charlotte (daughter of Hugh A. Fox and Hannah Jane Barlette) was born on 8 Feb 1862 in Ohio; died on 2 Aug 1925; was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Charlotte Ellen Fox was born on 8 Feb 1862 in Ohio (daughter of Hugh A. Fox and Hannah Jane Barlette); died on 2 Aug 1925; was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19504295/charlatte-ellen-allison

    Floral Hill Cemetery is located in Hoopeston just across the Iroquois County, line.

    Children:
    1. Charles Allen Allison was born on 10 Dec 1882 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 2 May 1959 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.
    2. 1. Frank Wesley Allison was born on 9 Oct 1897 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Apr 1927 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 14 Apr 1927 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Otho Allison was born on 19 Dec 1830 in Nicholas County, Kentucky; died on 15 May 1911 in Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1900, Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Potomac
    The funeral of Otho Allison, the aged resident who died at the home of his son, east of here Tuesday, was held from the Christian church here at 3 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. Norton, pastor of the church. The decedent is survived by several grown children, the most of whom are residents of Vermilion county. The burial followed at the Potomac cemetery.
    The Champaign Daily News, Champaign, Illinois. Saturday, 20 May 1911.


    Name:
    son of Alfred Allison and Mary Catherine Martha Hendrick

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67093340/otho-allison

    Otho married Minerva Jane Cosat on 6 Jan 1853 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Minerva (daughter of Henry Cosat and Susan Elizabeth Gritton) was born on 23 Jun 1839 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jul 1904 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Minerva Jane Cosat was born on 23 Jun 1839 in Mercer County, Kentucky (daughter of Henry Cosat and Susan Elizabeth Gritton); died on 6 Jul 1904 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Obituary. Minerva J. Allison, daughter of Henry and Susan Cossairt, was born June 23, 1839, and was joined in holy matrimony to Otho Allison, January 6, 1853, and to this union was born thirteen children, nine boys and four girls, which remain at this time wit the exception of two boys, and they departed this life in their infancy - leaving a husband and eleven children to mourn the loss of a loving wife and kind mother. She joined the christian church in 1854, and lived a consistent christian till her death on July 6, 1904, aged 65 years and 13 days.


    Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 3. David Cosat, guardian, signed permission for Minerva Jane Cosat.

    LKH note: In the 1850 US census in Vermilion County, David Coaat, born about 1830 in England, in is the household of John Saunders, Susan (Gritton) (Cosat) Saunders and the three Cosat chilldren: Minerva, age 11, james age 10, and Sarah M., age 3. It is possible that David Cosat was a brother to Henry and stood in as guardian of the children after Henry's death in 1841.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67093321/minerva-jane-allison

    Children:
    1. Sarah Emma Allison was born on 19 Oct 1858 in Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 27 Sep 1931 in Illinois; was buried on 29 Sep 1931 in Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 2. Alfred Henry Allison was born on 9 Jul 1860 in Illinois; died on 31 Mar 1937 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Apr 1937 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.
    3. Charles Frederick Allison was born on 19 Jul 1862 in Illinois; died on 7 Jul 1942 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    4. Mary Allison was born on 18 Feb 1864 in Illinois; died on 26 Jan 1924 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried on 28 Jan 1924 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
    5. James Rollo Allison was born on 25 Apr 1868 in Pilot Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 Sep 1929 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 20 Sep 1929 in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.
    6. Thomas Allison was born on 18 Feb 1872 in Illinois; died on 17 May 1959 in Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    7. Ella May Allison was born in Jul 1874 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 6 Aug 1950 in Illinois; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    8. Edward Lloyd Allison was born on 30 Jan 1876 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 May 1926 in Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 9 May 1926 in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    9. Alice Allison was born on 25 Jun 1878 in Illinois; died on 10 Jan 1915 in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.

  3. 6.  Hugh A. Fox was born in 1834 in Ohio; died on 6 Mar 1893 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Rileysburg, Vermillion County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1870, Highland, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Highland, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Hugh A. Fox, a farmer residing about 2 miles northeast of Gessie, died at 2 o'clock on last Monday afternoon of brain fever, after an illness of two or three weeks. He was born in Ohio in 1834, and has been a resident of this county since 1865. He was a good citizen and much respected by everybody. He leaves a wife and several children, some of whom are married.
    Newport Hoosier State, Wednesday, March 8, 1893.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27822228/hugh-a_-fox

    Hugh married Hannah Jane Barlette on 15 Apr 1858 in Warren County, Ohio. Hannah was born on 10 Sep 1838 in Ohio; died on 19 Jul 1916 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Rileysburg, Vermillion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hannah Jane Barlette was born on 10 Sep 1838 in Ohio; died on 19 Jul 1916 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Rileysburg, Vermillion County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Highland, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27822248/hanna-jane-fox

    Children:
    1. 3. Charlotte Ellen Fox was born on 8 Feb 1862 in Ohio; died on 2 Aug 1925; was buried in Floral Hill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois.
    2. Daniel L. Fox was born in Sep 1865 in Indiana; died on 18 Mar 1876; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Rileysburg, Vermillion County, Indiana.
    3. Infant Son Fox was born on 15 Dec 1867; died on 15 Dec 1867; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Rileysburg, Vermillion County, Indiana.
    4. Wesley A. Fox was born on 21 Apr 1859 in Ohio; died on 5 Dec 1924 in Highland, Vermillion County, Indiana; was buried on 7 Dec 1924 in Hopewell Cemetery, Rileysburg, Vermillion County, Indiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Henry Cosat was born on 7 Feb 1810; died on 26 Feb 1841.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1840, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    Henry Coast registered for land in Vermilion County, Illinois in 1836.
    Name: Henry Cosat
    Section: E2NW
    Price per Acre: 1.25
    Total Price: 50.00
    Date: 7 Jun 1836
    Volume: 236
    Page: 175
    Type: FD
    Sect: 21
    Township: 20N
    Range: 12W
    Meridian: 2
    Acres: 40.00
    Corr-Tag: 0
    ID: 310636
    Reside: 092

    Henry Cosat registered 80 acres of land in Vermilion County, Illinois in 1839.
    Name: Henry Cosat
    Issue Date: 1 Nov 1839
    Place: Vermilion, Illinois, USA
    Land Office: Danville
    Meridian: 2nd PM
    Township: 20-N
    Range: 12-W
    Section: 14
    Accession Number: IL3640__.067
    Document Number: 5115
    https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IL3640__.067&docClass=STA&sid=51tibwsn.03q

    Henry married Susan Elizabeth Gritton on 25 Feb 1828 in Mercer County, Kentucky. Susan (daughter of Jesse Gritton and Sarah Brumfield) was born on 1 Dec 1810 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 26 Aug 1878 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Farmers Chapel Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Susan Elizabeth Gritton was born on 1 Dec 1810 in Mercer County, Kentucky (daughter of Jesse Gritton and Sarah Brumfield); died on 26 Aug 1878 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Farmers Chapel Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118434473/susan-elizabeth-saunders

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann Cosat was born on 4 Jul 1833 in Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1891; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 5. Minerva Jane Cosat was born on 23 Jun 1839 in Mercer County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jul 1904 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. James Cosat was born in 1840 in Illinois.