Abraham Addams McAllister and Nettie B. Handley

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Husband Abraham Addams McAllister ¹

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           Born: 25 Aug 1841 - "Spring Dale", Franklin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 4 Sep 1916 - Covington, Goochland Co, VA 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Thompson McAllister (1811-1871) 2 3
         Mother: Lydia Miller Addams (1819-1902) 3

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Julia Ellen Stratton (1838-1906) 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary Lewis Handley (      -      ) 4

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Wife Nettie B. Handley ⁴

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           Born: 2 Dec 1857 - Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO 4
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           Died: 24 Oct 1912 - Covington, Goochland Co, VA 4
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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Addams McAllister

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He enlisted 1862 in the Confederate Army in "The Monroe Artillery," soon known as "Bryans Battery", later a part of the Thirteenth Battalion of Virginia Artillery. He was successively corporal and sergeant of the Battery, participating in every battle in which the battery was engaged except that of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, when he was absent on sick leave. He was mustered out with the battery at Christiansburg, Virginia, on Apr. 12, 1865.
He was the senior partner of the milling firm of McAllister & Bell, Inc., and president of the firm of A. A. McAllister and Sons Company, Inc., Covington, Virginia. He was for many years president of the Covington Improvement Company, and was president of the Citizens' National Bank, Covington, 1908-12, and director of the Covington National Bank. He was a successful and scientific farmer, and owned a controlling interest in a number of enterprises in and near Covington. He was an elder in the Covington Presbyterian Church.

See "McAllister Family Records," by J. Gray McAllister.

His second and third wives were cousins.

1 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 118.

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.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 119.