Show UTAHN UT AHN CARRIED TORCH IN LINCOLN CAMP CAMPAIGN AIGN Aged ged American Fork Man ian Recalls Days When Great Emancipator Was Elected I AMERICAN FORK FORK Yes Yes sir in Lincoln's campaign I was a torch torch- in a night parade in Philadel Philadel- phia hia I wasn't old enough to toot vote ot vote vote- just fifteen fifteen but but I was a tall fellow and nd md could take a place by the side of f my father in the procession Thus William McAllister 89 of American Fork relates the story of his lis part in Lincoln's election a part parthe parthe he ic is pr proud ud to have played County Chairman My 1 father was wa county count chairman ot of f the what what s-what what amounted to the 10 Republican party I I drove him all 11 aver over the county in the buggy to tomake tomake tomake make campaign speeches and to distribute dis dis- tribute the tickets for the election I After Lincoln's inauguration the theold old timer old timer relates I 1 saw regiment after fter regiment march down Washington Washington Wash- Wash ington avenue and Broadway to the Baltimore altimore depot And I saw Major Ellsworth and his march in and nd take the depot depot- I The CiviL war hastened the family's emigration migration to Utah My Uncle John McAllister came to us usand and said This is no short war It will last years nd years and i if you folks stay here you'll be mixed up in il put We up upa a red auction fla flag at 10 o'clock one m morning and everything was sold by 4 Next morning we boarded a train for St. St JO Joe all Jo all the family family- with a big lot of people all going to Utah Hired red as Chore BoyAt Boy noy BoyAt I At Florence Sister Ottinger was fitting mUng out ut an independent train She Shead had ad hired a good his board and passage e and all she he needed was wasa I Ia a chore boy to pack wood and water She he hired me In the sec second nd year of the Black BlackHawk BlackHawk Hawk war Mr McAllister volunteered volunteered volun- volun in the cavalry at Salt Lake Cit For three and a half hal months he was vas in the saddle much of 01 the time guarding villages and hunting say sav- ages Mr McAllister helped build the 4 4 i c William McAllister Salt Lak tabernacle working as car car- penter But before the first meeting was held in it Brigham Young called him and his his' wife to go with others to St. St George After an Indian mission and a turn at at choir leading at he finally settled in Kanab where he was called as Spanish interpreter and choir leader For forty years he led the Kanab choir There he made his home worked at his trade and reared a family of oC fifteen |