WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)

JOHN DANIEL THOMPSON McALLISTER

(church official)

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BIOGRAPHY

John Daniel Thompson McAllister was born February 19, 1827 in Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.

He married Ellen Handley in 1848.

They moved to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory in 1851.

They moved to St. George in 1876.

In 1877 McAllister was appointed president of the St. George Stake. He also served as the Brigadier General for the Utah militia in Washington County, Utah.

McAllister was first counselor to Wilford Woodruff in the presidency of the St. George Temple when it opened. During this time he baptized Wilford Woodruff as proxy for the founding fathers of the United States. He also worked closely with Woodruff in beginning the performance of endowments on behalf of the dead. McAllister served as president of the St. George Temple from 1884 to 1893.

John died January 21, 1910 in St. George and was buried January 25, 1910 in Plot A_F_111_2 in the St. George City Cemetery.

FAMILY

Parents and Siblings: William James Frazier McAllister Elizabeth Thompson McAllister Richard Wesley McAllister John Daniel Thompson McAllister Mary Jane Abbott McAllister	(xx/xx/1799-xx/xx/1857) (married 4/4/1822) (8/17/1803-5/31/1872) (10/19/1824-10/17/1904) (married Elizabeth Eleanor Bell and Emma Smith Walling) (2/19/1827-1/21/1910) (married as shown below) (2/2/1829-12/17/1862) (married Edward Cullen and George Martin Ottinger)
First Wife and Children: Ellen Audley Handley McAllister Moroni Handley McAllister John Daniel Handley McAllister Ellen Handley McAllister Daniel Handley McAllister Mary Handley McAllister	(11/4/1824-8/4/1889) (married 7/5/1847) (7/28/1848-3/5/1918) (married Marinda Ann Brown) (1/9/1851-10/28/1908) (married Alfreda Ann Fitzgerald) (xx/xx/1855-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (7/21/1857-9/28/1893) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (3/31/1860-xx/xx/1903) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
Second Wife and Children: Angeline Sophronia Goforth McAllister Angeline Goforth McAllister James Goforth McAllister Allister Goforth McAllister Richard Goforth McAllister Eliza Thompson Goforth McAllister William Wallace Goforth McAllister Effie Dean Goforth McAllister Josephine Goforth McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 1/11/1857) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
Third Wife and Children: Cornelia Agatha Lenzi McAllister Jane Lenzi McAllister Martin Lenzi McAllister George Lenzi McAllister Annie Lenzi McAllister Grace Lenzi McAllister Wilford Woodruff Lenzi McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 4/27/1867) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
Fourth Wife and Children: Alvian Mackley McAllister Allia Mackley McAllister Laura Mackley McAllister Edward Thompson Mackley McAllister Edna Mackley McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 11/5/1871) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
Fifth Wife: Ann Davis McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 11/27/1871)
Sixth Wife: Margaret Facklander McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 12/4/1873)
Seventh Wife and Children: Matilda Christina Nielsen McAllister Lucy Templine N. McAllister Julia May Nielson McAllister Amy N. McAllister Urry McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 8/28/1876) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
Eighth Wife and Children: Ann Eliza Wells McAllister Minerva Wells McAllister Zina Wells McAllister Brigham Wells McAllister John Wells McAllister Stephney Wells McAllister Elga Wells McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 12/31/1880) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
Ninth Wife: Anna Moller McAllister	(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married 10/24/1882)

PHOTOS

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REFERENCES

Wikipedia artcle on John D. T. McAllister

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia for John D. T. McAllister
January 27, 2014

John D. T. McAllister: The Southern Utah Years, 1876-1910
by Wayne Hinton
Journal of Mormon History, Volume 29, Number 2, Fall 2003, pp. 106-136

Note about young Cornelia McAllister
From Wayne Hinton's letter in the April 2020 issue of the SUP "Trail Marker" newsletter, Volume 16, Number 5

John D.T. McAllister diaries, 1853-1880
The Huntington Library in San Marino CA has facsimile copies of 1 diaries kept by John D. T. McAllister between 1853 and 1880.
[They also have a collection of McAllister family records from 1749-1860.]

John Daniel Thompson McAllister families

Death certificate for John Daniel Thompson McAllister

Find-A-Grave entry for John Daniel Thompson McAllister