Hon. Archibald McAllister and Henrietta Royer

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Husband Hon. Archibald McAllister ¹

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           Born: 12 Oct 1813 2
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           Died: 18 Jul 1883 2
         Buried:  - Mountain Cemetery

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         Father: John Carson McAllister (Abt 1789-1862) 2 3 4
         Mother: Frances Harris Hanna (1791-1868) 2 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 2 Dec 1840 2

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Wife Henrietta Royer ²

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           Born: 5 Sep 1822 2
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           Died: Aft 1892
         Buried: 

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         Father: Hon. Samuel Royer (Abt 1795-1860) 2
         Mother: Sarah Provence (      -      ) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Archibald McAllister

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He received his education at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and then was successively general manager of Paradise, Martha, and Middletown furnaces, of Dauphin and Blair counties. In 1842 he became manager of Springfield furnace, which position he held until his death.
He was a man of fine physique, standing over six feet in height, of commanding yet dignified appearance, and whose face was said to have borne a striking resemblance to that of Daniel Webster. He was a Methodist, but contributed liberally to all denominations, and was extremely popular in central Pennsylvania. He was a man of great executive ability, and supported the Democratic party until about 1880, when he became a prohibitionist, and was prominently identified with that party until his death. He represented the Seventeenth Congressional district in the Thirty-eighth Congress, from 1863 to 1865. He served on the military committee, and was one of the few democratic members of the house who supported President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.

1 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 442.

2 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 443.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 84.

4 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 53.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 501.