MAJ. HENRY McALLISTER.
Maj. McAllister was born in Wilmington, Del., September 14, 1836. At an early age he removed with his parents to Delaware County, Penn., where his early life was spent in attending a private school, under the conduct of the Society of Friends ; after which he attended public school until eighteen years of age. He was then placed in a wholesale mercantile house in Philadelphia, Penn., where he remained two years. During the succeeding five years he was engaged in a general mercantile business in Delaware County, Penn. Shortly after the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he closed up his business, and enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry as private, and after filling all the subordinate offices of that company, was promoted to the rank of Major, under command of Gen. William J. Palmer, now President of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, upon whose staff he served as Assistant Adjutant General during the last six months of the war. At the close of the rebellion he was honorably mustered out of the service, and returned to Philadelphia, where he was immediately elected Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, an organization formed for the purpose of protecting the iron and steel interests of America, in which capacity he remained until the winter of 1872 –73. Owing to failing health, he then resigned his position. and came to Colorado, having previously been elected President of the National Land and Improvement Company, an organization formed to sell lands along the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, with headquarters at Colorado Springs. On arriving here, he immediately assumed the duties of that office, and subsequently became Executive Director of the Colorado Springs Company, which offices he continued to hold until the fall of 1879, when he resigned. He has since devoted his attention to mining, and is at present largely connected with the mining interests of Southwestern Colorado. Maj. McAllister was President of the Board of Town Trustees from 1875 to 1877. He is a pronounced Republican, and has taken an active part in the campaigns, having at various times stumped the. State. In 1876, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention. held at Cincinnati, Ohio ; and during the fall of 1878 took an active part in electing Gov. Pitkin. Maj. McAllister was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Cooper, of Delaware County, Penn., and has a family of three children.
Source: El Paso County Biographies
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Maj. McAllister was born in Wilmington, Del., September 14, 1836. At an early age he removed with his parents to Delaware County, Penn., where his early life was spent in attending a private school, under the conduct of the Society of Friends ; after which he attended public school until eighteen years of age. He was then placed in a wholesale mercantile house in Philadelphia, Penn., where he remained two years. During the succeeding five years he was engaged in a general mercantile business in Delaware County, Penn. Shortly after the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he closed up his business, and enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry as private, and after filling all the subordinate offices of that company, was promoted to the rank of Major, under command of Gen. William J. Palmer, now President of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, upon whose staff he served as Assistant Adjutant General during the last six months of the war. At the close of the rebellion he was honorably mustered out of the service, and returned to Philadelphia, where he was immediately elected Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, an organization formed for the purpose of protecting the iron and steel interests of America, in which capacity he remained until the winter of 1872 –73. Owing to failing health, he then resigned his position. and came to Colorado, having previously been elected President of the National Land and Improvement Company, an organization formed to sell lands along the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, with headquarters at Colorado Springs. On arriving here, he immediately assumed the duties of that office, and subsequently became Executive Director of the Colorado Springs Company, which offices he continued to hold until the fall of 1879, when he resigned. He has since devoted his attention to mining, and is at present largely connected with the mining interests of Southwestern Colorado. Maj. McAllister was President of the Board of Town Trustees from 1875 to 1877. He is a pronounced Republican, and has taken an active part in the campaigns, having at various times stumped the. State. In 1876, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention. held at Cincinnati, Ohio ; and during the fall of 1878 took an active part in electing Gov. Pitkin. Maj. McAllister was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Cooper, of Delaware County, Penn., and has a family of three children.
Source: El Paso County Biographies
Big thanks to Scott B for this information!
MAJ. HENRY McALLISTER.
Maj. McAllister was born in Wilmington, Del., September 14, 1836. At an early age he removed with his parents to Delaware County, Penn., where his early life was spent in attending a private school, under the conduct of the Society of Friends ; after which he attended public school until eighteen years of age. He was then placed in a wholesale mercantile house in Philadelphia, Penn., where he remained two years. During the succeeding five years he was engaged in a general mercantile business in Delaware County, Penn. Shortly after the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he closed up his business, and enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry as private, and after filling all the subordinate offices of that company, was promoted to the rank of Major, under command of Gen. William J. Palmer, now President of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, upon whose staff he served as Assistant Adjutant General during the last six months of the war. At the close of the rebellion he was honorably mustered out of the service, and returned to Philadelphia, where he was immediately elected Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, an organization formed for the purpose of protecting the iron and steel interests of America, in which capacity he remained until the winter of 1872 –73. Owing to failing health, he then resigned his position. and came to Colorado, having previously been elected President of the National Land and Improvement Company, an organization formed to sell lands along the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, with headquarters at Colorado Springs. On arriving here, he immediately assumed the duties of that office, and subsequently became Executive Director of the Colorado Springs Company, which offices he continued to hold until the fall of 1879, when he resigned. He has since devoted his attention to mining, and is at present largely connected with the mining interests of Southwestern Colorado. Maj. McAllister was President of the Board of Town Trustees from 1875 to 1877. He is a pronounced Republican, and has taken an active part in the campaigns, having at various times stumped the. State. In 1876, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention. held at Cincinnati, Ohio ; and during the fall of 1878 took an active part in electing Gov. Pitkin. Maj. McAllister was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Cooper, of Delaware County, Penn., and has a family of three children.
Source: El Paso County Biographies
Big thanks to Scott B for this information!
Maj. McAllister was born in Wilmington, Del., September 14, 1836. At an early age he removed with his parents to Delaware County, Penn., where his early life was spent in attending a private school, under the conduct of the Society of Friends ; after which he attended public school until eighteen years of age. He was then placed in a wholesale mercantile house in Philadelphia, Penn., where he remained two years. During the succeeding five years he was engaged in a general mercantile business in Delaware County, Penn. Shortly after the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he closed up his business, and enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry as private, and after filling all the subordinate offices of that company, was promoted to the rank of Major, under command of Gen. William J. Palmer, now President of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company, upon whose staff he served as Assistant Adjutant General during the last six months of the war. At the close of the rebellion he was honorably mustered out of the service, and returned to Philadelphia, where he was immediately elected Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, an organization formed for the purpose of protecting the iron and steel interests of America, in which capacity he remained until the winter of 1872 –73. Owing to failing health, he then resigned his position. and came to Colorado, having previously been elected President of the National Land and Improvement Company, an organization formed to sell lands along the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, with headquarters at Colorado Springs. On arriving here, he immediately assumed the duties of that office, and subsequently became Executive Director of the Colorado Springs Company, which offices he continued to hold until the fall of 1879, when he resigned. He has since devoted his attention to mining, and is at present largely connected with the mining interests of Southwestern Colorado. Maj. McAllister was President of the Board of Town Trustees from 1875 to 1877. He is a pronounced Republican, and has taken an active part in the campaigns, having at various times stumped the. State. In 1876, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention. held at Cincinnati, Ohio ; and during the fall of 1878 took an active part in electing Gov. Pitkin. Maj. McAllister was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Cooper, of Delaware County, Penn., and has a family of three children.
Source: El Paso County Biographies
Big thanks to Scott B for this information!
Gravesite Details
Buried next to Henry: his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Matilda, and their daughter Mary and son-in-law George.
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