Alexander Allison

Alexander Allison (ca. 1799—1862) was an American politician.[1][2][3] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1847 to 1849.[1][2][3]

Biography

Early life

He was born about 1799[1] in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland. After immigrating to the United States, he established a successful dry goods business in Nashville.[4]

Career

He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1847 to 1849.[1][2] 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]

Personal life

He 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.[3] They resided at 9 Summer Place in Nashville, and one of their neighbors was Samuel Morgan.[3] He owned twelve slaves in Nashville and twenty in Davidson County.[3] He died on November 3, 1862, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
  2. 1 2 3 Nashville Library
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nashville City Cemetery biography
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=2T4vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA166
  5. ↑ Nashville City Cemetery tomb
Political offices
Preceded by
John A. Goodlett		 Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1847-1849 		Succeeded by
John McCormick Lea
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