BIO: D. A. McAllester, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER LVIII.

    SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS.

556  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  D. A. McALLESTER, merchant, Mount Holly Springs, was born in Perry 
County, Penn., August 13, 1841, son of Alexander and Elizabeth 
(Baughman) McAllester, natives, respectively, of Dauphin and Perry 
Counties, Penn.; the former of Scotch-Irish and the latter of German 
origin.  Alexander McAllester, who was a blacksmith by trade, in later 
life a farmer, died in Perry County, Penn., in 1880.  Our subject is 
the seventh born in a family of nine children, seven of whom grew to 
manhood and womanhood.  He was reared on the farm, receiving his 
education in the common school and in Bloomfield Academy.  His first 
business venture was as a clerk in a dry goods store in Logansport, 
Ind., where he remained six years; he then went East and clerked for 
two years; subsequently embarked in mercantile trade at Mount Holly 
Springs, where he has since successfully conducted a general store.  D. 
A. McAllester was married, in 1868, to Emma, daughter of Jacob Steel, 
and of German origin.  They have five children:  C. J., Steel, William, 
D. A. and Marie.  Mr. McAllester is a Democrat in politics.  He was 
appointed postmaster in 1885, and has served as treasurer of Mount 
Holly Springs.  He is a member of the K. of P.