3443— William Miller McAllister, born Mar. 6, 1843, at "Spring Dale," Franklin County, Pa. Leaving the (now) Pennsylvania State College at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted on April, 1861, as youngest in his father's company (Company A, 27th Virginia, Stonewall Brigade). This company was later transformed into the famous "Carpenters Battery" and in this he served until the close of the war. (See his "War Diary," typewritten.) Graduated in law at University of Virginia, 1869. Married on October 27, 1869, Margaret Ann Erwin, daughter of James Robertson and Martha (Dickinson) Erwin, of Bath County, Va., and granddaughter of William and Margaret (Robertson) Erwin, of Augusta County, Va., and of Col. Adam Dickinson and of Martha (Brown) Dickinson, daughter of Col. Samuel Brown of Greenbrier County, W. Va., by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Gratton. The parents of Col. Samuel Brown were William and Jean Brown. Martha Robertson was the daughter of Col. James Robertson and Margaret (Poage) Robertson and a grand-daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Poage who came from Ireland about 1737 and settled near Staunton, Augusta County, Va. Robert Poage was a member of the first county court of Augusta County.
Col. Adam Dickinson was a son of Col. John Dickinson (born, 1731 ;
died, 1799) and Martha (Usher), daughter of Edward and Amitba (Perry) Usher, and grandson of Adam Dickinson (by his wife Cath-
erine, dauj?hter of Adam Stevenson) who moved from Lancaster
County, Pa., to Virginia in 1742 and became one of the first justices for Augusta County, and died in 1760. William M. McAllister is a lawyer, business man and farmer. He was an attorney for the Commonwealth of Bath County, 1874-1884, special attorney for the U. S. Department of Justice, headquarters Tennessee, 1893-8. member of the Board of Directors Western State Hospital, Staunton, Va. 1886-90, and of the Board of Visitors, Virginia Military Institute. Member of the Virginia Legislature Dec, 1899-Jan. i, 1902 and active in securing the Constitutional Convention (and thus a progressive constitution) for Virginia. Bank Director and officer, president Bath Telephone Company, since its organization in 1899. Has been engaged in farming and stock-raising since 1876. Commander Bath Camp Confederate Veterans; elder. Warm Springs Presbyterian Church since 1869 — see "Men of Mark in Virginia," 1908. Adress Warm Springs, Va.
