Colonel Robert Donaldson Allison

When Robert D. ALLISON (my first cousin 5X removed) was born on September 25, 1810, in Fairview, North Carolina, his father, Joseph, was 59 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 35. He married Louisa Goodner Dowell on June 24, 1858, in De Kalb, Tennessee. He died on December 15, 1900, in McKinney, Texas, at the impressive age of 90, and was buried there. When the Mexican War broke out Robert raised a company of volunteers and participated in several battles with the Mexicans. After the War with Mexico, he was elected to the Tennessee State House of Representatives. At the out break of the Civil War, he again unsheathed his sword for the Confederacy -  Company I, Tennessee 24th Infantry Regiment.  He recruited three companies from the Alexandria, DeKalb County area, to form Allison #39's Squadron.  He was promoted to full Colonel Company S, Tennessee, Allison 39's Cavalry Battalion. At the close of the Civil War he moved to McKinney, Texas, where he lived the remainder of his days where he continued to serve as a Town Judge. He is buried in the Historic Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Texas.