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Tombstone of Underground Railroad Conductor Andrew Allison in Oakwood Cemetery

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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-g...
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