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Amos M Willison
AMOS M. WILLISON, who is engaged in the general merchandise business at
Kellersburg, Pa., was born in Mahoning township, Armstrong county, April 20,
1854, son of William and Priscilla ( Buzzard ) Willison, both natives of
Pennsylvania.William Willison was among the pioneers of Mahoning township, where he
owned 184 acres of land near Climax. He cleared a large portion of it, and his
death occurred here in 1871, when he was aged fifty years. He had a large
family as follows: James A.; Amanda, married to G. W. Lobaugh; Amos M.; Thomas
S., deceased; G.W.; Samuel P.; Jane B., married to G. W. McDonald; Matilda,
married to W.D. Smith; and Wilbur, deceased.Amos M. Willison was raised on the home farm and attended the common
schools. For twenty years he was engaged in mining, and various other
occupations, but in 1907 he embarked in the general merchandising business at
Kellersburg (Mahoning post office), Armstrong county, and he has continued in
this line ever since. He has a good flourishing business, and is industrious
and painstaking in his service to the people, which brings him a steady
patronage.Mr. Willison married in 1875, Margaret M., daughter of George L. and
Elizabeth (Truitt) Hetrick, of Madison township, and they have seven children,
viz: Olive V., wife of C. E. Furling; Charles F.; Orial L.; Mead A.; Fred S.;
Bessie M., wife of Perry Wolfe; and Blanch L. , wife of Harry Lamberson. Mr.
Willison is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kellersburg, of
which he is a trustee. Fraternally he is a member of Widnoon Lodge, No. 39,
I.O.O. F. and the P. of H. In politics he is a Republican.Source: Pages 872-873, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed December 1998 by Pamela Clark for the Armstrong County Beers
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