An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 301.

ABIEL S. MacALLISTER, one of the leading business men of The Dalles and
prominent stock raiser of Wheeler county, resides at The Dalles. He was born in
Maine, November 1, 1841, the son of Abiel and Lucinda (Atkinson) MacAllister,
natives of the Pine Tree State. The parents and grandparents of our subject's
father were natives of Maine, the great-grandparents coming from Scotland. The
maternal grandfather of our subject served in the Revolutionary war and for many
years he was High Sheriff of the state of Maine. The Atkinson family, from which
came the mother of our subject, were early New England settlers, coming from the
parent country, England.      

Mr. MacAllister came to Portland, Oregon, in 1877 and to The Dalles, in 1878.      

January 1, 1867, Mr. MacAllister was married, at South Jefferson, Maine, to
Sarah T. Peaslee, a native of Maine. She is the daughter of Merrill and Mary
(Curtis) Peaslee, both descendants of old colonial families, representatives of
whom were prominent in the Revolutionary war. For many generations the Curtis
family has been distinguished in literary, commercial and legal circles. Mrs.
MacAllister has one brother, Frank, a farmer, residing near Salem, Oregon.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.