Hon. Archibald McAllister and Henrietta Provence Royer

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Husband Hon. Archibald McAllister ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Oct 1813 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 18 Jul 1883 2 3
         Buried:  - Mountain Cemetery

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         Father: John Carson McAllister (1790-1862/1866) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Frances Harris Hanna (1791-1868) 3 4 6 7 8

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       Marriage: 2 Dec 1840 3 9

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Wife Henrietta Provence Royer ^{3 9}

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           Born: 5 Sep 1822 3 9
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           Died: 2 Mar 1898 9
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         Father: Hon. Samuel Royer (Abt 1795-1860) 3
         Mother: Sarah Provence (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Isabel McAllister ⁹

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2 M Clarence Hanna McAllister ⁹

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3 M Orville Jewett McAllister ⁹

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         Spouse: Katharine Roller (      -      ) 9

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4 F Mary Jewett McAllister ⁹

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5 F Ida Amelia McAllister ⁹

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6 F Sara Provence McAllister ⁹

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         Spouse: Josiah Rhys Tudor Davis (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 1879 9

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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.

He settled in Blair County, Pennsylvania, and for thirty-three years was engaged in the manufacture of iron. In 1862, he was elected a representative to the thirty-eight Congress, served on the committee of military affairs, and was one of the few Democratic members who voted in favor of the Emancipation Proclamation.
"Hon. Archibald McAllister, was over six feet in stature and of a commanding and dignified appearance. Was a Methodist, and supported the Democratic party until 1880, when he became a Prohibitionist, and was identified with that party until his death."

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

2 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 76.

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

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

5 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 17.

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

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

8 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 18.

9 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 77.