Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Peter Galley and Sophia Stern




Husband Peter Galley 1 2 3

           Born:  - Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 1773 - Lancaster Co, PA 4



Wife Sophia Stern 1 2 3

            AKA: Sophia Sterne 4
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: [Father] Stern (      -      )
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Philip Galley 1 3 4 5 6

           Born: 1774 - Lancaster Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1852 - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 4 5
         Buried:  - Locust Grove Cemetery
         Spouse: Magdalena Newcomer (      -1851) 1 3 4 7


2 F [Infant] Galley 1 4 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Peter Galley


He emigrated to America from Germany about the year 1770, and served as a drummer during the Revolutionary war. He settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He served in the Revolutionary War, as a private in the Second Continental Line, under Col. Walter Stewart.

He joined the Revolutionary army as a musician and died soon after enlistment. After two years his widow married again and his son, Philip, was taken in charge by the boy's uncle, Philip Stern; he was taught weaving and the grafting of trees.


General Notes: Wife - Sophia Stern

from Lancaster Co, PA

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Sources


1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 338.

2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1050.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1053.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1201.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 788.

6 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1050, 1075.

7 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1049, 1075.

8 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1049.


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