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- J.C. Allsup
J. C. ALLSUP was born in Jackson County, Ind., on the 3d of February,1823. His parents were John and Nancy (Shumaker) Allsup, the former anative of Virginia and the latter of Tennessee. In 1816 they emigratedto Indiana and settled in Jackson County, where John Allsup felled thetrees, and in the midst of the forest developed a fine farm. Therewere eight children in the family who grew to manhood, but only two ofthese are now living: Richard H., of Jackson County, Ind., and J. C.,our subject. John Allsup was reared in the Dunkard Church. Mrs. Allsupdied a member of the Christian Church. She was a true mother, asincere Christian, an earnest worker for the Master.
The subject of this sketch is a pioneer of two States, Indiana andIowa. He was reared in the new country of Indiana, educated in theprimitive schools, and was apprenticed to his trade of a carpenter in1838, receiving his board and a suit of clothes. His apprenticeshipwas over a term of two years. In the fall of 1841 he came to HenryCounty, remaining one winter on Skunk River, and in 1845 he led to themarriage altar Miss Elizabeth M. Burge. She was born in LickingCounty, Ohio, in April, 1825. One child was born to them, R.Elizabeth, now the wife of John Noble, of Page County, Iowa. Mrs.Allsup was called to her final home in the year following hermarriage. Mr. Allsup was again married, in 1847, to Mrs. ElizabethSharp, widow of Davis Sharp, by whom she had three children: Davis, ofLee County, Iowa; Hannah, wife of Edward Forbes, of Oregon, and RobertJ., of Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Allsup had a family of six children, five of whom are nowliving: Ellen, who is the widow of Francis M. Prickett; Jennie,residing in Taylor County, Iowa, is the wife of Charles Richardson;Leni Leoti lives at home; Harrison resides at Canton, Ill.; Jessie isthe wife of Hiram Allen, of New London. In 1865 Mr. Allsup came to Mt.Pleasant, where he has since resided. When he first came to thiscounty the settlements were so few that each man knew all of thesettlers of the county. One could travel miles and not strike a farm,and there were but two or three settlers between New London andMiddletown. Mr. Allsup will always be remembered for the good he hasdone for Mt. Pleasant and Henry County, Iowa. In politics, he is aRepublican, though he has voted with the Greenback party.
(Portrait and Biographical Album, Henry County, Iowa; Acme PublishingCompany, Chicago, 1888, pp 275-276) (JC)http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iahenry/hbiosa.htm [112 July 2008,SLJuhl, Compiler]
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