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Robert Galbraith Allison

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Profession
  
Accountant/Auditor

Name
  
Robert Allison

Religion
  
Methodist

Political party
  
Democratic Party


Years of service
  
1917–1919

Battles and wars
  
World War I

Rank
  
CLR SGT

Born
  
July 15, 1897 Shelbyville, Tennessee (
1897-07-15
)

Resting place
  
Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga, Tennessee

Spouse(s)
  
Nellie Gertrude Dale m. June 18, 1919

Died
  
November 15, 1952, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Service/branch
  
United States Army

Robert Galbraith Allison (July 15, 1897 - November 15, 1952) served as the Director of the Department of the Budget for the State of Tennessee under Governor Gordon Browning. He was appointed to the office on January 17, 1949 and served until his death in 1952.

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Early life

Robert Allison was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee to John Thomas Allison (1862-1906) and Rosa Lavinia Jackson Allison (1870-1913). He attended public schools and finished at the Morgan School in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He graduated from Mountain City Business College in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He served in the army during World War I with the 42nd Infantry Division as a combat logistics regimental sergeant from April 1917 to May 1919. In June 1919 he married Nellie Gertrude Dale (March 18, 1899 - May 8, 1998) of Fayetteville, Tennessee. They had five children.

Career

Robert Allison held accounting and management positions in several private companies including the J. H. Allison & Co. meat packers and ice manufacturers, General Motors Corporation, and Nixon Machinery & Supply Co. Inc all of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He also served as assistant county auditor and county auditor for Hamilton County and as senior state and county auditor for the comptroller's office for the State of Tennessee. He was supported for the auditor position in Hamilton County by Estes Kefauver who was a U.S. congressman from Tennessee at the time.

References

Robert Galbraith Allison Wikipedia