Dr. Robert Turner Allison
Born: August 17, 1798
Birthplace: York County, South Carolina
Father: Robert Allison 1754 – 1827
(Buried: Beersheba Presbyterian Church, Clover, South Carolina)
Mother: Sarah Turner 1755 – 1841
(Buried: Beersheba Presbyterian Church, Clover, South Carolina)
Wife: Martha Burnett Clinton 1803 – 1877
(Buried: Beersheba Presbyterian Church, Clover, South Carolina)
Children:
Robert Erasmus Allison 1830 – 1906
(Buried: West Side Cemetery, Lancaster, South Carolina)
Thomas Pinckney Allison 1831 – 1897
(Buried: Canehill Cemetery, Canehill, Arkansas)
Mary F. Z. Allison 1833 – 1848
(Buried: Beersheba Presbyterian Church, Clover, South Carolina)
Dr. James Breadner Allison Sr. 1834 – 1911
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, York, South Carolina)
Private Rufus Maitland Allison 1836 – 1902
(Buried: Beersheba Presbyterian Church, Clover, South Carolina)
Dr. Joseph Wister Allison 1838 – 1898
(Buried: Sharon Associate Reformed Presbyterian, Sharon, South Carolina)
Education:
1821: Graduated from South Carolina College
1825: Graduated from Lexington Kentucky Medical College
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in York County, South Carolina
1838 – 1843: South Carolina State Representative
1852: Delegate to Southern Rights Convention
Civil War Career:
Medical Doctor in York County, South Carolina
1860: Signer of South Carolina Declaration of Secession
Occupation after War:
Medical Doctor in York County, South Carolina
Died: October 21, 1882
Place of Death: Clover, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 84 years old
Burial Place: Beersheba Presbyterian Church, Clover, South Carolina
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