Dr. L.L. McAliley, a leading physician of Gibson County, is a son of Richard and Nancy L. (McKown) McAliley who were South Carolinians born about 1810. they came to TN when young, and were probably married in Gibson County. In their family were nine children, only two of them living. Three sons lost their lives while serving in the Confederate Army during the late war. Richard McAliley was a Whig, and a well-to-do farmer. His wife died in 1854, and about three years later he married Elmyra A. McLean, by whom he had three children. His death occurred in 1863. Dr. McAliley's ancestors on both sides were of Scotch descent, his grandfather, McKown, being born in Scotland. He was born in Gibson County, on the 22nd of May 1837.
His juvenile days were spent in the tobacco field and in attending the old subscription schools. At the age of twenty-one he entered Bluff Spring Academy and attended until the war broke out. He was first lieutenant of a company of militia during the early part of the war. After its close he worked about two years on the farm, and then took up the study of medicine under Dr. R. M. West. In 1867 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, and graduated therefrom in 1869. Since that time he has practiced in Gibson County, with the best of success, and in connection carries on farming.
In 1871 he married Mary A. Moore, who was born in Gibson County, in 1850. They have three children; Florence L., Nina M. and Alice G. Dr. and Mrs. McAliley are members of the Presbyterian Church and in politics he is a Democrat.