Letter to John Daniel Thompson McAllister, 22 April 1878
in the Houe all day. felt
very poorly. Many Brethren called
to have recommends coutersigned for
the Temple. recd Letter from
Bro. W Woodruff
John D. T McAllister
St George
Washington Co
Utah
John McAllister a corresponding mem-
ber, of Philadelphia, Penn. was born in
that city, June 29, 1798, and Died there Dec.
17, 1877, aged 91 years. His father, John Mc-
Allister, was born in Glasgow, Scot., 1753,
and emigrated to N. Y. when twenty-two
years of age,. In 1785 he removed to Phila-
delphia. For many years the attention of
Mr. McAllister and his family was direct.
ed to the manufacture of mathematical and
and optical instruments. ^Baptised for May 14/78 by Danl H. Mc Allister.^
John McAllister Jr., graduated from
the University of Pa. in 1803. In 1804 he
entered the counting house of Montgomery
and Newbold. In 1811 he entered into part-
nership with his father, which partnership
continued until the death of the Senior mem-
ber, May 12, 1830. Having taken Walter D.
Dick as a partner, the business was trans-
acted under the firm of John McAllister Jr.
