Richard Taylor Allison, born Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1823; moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1845; appointed paymaster, United States Navy, October 30, 1849; serving at the Washington Navy Yard, at the outbreak of the Civil War; resided with his wife, Maria, at Washington, D.C., 1860; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, May 6, 1861; appointed paymaster in the Confederate States Marine Corps, May 10, 1861, with rank of major; served at Richmond, Virginia, 1864; attached to Semmes Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; after the war he resided in Baltimore, where he was employed as clerk of the Supreme Court. [Scharf 771; Register1864; M1091; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861.]
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Son of John Allison and Emily Taylor.
Richard Taylor Allison, born Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1823; moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1845; appointed paymaster, United States Navy, October 30, 1849; serving at the Washington Navy Yard, at the outbreak of the Civil War; resided with his wife, Maria, at Washington, D.C., 1860; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, May 6, 1861; appointed paymaster in the Confederate States Marine Corps, May 10, 1861, with rank of major; served at Richmond, Virginia, 1864; attached to Semmes Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; after the war he resided in Baltimore, where he was employed as clerk of the Supreme Court. [Scharf 771; Register1864; M1091; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861.]
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Son of John Allison and Emily Taylor.
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