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James Allison Jr. (October 4 1772 – June 17 1854) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Allison Jr. (father of John Allison) was born near Elkton Maryland. He moved with his parents to Washington County Pennsylvania in 1774. At seventeen years of age he enrolled in the school of David Johnson of Beaver Pennsylvania. He saw service in the Indian warfare at Yellow Creek.