Lewis Allison

Title

Lewis Allison

Description

Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s

birthday

c. 1844-1849

Relation

Otho Allison

Occupation

Day laborer

Custodial Staff

"College Servant"

Biographical Text

Born c. 1844-1849 to Thos Iovanna and Tilly Allison. In 1870, he is listed as living in Salisbury as a day laborer in the household of Joseph Davis (white) and his family. Married on April 30, 1873 to Alice White. In 1880, he is listed as living in Davidson with his wife Alice, his sons Willie and Otho, and his aunt Diana Torrence.

Bibliography

Beaty, Mary D. A History of Davidson College. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1988, 196.

Beaty, Mary D. Davidson: A History of the Town from 1835 until 1937. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1979, 70.

“Locals.” The Davidson Monthly 8, no. 1, October 1892.