Husband Hon. Henry Galley 1 2 3 4
Born: 12 Jun 1819 2 3
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Died: 2 Dec 1895 3
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Father: Philip Galley (1774-1852) 1 4 5 6 7
Mother: Magdalena Newcomer ( -1851) 4 5 7 8
Marriage: Abt 1844
Wife Ruth Freeman 3 9
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Father: Edmund Freeman ( - ) 3 9
Mother: Elizabeth Whetsel ( - ) 3
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1 F Elizabeth C. Galley 3 9
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Spouse: Samuel Luce ( - ) 9
2 M Franklin M. Galley 3 9
Born: Abt 1847
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Buried: - Locust Grove Cemetery
3 M Allen Galley 3 9
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Spouse: Belle Gallatin ( - ) 9
4 F Emma W. Galley 3 9
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5 F Sabina Galley 3 9
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Spouse: O. F. Arnold ( - ) 9
6 M J. K. Ewing Galley 3 9
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7 F Kate Galley 3 9
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8 F Belle N. Galley 3 9
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9 F Henrietta Galley 3 9
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Henry Galley
He was the youngest of his father's family, and when he was but two years old his father removed from Tyrone to Franklin township. Being the youngest, he had greater advantages in the way of schooling than his brothers. He attended school more or less each year from the time he was six years old until he became of age. Having acquired a good common-school education and a taste for reading, at an early age he became interested in political affairs, and espoused the principles of the democratic party. He was elected to various township offices: judge and inspector of elections, assessor, supervisor of roads, school director, etc.
He was the youngest of his father's family, and when he was two years old he removed with his father to Franklin township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from Tyrone. He was educated in the common schools of Franklin township, and became well read at an early age. He was a Democrat and became one of the leaders of his party. He held various township offices, as judge, inspector of elections, assessor, supervisor of roads and school director.
He was the youngest son among his siblings, and inherited one-half of the old Galley homestead on the banks of the Youghiogheny river, opposite Dawson, where he lived until his death. Farming was his chief business, but he dealt in stock, bought and sold real estate, and for a time was engaged in the mercantile business at Dawson. He contributed largely to the upbuilding of Dawson. He built the brick hotel near the B. & O. station, known as the Central. He gave his personal attention to his affairs and was successful in his undertakings. He was elected to the legislature in 1858; he was renominated in 1859, but was defeated by a split in the party; although defeated, he continued to uphold Democratic principles. He was opposed to the Civil War as a means of preserving the Union and for thus expressing his views he was denounced as disloyal and several ineffectual attempts were made to arrest him. In regard to the matter of slavery, he was content to leave that question for the states themselves to settle, believing that the advanced civilization would in time eradicate all evils. He was a man who thought for himself and was not easily influenced by the opinions of others.
In addition to his home farm, he came to own the adjoining farm, known as the Strickler fruit farm. About 1888 he erected a new residence for himself and family, some two hundred yards distant from the old brick mansion.
"Religiously, he adheres to the Christian religion, and, as he terms it, is a free man; free from all ecclesiastical combinations; free to read and interpret the Bible according to his own understanding and judgment. In his younger and less experienced days, he submitted to ecclesiastical intolerance by uniting with the Cumberland Presbyterian organization. He threw off that yoke of intolerance, and proclaimed himself free from ecclesiasticism, accountable only to God, and not to 'man, or man-made societies,' accepting the Bible as a sufficient directory to guide man from earth to heaven." [BPCFC, 339]