![]() ![]() ![]() He then served another mission, both in the United States and Europe from 1860 to 1862. He also was a member of the Deseret Dramatic Association. Īfter returning to Utah Territory with a handcart company, McAllister was appointed a major in the Nauvoo Legion. While in Ireland, he composed "The Handcart Song", which he wrote to motivate other LDS members to immigrate to Utah. He returned to the United States in 1856, and helped organize the handcart companies at Iowa City. In 1855, McAllister was serving as an LDS Church missionary in Belfast. ![]() He left on a mission to England and Ireland in early 1853. In Salt Lake City, McAllister helped build the Old Tabernacle and was a member of Ballo's brass band. In 1850, he moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa where he worked as a store clerk and then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory in 1851. Louis, Missouri where he worked as a blacksmith. ![]() McAllister was baptized a member of the LDS Church in 1847. McAllister was born in Lewis, Sussex County, Delaware. John Daniel Thompson McAllister (Febru– January 21, 1910) was a 19th-century regional leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ![]()
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