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Note: [Allison2.GED] * * * * * In 1911, Ralph applied for and received employment with the Isthmian Canal Commission, in Panama as a machinist. On Saturday, May 13th at 10:00 am, he sailed from New Orleans, LA to the Isthmus of Panama. He was hired as a "general machinist" and was to be paid $0.65 per hour at the U.S. currency rate. He resigned on January 27, 1912 to return to his home in Murphysboro. During the time he was in Panama, his third son, Frank Clifton Allison, was born on June 12, 1911. * * * * * 1920 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR JACKSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Address: 606 Chestnut Street, Murphysboro, IL ALLISON, Ralph E.; head of household; renting; 43 yrs old; married; born in IL; father born in MS [sic]; mother born in PA; machinist for Mobile & Ohio Railroad ALLISON, Mary C; wife; 42 yrs old; married; born in IL; father born in NY: mother born in VT ALLISON, Ralph E.; son; 16 yrs of age, single, born in IL; father & mother born in IL; clerk at Brown Shoe Company. ALLISON, Neal Raynor; son; 13 yrs of age; single, born in IL; father & mother born in IL ALLISON, Frank; son; 8 yrs of age; single; born in IL; father & mother born in IL ALLISON, Florence, daughter 5 yrs of age; single; born in IL; father & mother born in IL * * * * * RALPH ALLISON, MACHINIST, DIES Ralph Eugene Allison, 73, 606 Chestnut Street, Murphysboro, died early today at the Anna State hospital. The retired railroad machinist had been ill with paralysis and heart complications since early this year. A native and life-long resident of Murphysboro, Mr. Allison was married in Carbondale in October 1902 to Mary Raynor. Besides his wife, he leaves three sons, Frank at home; Raynor, New York City; and Ralph, St. Louis, MO; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Long, San Mateo, Calif.; and a sister, Elizabeth Hall, Birmingham, Ala. HE WAS employed by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and was a member of the International Association of Machinists. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 P.M. at the First Lutheran Church, Murphysboro, Rev. William Boatman officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery. Friends may call at the Roberts Residence Funeral Home. (from 1950 newspaper found in Family bible) * * * * *
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