ALLISON, GEORGE WILLIAM: 1887-
George William Allison , son of John W. and Eva May Shimmin Allison, was born in Reddick, Ill., on Dec. 26, 1887. He graduated from Hanover College in 1910, receiving the A.M. degree in 1916 and the D.D. in 1926. Following his graduation he was a student at McCormick Theological Seminary, Auburn Theological Seminary, from which he received the B.D. degree in 1913, and the University of Chicago. On Aug. 26, 1913, he married Edna C. Kunkel.
Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1913, in the same year he organized Hope Church at South Bend, Ind., and served as its pastor until 1918. From 1919 to 1930 he was a pastor in Indianapolis , from 1930 to 1935 in Topeka, Kan., and after 1935 in Fort Wayne, Ind. During the first World War he was a chaplain with the A.E.F.
Information from Who's Who in America.
- A Place in the Sun. South Bend,
Ind., 1916.
- Out of the Ashes, and Other Sermons.
Nashville, Tenn., 1928.
- With Christ in Kansas. 1935.
- Our Heritage, an Historical Address Delivered …
February 7, 1943. Fort Wayne, Ind. [1943].
- The Fort in the Forest. [1944].
- Forest, Fort and Faith. Historical Sketches of the Presbytery
of Fort Wayne, Organized January 1, 1845. [Fort Wayne,
Ind., 1945.]
