Tombstone of Underground Railroad Conductor Andrew Allison in Oakwood Cemetery
Title
Tombstone of Underground Railroad Conductor Andrew Allison in Oakwood Cemetery
Photo Number
000239.JPG
Collection
Digital Image Collection (Western Illinois University)
Keywords
Lucinda Allison Brown McDonough County Underground Railroad Mary Marjorie Sticklen Andrew H . Allison Harmon William Oakwood Cemetery Sarah Tombstones Blacks
Subject Heading
Macomb--Cemeteries (Oakwood)
Description
Andrew , his brother Harmon , and his father William , were conductors on the Underground Railroad in McDonough County . Harmon married Beulah Brown and Andrew married Beulah’s sister Lucinda . The Browns were central figures with the Underground Railroad in Quincy . Andrew and Harmon and their wives , William , and William’s wife Sarah , are all buried in Oakwood Cemetery . The woman standing beside the tombstone of Andrew and Lucinda is their great-great-great granddaughter , Mary Marjorie Sticklen .
Source/Publisher/Donor
AC 02-027 Photo courtesy of Mary Jane Sticklen via Martha Hotchkiss.
Location of Original Photo
Macomb Cemeteries Album
Rights
WIU Libraries Archives & Special Collections -- All Rights Reserved. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, contact the WIU Archives and Special Collections at malpass-archives@wiu.edu.
Timestamp
20031219113541
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