Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-09
For the Pomeroy Weekly TeIeEfspas
LBTART FALLs, ONO,
Anril 3lth.lS62.

For the Pomeroy Weekly Telestapas
LRTART FALLS, OHIoy
April Both, 1862.
M. Editor;-I send you the follow.
ing account Of the murder Of George
W. .sAllison, former well-known rsai-
dent of coalport, for many years. II
you think it worthy place in your ex-
cellent paper, you are at liberty to pub
lish it. As Mrs. Allison is my sister, I
can vouch for the truth of the narrative
as have the same direct from her pen.
CARMI ALDERMAN.
From the ossaxatomis Herald.l
A Sad Picture of the War.
In the spring of '58, Mr.. Geo. ALI.
son, stone cutter by trade, moved with
his family from Ohio, intending to SET
tie in Kansas. On arriving at Indepen:
dence, Mo-, he stopped for rest, and time
to look arouud. He came out to Kan
sas and took claim near Squiresville, in
johnson county; but owing to the rush
for claims, and the troubles then exist
ing, he failed, after many rruitless ef-
forts, to secure his claim, and in order
to preserve his little meats, and give
time for things to settle, he finally pur.
chased 40 acres of land near Indepen-
dence, calculating to improve it and when
the times become more peaceable TO sell
his improvement, and carry out his ofigi-
nal intention of settling in Kansas
In the meantime he went to Pixies
Peak to better his fortune, and had sue
ceeded somewhat in doing so-till d
food came and washed away all his
hard earnings. During his absence;.
the accursed rebellion broke out with
all its force-and his lonely and unpro-
tected family began to feel Its effects
tenfold.
Mrs. Allison, we'll educated and
very intelligent lady, who, on her first
settlement among her pro-slayery neigh
bors, had been deridingly styled .'stuck
up Yankee" and "Black Republican,"
was not in the least slow in taking d
firm and decided stand for the Union;
and with that love of county, and de.
termination of spirit, that charaoterizs
her sex she and her .daughter--a
young girl of Is years-made beau
tiful Union flag, and nailed it to her
house top; and through most Of the
summer that flag waved to the breeze,
in spite of the threats and Impressions
of her secession neighbors-until hatred
to her, and the cause she maintained
Induced them TO harsh treatment. They
haunted her son, lad of II years, till
he had to fly to the Union army for
safety. They posted guards around her
house day and night, in hopes of seeurt
ing the returning husband. He finally
came, and the old flag was again seen
waving from the house top, which
showed with double force the uncondi.
tional stand he took in sustaining the
course followed by his heroic wife,
This was cause for further and renewed,
efforts to take his life, and soon tbs
blood hounds were upon his track, and
he was obliged to flee, with his family;
to place of safety. He took refuge in
Kansas City, thinking he could save
some of his property, and then come to
Kansas. About two weeks ago, in conl-
pany with Union soldier aud his little
boy, about 8 years old, he started to
save remnant of stock that had escaped
the eyes of the rebels-when about
half way on the road to Independence,
they were met by Quantrell and his
band, who halted them, asked the sol
dier what command he belonged to, and
MIR. Allison his name-ordered them TO
dismount, and the soldier to give up his
arms. They shot the soldier with re-:
volver and shot Mr.. Allison with the
soldiers gun. Not content with merely
killing they pierced them through with
many balls, robbed them of all their
clothing, taking a watch, some money
and valuable papers from Mr.. Allison,
and then set fire to the bodies, and told
the little boy, who had stood by and
witnessed this brutal and heart-rendine
scene-to ''ruu quick and tell his
mother"
TIE broken-hearte woman sent and
procured the re1 aims Of her husband,
and now, even in this the darkest hour
of her great trouble, does her love for
her country and freedom, shine out in
its truest light. She brings out tke
Flag-ths one that she has made with
her own hands, which she had never
surrendered to the enemy, and apreads
it over the coffin of her husband; whose
remains she had buried With the soldier
who fell with him, ID "the Honors Of
War"
ALI that Is left her now is her chill
dren, one son in Col. Jennison's 8 regf-
ment, and the little girl and little boy
above mentioned. Her oldest son went
to Texas two years ago, and she has
never heard from him; she supposes
him to have fallen there martyr 10 isia
principles. And her husband rests
quietly with his Country's Flag folded
across his brea.t. 80
This, Mr. Editor, is but one of the
many sad, sad pictures of the War for
the Uaion, and while / cenversed with
the unfortunate widow and beard her
tale of woe, my heart yearned for veR
OF all hs y wrongs, and l thought that
her recital deserved to be chrouiclsd ON
the pages OF history, and l would that
all the wrongs and troubles caused By
the rsbels-of property destroyed, Of
houses burned. of thousands of saar-
dered citizens, and the efiss of the Wild
ows and orphans, might be preserved
and brought UP in such an array as to-
startle any of the surviving rebels and
haunt them like So many shostly spec
tsrs on the track Of che murdered.
X. X. h.
0saHatomie, kansss. April C, 1862.