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 CemeterySpouse: 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
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2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1050.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6 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1050, 1075.
7 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1049, 1075.
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Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1049.
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