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][3] 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.[4] He also served on the building committee of First Presbyterian Church.[4]
Allison enslaved twelve people in Nashville and twenty in Davidson County.[4]
Personal life and death[edit]
Allison was married to Madeline T. Alcorn.[1] Their son James Hart Allison died at the Battle of Monterey of 1846 at the age of twenty-two and John Allcorn Allison died of apoplexy at the age of twenty-three.[4] They resided at 9 Summer Place in Nashville, and one of their neighbors was Samuel Morgan.[4] He died on November 3, 1862, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "List of mayors of Nashville, Tennessee". November 30, 2018 – via Wikipedia.
- ^ a b c d e "Nashville City Cemetery biography" (PDF).
- ^ "Alexander and Madeline Allison - Tombstone Inscription". www.thenashvillecitycemetery.org.
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