Joseph Lewis Allison
- Born: 7 Oct 1823, , , Pennsylvania
- Marriage: Harriet A. Eastin on 1 Mar 1847 in , Clark County, Illinois
- Died: 10 Jul 1897, Marshall, Clark, Illinois at age 73
 Notes:
Middle name has also been given as Linton. He was a lawyer.
Allison's aunts Elizabeth Lewis m. Isaac N. Greathouse and Susan Lewis m. Rodolphus Bukey Greathouse. Harriet A. Eastin,s grandmother Susanna Greathouse Swearingen was Isaac and Bukey Greathouse's aunt. Her brother Harmon, Jr. was Isaac and Bukey's father.
Information on this family from Edgar Lewis Allison's papers and letters. 1822. Clark Co., IL marriage records. Clark Co. Ill. Genealogical Society researsher's report.; Newspaper articles; Obituaries of Harriet A. Eastin Allison and Joseph L. Allison's 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration, 1897.
Hodges, Glynn, Daybreak on Old Fortification Creek a History of John Lewis, His family and Descendants. Published by the Hancock County Historical Society, Howesville, KY. pp42-45. "The Greathouses" Some descendants of John Lewis are listed on pages 130 and 131 and these include the families of Isaac and Elizabeth (Lewis) Greathouse and Rodolphus B. and Susannah (Lewis) Greathouse.
Joseph married Harriet A. Eastin, daughter of Charles Smith Eastin and Sarah "Sally" Swearingen, on 1 Mar 1847 in , Clark County, Illinois. (Harriet A. Eastin was born on 23 Mar 1827 in , Scott, Illinois and died on 3 Mar 1918 in Charleston, Coles, Illinois.)
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