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"Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century (1896) Vol 2":
Allis, Augustus G. S., Syracuse, born in Cazenovia, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1831, was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany in 1851. He also attended Cazenovia Seminary and Union College for a time, studied law with Judge Jerome Fuller, of Monroe Co., and was admitted to the bar at Rochester in Dec, 1857. He began the practice of law in Brockport, N.Y., where he held the office of police justice, and while there was importuned to go to Joliet, Ill., and take charge of the high school of that place. Mr. Allis had previously taught several terms, and up to this time was recognized as an educator of rare ability, but his subsequent career as a teacher placed him in the front rank of educational promoters. Unsought and wholly unexpected offers came to him to take charge of leading institutions, but a natural love for legal practice combined with domestic afflictions impelled him to decline what otherwise might have proven excellent opportunities. He thoroughly prepared himself for this calling, and at one time could command almost any position of an educational character. He held the first successful teachers' institute ever held in Rochester, and also held several throughout the State. Remaining in Joliet two years, he removed to Syracuse, whither his parents had preceded him, and opened a law office in the First ward. He served as chairman of the War Committee during the Rebellion, and as justice of the peace one term. He was member of assembly in 1868, and assistant United States assessor of this district about six years. Since 1860 he has practiced law in Syracuse almost continuously. Nov. 14, 1855, he married Caroline P. Barnett, of Brockport, N.Y., who died July 1, 1857. For his second wife he married, Oct. 1, 1861, Harriet N. Little, of Joliet, Ill., and of their nine children, seven are living: Carrie L. (for several years a teacher); Mary D., a graduate of Syracuse University and a teacher in Syracuse High School; Edward S., a graduate of Syracuse University, and now a resident of Chicago; Katherine B.,a student in the same university; Luella V., a graduate of the State Normal School, at Brockport, N.Y.; Helen E., and William E.
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"Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century (1896) Vol 2":
Allis, Augustus G. S., Syracuse, born in Cazenovia, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1831, was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany in 1851. He also attended Cazenovia Seminary and Union College for a time, studied law with Judge Jerome Fuller, of Monroe Co., and was admitted to the bar at Rochester in Dec, 1857. He began the practice of law in Brockport, N.Y., where he held the office of police justice, and while there was importuned to go to Joliet, Ill., and take charge of the high school of that place. Mr. Allis had previously taught several terms, and up to this time was recognized as an educator of rare ability, but his subsequent career as a teacher placed him in the front rank of educational promoters. Unsought and wholly unexpected offers came to him to take charge of leading institutions, but a natural love for legal practice combined with domestic afflictions impelled him to decline what otherwise might have proven excellent opportunities. He thoroughly prepared himself for this calling, and at one time could command almost any position of an educational character. He held the first successful teachers' institute ever held in Rochester, and also held several throughout the State. Remaining in Joliet two years, he removed to Syracuse, whither his parents had preceded him, and opened a law office in the First ward. He served as chairman of the War Committee during the Rebellion, and as justice of the peace one term. He was member of assembly in 1868, and assistant United States assessor of this district about six years. Since 1860 he has practiced law in Syracuse almost continuously. Nov. 14, 1855, he married Caroline P. Barnett, of Brockport, N.Y., who died July 1, 1857. For his second wife he married, Oct. 1, 1861, Harriet N. Little, of Joliet, Ill., and of their nine children, seven are living: Carrie L. (for several years a teacher); Mary D., a graduate of Syracuse University and a teacher in Syracuse High School; Edward S., a graduate of Syracuse University, and now a resident of Chicago; Katherine B.,a student in the same university; Luella V., a graduate of the State Normal School, at Brockport, N.Y.; Helen E., and William E.
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Anna H. Allis (1816-1906)
The following passage is taken from
"Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century (1896) Vol 2":
Allis, Augustus G. S., Syracuse, born in Cazenovia, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1831, was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany in 1851. He also attended Cazenovia Seminary and Union College for a time, studied law with Judge Jerome Fuller, of Monroe Co., and was admitted to the bar at Rochester in Dec, 1857. He began the practice of law in Brockport, N.Y., where he held the office of police justice, and while there was importuned to go to Joliet, Ill., and take charge of the high school of that place. Mr. Allis had previously taught several terms, and up to this time was recognized as an educator of rare ability, but his subsequent career as a teacher placed him in the front rank of educational promoters. Unsought and wholly unexpected offers came to him to take charge of leading institutions, but a natural love for legal practice combined with domestic afflictions impelled him to decline what otherwise might have proven excellent opportunities. He thoroughly prepared himself for this calling, and at one time could command almost any position of an educational character. He held the first successful teachers' institute ever held in Rochester, and also held several throughout the State. Remaining in Joliet two years, he removed to Syracuse, whither his parents had preceded him, and opened a law office in the First ward. He served as chairman of the War Committee during the Rebellion, and as justice of the peace one term. He was member of assembly in 1868, and assistant United States assessor of this district about six years. Since 1860 he has practiced law in Syracuse almost continuously. Nov. 14, 1855, he married Caroline P. Barnett, of Brockport, N.Y., who died July 1, 1857. For his second wife he married, Oct. 1, 1861, Harriet N. Little, of Joliet, Ill., and of their nine children, seven are living: Carrie L. (for several years a teacher); Mary D., a graduate of Syracuse University and a teacher in Syracuse High School; Edward S., a graduate of Syracuse University, and now a resident of Chicago; Katherine B.,a student in the same university; Luella V., a graduate of the State Normal School, at Brockport, N.Y.; Helen E., and William E.
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***Family Links***
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Anna H. Allis (1816-1906)
"Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century (1896) Vol 2":
Allis, Augustus G. S., Syracuse, born in Cazenovia, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1831, was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany in 1851. He also attended Cazenovia Seminary and Union College for a time, studied law with Judge Jerome Fuller, of Monroe Co., and was admitted to the bar at Rochester in Dec, 1857. He began the practice of law in Brockport, N.Y., where he held the office of police justice, and while there was importuned to go to Joliet, Ill., and take charge of the high school of that place. Mr. Allis had previously taught several terms, and up to this time was recognized as an educator of rare ability, but his subsequent career as a teacher placed him in the front rank of educational promoters. Unsought and wholly unexpected offers came to him to take charge of leading institutions, but a natural love for legal practice combined with domestic afflictions impelled him to decline what otherwise might have proven excellent opportunities. He thoroughly prepared himself for this calling, and at one time could command almost any position of an educational character. He held the first successful teachers' institute ever held in Rochester, and also held several throughout the State. Remaining in Joliet two years, he removed to Syracuse, whither his parents had preceded him, and opened a law office in the First ward. He served as chairman of the War Committee during the Rebellion, and as justice of the peace one term. He was member of assembly in 1868, and assistant United States assessor of this district about six years. Since 1860 he has practiced law in Syracuse almost continuously. Nov. 14, 1855, he married Caroline P. Barnett, of Brockport, N.Y., who died July 1, 1857. For his second wife he married, Oct. 1, 1861, Harriet N. Little, of Joliet, Ill., and of their nine children, seven are living: Carrie L. (for several years a teacher); Mary D., a graduate of Syracuse University and a teacher in Syracuse High School; Edward S., a graduate of Syracuse University, and now a resident of Chicago; Katherine B.,a student in the same university; Luella V., a graduate of the State Normal School, at Brockport, N.Y.; Helen E., and William E.
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