Thompson Gallaher^[1]

about 1840 - 1898  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Thompson Gallaher
  Born	about 1840	Ohio, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	15 November 1851  [3]
  Occupation	1860 farming; 1880-1891: Grocery store  [4, 5, 6]
  Residence	1860: Richland, Clinton, Ohio; 1880: Corydon St., Bradford, Mckean, PA; 1888-91: 103 Mechanic St; 1891 Tennessee  [4, 5, 7]
  Died	30 November 1898	Tennessee, USA   [8]
  Buried	1899	Sabina, Clinton Co., Ohio, USA   [8]
  	Probably Richland, Clinton Ohio
  Person ID	I70906	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 June 2007

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Elizabeth Tait,   b. January 1843, Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ,   d. after 1930  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Married	31 January 1867	Pennsylvania, USA   [8]
  	Lived in Ohio
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Gallaher,   b. 3 November 1867, Sabina, Clinton Co., Ohio, USA ,   d. after 1931  (Age > 65 years) + 2. Agnes M. Gallaher,   b. August 1871, Oregon, Holt Co., Missouri, USA   3. Mary Gallaher,   b. 1876, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1879, Bradford, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F49481	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth was married January 31st, 1867, at home to Thompson Gallaher [Gallagher]. She had been in Ohio and at Uncle David Tait's when Tommy was born (about one year) and there met Thompson. Elizabeth came home and her former soldier beau followed her later to be married (no licenses then in Pennsylvania--but had in Ohio). They were married at home and then went to James Maxwell for a visit--also to Uncle David at Black Creek--back home for a few days and then to Thompson's house in Ohio--visit. Thompson had enlisted in the war 1861 (September) as a private. He was promoted three times--corporal, sergeant, lieutenant. He re-enlisted and served till end of war. Went with Sherman to the sea. Exchanged as a prisoner. Kept a diary all the time. They settled on his Uncle Thompson Douglas's farm near Sabina [OH]--adjoining his father's homestead. Elizabeth Ann (Annie) was born there. She weighed 3 lbs. 2 ounces. Had to make all new clothes--his Aunt Lizzie came up to help--weighed only 12 pounds at one year--born in November 1867. [After attempts at farming mear Falls City, Nebraska, Oregon, Missouri ans Sabina Ohio in the 1870s they returned to Lizzies home in Bradford, PA and opened a grocery store] They lived in Sabina, Ohio for several years. In the meantime oil was struck in Bradford, PA, so they returned to live with Lizzie's father Thomas Tait. They left in 1880 to go into the grocery business in Bradford. They sold the grocery store in Bradford and went south to Tennessee in 1891 to take up farming again. It was a delightful place and climate and nice people. They stayed for eight years. Annie learned to ride horseback. Her father hired [taught ?] her to. They had not been in Tennessee a week when Grandfather [Thomas] Tait died and Uncle Thompson came north. Elizabeth was not well, and so stayed in Tennessee. Thompson had chronic bowel trouble contracted during the Civil War. He was sick for three months and died in Tennessee November 30, 1898. He was buried there and Elizabeth and Anna stayed there on farm a year. Then then rented it out and went to Sabina, Ohio taking the remains of Thompson with them, reburying him in the family burying ground. The 1850 Federal Census (Aug 3, 1850) has Thompson (10) living with numerous relatives and children of Charles P. Gallaher (50, farmer, real estate $6000, born in Ohio) in Richland, Clinton County, Ohio. He is also in this same location on his father’s farm in 1860 at age 21. American Civil War Soldiers Name: Thompson Gallaher , Enlistment Date: 01 November 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Unit Numbers: 1859 1859 Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class Enlisted as a Private on 01 November 1861 at the age of 21 Enlisted in Company I, 31st Infantry Regiment Ohio on 01 November 1861. Transfered on 16 June 1865 from company I to company C Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 16 June 1865 Transferred Company I, 31st Infantry Regiment Ohio on 16 June 1865 Civil War Service Records Name: Thompson Gallaher Company: I Unit: 31 Ohio Infantry. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: 2 Lieutenant Allegiance: Union 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Thompson Gallaher Age: 40 Estimated birth year: <1840> Birthplace: Ohio Occupation: Grocery Store Relationship to head-of-household: Self Home in 1880: Bradford, Mckean, Pennsylvania Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Spouse's name: Elizabeth Gallaher Father's birthplace: OH Mother's birthplace: OH On June 5, 1880, Thompson Gallaher (40, Grocery Store) b. in Ohio id Ohio parents is living on Corydon St., Bradford, McKean Co, PA. With him is his wife Elizabeth Gallaher (36, keeping house) b. in Scotland of Scottish parents. Their children are Anna E Gallaher (12, at home) b. in Ohio, and Marth [sic] A Gallaher (8, at home) b. in MO. Also living in the household is Marshal A Walker (33, Grocery Clerk). [This may be a relative of the Mrs. Walker associated with meddling in Joseph M. Tait's marriage] Bradford, Pennsylvania Directories, 1887-93 Name: Thompson Gallaher Home and work address: 103 Mechanic City: Bradford State: PA Occupation: grocer Years: 1888 - 1891 Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name: Thompson Gallaher State Filed: Pennsylvania and Tennessee Widow: Elizabeth Gallaher Thompson Gallaher applied for his pension on Feb 10, 1881 as an invalid from Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Gallaher, applied Jan 19, 1899 for benefits as his widow from Tennessee., , , , , , , [4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1398] GEDCOM file from file “AdamMoffatDesends”, submitted by Alaric Faulkner. [S1330] US Federal Census, Aug 3, 1850. [S1372] Barque Junior, arrived from Glasgow to New York Harbor on November 15, 1851. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1860: Richland, Clinton, Ohio. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1880: Bradford, Mckean, PA. [S1375] Bradford, Pennsylvania Directories, 1887-93, Bradford, Pennsylvania Directories, 1887-93. [S1375] Bradford, Pennsylvania Directories, 1887-93, 1888-1891. [S1362] Reminiscences of Elizabeth Tait Gallaher -- Notes of Estella Fox Beam. [S1330] US Federal Census, 1850: Richland, Clinton Co, Ohio. [S1376] (Ancestry.com). [S1377] Civil War Service Records, (Ancestry.com). [S1378] (Ancestry.com).