William Miller McAllister and Margaret Ann Erwin

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Husband William Miller McAllister ¹

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           Born: 6 Mar 1843 - "Spring Dale", Franklin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thompson McAllister (1811-1871) 2 3
         Mother: Lydia Miller Addams (1819-1902) 3

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       Marriage: 27 Oct 1869 1

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Wife Margaret Ann Erwin ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William Miller McAllister

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Leaving [what later became] the Pennsylvania State College at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in April, 1861, as youngest in his father's company (Company A, 27th Virginia, Stonewall Brigade). This company was later transformed into the famous "Carpenters Battery" and in this he served until the close of the war. (See his "War Diary," typewritten.) Graduated in law at University of Virginia, 1869.
He was an attorney for the Commonwealth of Bath County, 1874-1884, special attorney for the U. S. Department of Justice, headquarters Tennessee, 1893-8, member of the Board of Directors Western State Hospital, Staunton, Virginia, 1886-90, and of the Board of Visitors, Virginia Military Institute. Member of the Virginia Legislature Dec., 1899-Jan. 1, 1902 and active in securing the Constitutional Convention (and thus a progressive constitution) for Virginia. Bank Director and officer, president Bath Telephone Company, from its organization in 1899. Was engaged in farming and stock-raising from 1876. Commander Bath Camp Confederate Veterans; elder, Warm Springs Presbyterian Church from 1869.

1 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 126.

2 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 835.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 114.