Allison alexander biography

American politician

Alexander Allison (c. 1799–1862) was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1847 to 1849.

Early life

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

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

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- Alison Alexander History Writer & Author NUG