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Alexander Allison (c. 1799–1862) was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1847 to 1849.
Early life
[edit]Allison was born about 1799 in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland.[1] After immigrating to the United States, he established a successful dry goods business in Nashville.[2]
Career
[edit]Allison served as Mayor of Nashville from 1847 to 1849.[1] He was appointed by Governor Neill S. Brown as one of the commissioners to establish a "hospital for the insane" in Nashville, designed by architect Adolphus Heiman.[3] He also served on the building committee of First Presbyterian Church.[3]
Allison enslaved twelve people in Nashville and twenty in Davidson County.[3]
People He Enslaved
[edit]According to the Nashville Public Library’s Enslaved and Free People of Color Database[dead link], Alexander Allison is recorded as having enslaved the following people. Their ages, when known, and the year the record was created are included.
- Aleck – 1862
- Will – 1862
- Wesley – 1862
- Sam – 1862
- Robert – 1862
- Martha Ann – 1862
- Louisa – 1862
- Little Anthony – 1862
- Linda – 1862
- John – 1862
- Puss – 1862
- Jim – 1862
- George – 1862
- Frank – 1862
- Ellen – 1862
- Bob – 1862
- Anthony – 1862
- Andrew – 1862
- Amelia – 1862
- Amanda – 1862
- Joe – 1862
- Martha Ann – 1863
- Louisa – 1863
- Joe – 1863
- Jim – 1863
- George – 1863
- Amelia – 1863
- Elick – 1863
- Bob – 1863
- Anthony – 1863
- Puss – 1863
- Frank – 1863
- Sam – 1863
Personal life and death
[edit]Allison was married to Madeline T. Alcorn.[1] Their son James Hart Allison died at the Battle of Monterey in 1846 at the age of twenty-two, and John Allcorn Allison died of apoplexy at the age of twenty-three.[3] They resided at 9 Summer Place in Nashville, and one of their neighbors was Samuel Morgan.[3] He died on November 3, 1862, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ↑ Morrison, Leonard Allison (February 20, 1893). The History of the Alison, Or Allison Family in Europe and America, A.D. 1135 to 1893: Giving an Account of the Family in Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the United States... Damrell & Upham. p. 166 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Nashville City Cemetery biography" (PDF).
- ↑ "Alexander and Madeline Allison – Tombstone Inscription". thenashvillecitycemetery.org.
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