1916: OBIT OF RACHEL ALLINSON

MISS ALLINSON IS THE SISTER OF JOSIAH ALLINSON FROM THE ALLINSON FARM. TODAY'S LOCUST HILL DEVELOPMENT WAS THE SITE OF THE ALLINSON FARM, STEEPED IN HISTORIC TRADITION. MR. BOB SIMPKINS, OUR TREASURED HAMILTON HISTORIAN LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD ON THE SIMPKINS BROTHERS DAIRY FARM. BOB TELLS OF THE DAY MRS. ALLINSON TOOK HIM TO THE UPPER ROOM IN THE ALLINSON HOME AND SHOWED HIM WHERE THE FUGITIVES FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STAYED ON THEIR JOURNEY NORTHWARD.