Lucien Dent Allison
LUCIEN DENT ALLISON, M. D., a distinguished member of the local medical
profession, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Kittanning was born
in 1877, son of Dr. Thomas M. and Margaret (Atchison) Allison.Lucien Dent Allison attended public school at Kittanning and the
preparatory school at Saltsburg, P., and was a member of the class of 1899,
Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., before he commenced to read
medicine, in the office of his father. As soon as he was ready he entered
Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in
May, 1903. Passing the State medical examination, he began the practice of his
profession in Kittanning in the fall of that year, and has continued there
ever since. He belongs to the Armstrong County Medical Society, and for one
year was its president; the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and served for
four years as one of the county censors, being still chairman of the county
censors.In January, 1906, Dr. Allison married Pearl E. Shaw, daughter of J. B. Shaw
of Clearfield, Pa. Mrs. Allison is a graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and is a trained nurse of some years’
experience. She was in charge of several different hospitals prior to her
marriage. Dr. Allison is a man of wide experience, thorough knowledge, and a
high order of ability, and keeps in close touch with the progress made in his
profession. His practice is large and constantly growing, and he is well known
not only in Kittanning, but throughout the county.Source: Page 448 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J. H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by James R. Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
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