Person:Samuel McAllister (6)

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Samuel Ward McAllister
  1. Samuel Ward McAllister1827 - 1895
m. 15 Mar 1853
  1. Louisa Ward McAllister1854 - 1923
  2. Samuel Ward McAllister, Jr., Esq.1855 - 1908
  3. Heyward Hall McAllister1859 - 1925
Facts and Events
Name Samuel Ward McAllister
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 Dec 1827 Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Marriage 15 Mar 1853 to Sarah Taintor Gibbons
Death[1] 31 Jan 1895 New York City, New York, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ward McAllister, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    includes sources, last accessed Jun 2025.

    Samuel Ward McAllister (December 28, 1827 – January 31, 1895) was a popular arbiter of social taste in the Gilded Age of America, widely accepted as the authority to which families could be classified as the cream of New York society (The Four Hundred). His listings were questioned by those excluded from them, and his self-aggrandizement motivation was noted. ...