Biography
McAllister was born in Salt Lake City, where he was a carpenter and worked on the pipes for the organ in the Mormon Tabernacle. Then he opened several gold and silver mines before taking up political life as a member of the Utah Board of Equalization from 1911 to 1913. In 1920 he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he engaged in the real-estate business. He lived at 1467 West 49th Street in that city.
He died at the age of 72 in Santa Monica of an "abdominal ailment" on October 10, 1933, leaving his widow, Emily M. McCallister, and a daughter, Mrs. Roy Avery. A Christian Science funeral service was held, and the body was taken to Salt Lake City for interment.
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