Obituary, Jefferson Bee, 12 Feb 1952: "EMMA ALLINSON SERVICES HELD HERE - Funeral services for Emma Allinson, who died February 9, in Jefferson at the age of 82, were held at Slininger chapel in Jefferson, February 11 at 2 p.m. Rev. Arthur V. Long, pastor of the Methodist Church in Jefferson, was in charge of the services. Casket bearers included Francis Peacock, Alvin Peacock, Craig Peacock, John Vipong, Wilber Pooley and Earnest Sanderson. Music was furnished by Mrs. Elsie Charles and Mrs. Mabel Barker, accompanied by Mrs. Vava Barker. They sang "Beautiful Isle" and "In the Garden". Interment was in Jefferson cemetery. Emma Livinia Allinson, daughter of William S. and Elisabeth Calvert Allinson, was born in Jefferson, Iowa, January 9, 1870, and passed away in Jefferson February 9, 1952, aged 82 years 1 month. She was the fifth child of a family of six children, four brothers and a sister having preceeded her in death. At the age of eight her mother passed away, and she went to live with Alfred and Ann Allison in Cedar Township in Greene Co., where she continued to make her home as their own child as long as either of them lived. When she entered this home in January 1879 the Cedar Creek Post Office was in the Allison home, and Alfred Allison was the postmaster. In a very few days Emma had learned the post office duties and could take full charge of the office. John Allison, their son, carried the mail from Jefferson to Rockwell City one day, and the trip back the next day, stopping each day at noon at the Allison home for dinner and to change horses. Almost every day there would be one or more passengers with him in the mail hack, and all would be served dinner at the Allison home. Later when the towns of Churdan and Lohrville were established the Cedar Creek post office was moved to Churdan, and John Allison was appointed first postmaster at Lohrville, in which capacity he served for eight years. After both foster parents had passed away, Emma started a dressmaking shop at Lohrville, and later moved to Jefferson and continued in dressmaking business for several years until she entered the employ of L.J. Grisier where she remained for five years. She was then employed at the Robert Maurice store for four years, and after that was employed by Schroeder Brothers store until July 1919, when she went to LeGrande, Oregon, to be with an invalid sister-in-law, where she lived 14 years, and in 1933 returned to Jefferson and made her home until her death. She was a member of the Methodist Church of Jefferson, Iowa, and the W.S.C.S. She also taught a Sunday School class of boys and girls for 12 years. She leaves two nieces, Mrs. J. Donald Meyers and Mrs. V.P Humphreys, and four nephews, Dr. Frank T. Wilcox, George H. Wilcox, Lawrence Wilcox, and Fred Wilcox, all of whom are living in Oregon, and also several cousins living in Iowa and Wisconsin."