Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Class of 1840, Union Philosophical Society.
Life Summary
Full name
Richard McAllister
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
10
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
4
Family
John Carson McAllister (father), Francis Harris Hanna (mother), Cecilia Seton Hoffman (first wife - married 1835, died 1878, four children), Sarah Elizabeth Bagley (second wife - married 1879, died 1883), Archibald McAllister (brother).
Education
Dickinson (Carlisle College)
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Other Relation to Slavery
Fugitive Slave Law Commissioner, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Church or Religious Denomination
Methodist
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Federal Court
Military
Union Army