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1795-1858 Born in Cornwallis, N.S. in 1795 Charles Frederick Allison came to Sackville in 1816 where he became a partner of William Crane and in time a prosperous merchant. His conversion to Methodism in 1836 was a decisive event in his life and was responsible for his interest in education. He is remembered as the founder of Mount Allison University, specifically of the Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy for boys (1840) and of an academy for girls (1854) which along with the later Mount Allison Wesleyan College (1862) developed into the present Mount Allison University. Allison's house stood on the site now occupied by Convocation Hall and is commemorated by a plaque: |
OF THE RESIDENCE of CHARLES FREDERICK ALLISON WHO FOUNDED MOUNT ALLISON July 9th, 1840. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN REVERENCE TO HIS MEMORY HIS GRAVE IS IN THE LITTLE CEMETERY A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY |
![]() Plaque on front wall of Convocation Hall, 37 York Street, Sackville, N.B., placed by Mount Allison University, in 1966 |
Allison's grave is in the nearby Lower Sackville Methodist Cemetery, 112 Main Street, Sackville, N.B.
For more information on Allison's grave see Charles Frederick Allison on the Find A Grave web site. |
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![]() Grave of Charles Frederick Allison, east side. |
CHARLES F. ALLISON ESQ, "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD |
![]() Grave of Charles Frederick Allison, north side. |
LIFE HE EMINENTLY ADORNED THE DOCTRINE OF GOD HIS SAVIOUR BY A BLAMELESS AND BENEFICENT CHARACTER, WHICH REFLECTED WITH PECULIAR LUSTRE THE MEEKNESS AND GENTLRNESS OF CHRIST, FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE PRINCIPLES AND CONNEXION OF METHODISM. HE WAS ALSO A LOVER OF ALL GOOD MEN, |
![]() Grave of Charles Frederick Allison, west side. |
OF THE RELIGION OF CHRIST BY WHATEVER AGENCY ACHIEVED, HAVING LIVED TO SEE THE NOBLE INSTITUTION FOUNDED BY HIS MUNIFICENCE OCCUPYING A HIGH POSITION, AND EXERCISING A WIDE AND SALUTARY INFLUENCE. |
On Charles Frederick Allison (1795-1858) see
Reid, John G. "ALLISON, CHARLES FREDERICK,", Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. VIII, pp. 15,16. Milner, W.C., History of Sackville New Brunswick (Sackville, N.B.: The Tribune Press, 1934), pp. 110-112 (also available online at History of Sackville New Brunswick). On Allison's role in the establishment and opening of the Academy for boys, see Reid, John G.,Mount Allison University: A History to 1963, Vol. I: 1843-1914, (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1984), pp. 3-25. |