Biography - JAMES HARLEY ALLIO
Possessing much legal talent and ability, and well versed in the
intricacies of the law, James Harley Allio has served several years as city
attorney of Greenville, and is also master of chancery for Bond county. A
native of Pennsylvania, he was born May 5, 1871, in Clarion county, which
was also the birthplace of his father, the late Levi Allio.
A son of John Allio, Levi Allio's birth occurred on the home farm December
17, 1849. Succeeding to the occupation in which he was reared, he was
engaged in tilling the soil in the Keystone state until 1879, when he
located on a farm in the eastern part of Bond county, Illinois. In 1900 he
migrated to Mississippi, and was there a resident until his death, September
25, 1911. He was a steadfast Republican in politics and a member of the
Christian church. He married, in 1869, Aurilla Cornish, a daughter of Henry
and Susan Cornish, prosperous members of the farming community of Clarion
county, Pennsylvania, and to them seven children were born, of whom James
Harley is the eldest child. The mother is still living in Mississippi.
Having laid an excellent foundation for his future education- in the rural
schools of Bond county, James Harley Allio subsequently attended Effingham
College, in Effingham, Illinois, and Greenville College, in Greenville,
Illinois. He afterwards took a post graduate course in law at Bushnell
College, there receiving the degree of LL. B. In Mount Vernon, Illinois, in
1897, he was admitted to the bar, and at once resumed his labors as a
teacher, a profession which he had previously followed in Bond county for
eleven years. Opening an office at Greenville in 1903, Mr. Allio has since
been here successfully engaged in the practice of law, at the present time,
as previously mentioned, serving as city attorney and as master in chancery.
He is likewise carrying on a successful work in the loan, real estate and
abstract business, having a large patronage in each.
In March, 1908, Mr. Allio was united in marriage with Bertha Walker, a
daughter of Cyrus and Sarah D. Walker, of Mulberry Grove, where Mr. Walker
is a prosperous farmer and stock grower. Two children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Allio, Joseph H. Allio and Grace Esther Allio. Politically Mr.
Allio is a zealous worker in the Republican ranks, and fraternally he is a'
member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons; of the Court of
Honor; and of the Knights of the Maccabees. He also belongs to the American
Insurance Association. Religiously bolh Mr. and Mrs. Allio are trustworthy
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Extracted 10 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from 1912 History of Southern Illinois, by George W. Smith, volume 3, pages 1139-1140.
