William Hardy Allison, 85, Civil war veteran and lifelong resident of Hancock county, W. Va., died Friday at 7 p.m. in his home at 849 Louisiana avenue, Chester. He observed his birthday Thursday. He enlisted at Pughtown in Company I, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, January 1, 1884. He was wounded in the battle of New Market, Virginia, May 16, 1864. He was mustered out of service at Cumberland, Md., in August, 1865. He was married to Miss Anna Pugh, daughter of John and Hannah Pugh of Pughtown on April 7, 1868. They were tendered a post-card shower in their home Tuesday marking their 63rd wedding anniversary. He was a member of General Lyon post No. 44, G.A.R., and the First Methodist Episcopal church of Chester. Besides his widow, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Fowler and Mrs. Hugh Miller, and one son, Clifford Allison of Chester, and brother, A.S. Allison of Pughtown. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church in Chester, in charge of Rev. Alexander Steele of Ligonier, Pa., assisted by Rev. C. J. Bland, pastor of the church. Burial will be made in Locust Hill cemetery, near Chester. The Ladies of the G.A.R. will hold services in the home Sunday at 7 p.m.

Civil War "Honorably Discharged" medal claimed by Theodore E. Lewis from the W.Va. State Archives, 1990.