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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Notebooks - Mom's Families No. 4, Part 2

Clan Galbraith Association, Information Brochures and Newsletters  

 Clan Galbraith Association Library & Archives
  1. Galbraith-Culcreuch Association Records
  2. Gilbreath-Galbreath-Galbraith Records - compiled by Elmer Gilbreath
  3. Galbraith Clan & Their Descendants by Zelphia Koon - records of Alexander & Nancy Agnes (Miller) Galbraith from Northampton, PA to Greene Co., TN
  4. Partial Compilation of the Descendants of John & Mary (Coffee) Gilbreath, Sr. - Maury Co., TN
  5. My Collection of the Descendants of John Gilbreath Family by Walta Gilbreath Huard - Hugh & Elizabeth (--?--) Gilbreath of Blount Co., TN
  6. The Galbraiths or Friendly Britons by Patricia Galbraith D'Arcy - Robert Galbraith (1778-1842) family.
  7. Galbreath Family Genealogy by Joseph William Galbreath - David & Sarah (Paxton) Galbreath - Ohio
  8. Ancestors & Descendants of Arthur Galbraith (1728-1818) & Mary Sharp by Stephanie Satter
  9. Gone to Alabama by Edward Ladd - Baxter & Jane (Tanner) Gilbreath, North Carolina
  10. The Galbraith Family by Diana Hiner Galbreath - Joseph & Rebecca (Miller) Gailbraith, Westmoreland Co., PA, Jefferson Co., KY, Jackson Co., TN
  11. The Descendants of Neil Culbrath of Sampson Co., NC & Cornelius Autry of Edgecome Co., NC & Allied Families by Mayo Bundy
  12. Galbraith-Galbreath by David Dickinson
  13. Galbraith Settlers, 19th Century Ontario, Canada by Edwin Galbraith
  14. Index I, Canada, 1984
  15. Index USA 1982
  16. Bible Records - Biographies - Military & Miscellaneous Records - Glenn Smith
  17. Index to Parochial Registers of Scotland, Aberdeen to Lavork
  18. The Galbraiths & Allied Families by Ben Huckabay, Jr. - Neil Galraith NC to Christian Co., KY
  19. Correspondence Collection of Joseph W. Galbreath
  20. Clan Galbraith Association membership applications
  21. Red Tower, Clan Galbraith Association newsletter
  22. Research Papers of Ed Ladd - Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolin, South Carolina
  23. The Galbraiths of Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., PA - A Compilation of Major Records
  24. The Parish of Campsie by John Cameron
  25. The Descendants of John & Barbara (Brown) Galbraith of Rockbridge Co., VA
  26. Descendants of James Galbraith 1666-1744 - chart
  27. Galbrath Family History Book II, Section III - John Galbreath of York Co., PA
  28. Galbreath Family History, Book II, Section IV - James & Martha (--?--) Galbrath
  29. The Clan Galbraith & Culcreuch Castle
The Chiefs of Clan Galbraith, The Red Tower, Vol. XVII, No. 1, 9/1995.
Culcreuch Castle was built by the Clan Galbraith and for some three hundred years it was in the hands of their chiefs. . . . Their story, though one of alternate heroism, loyalty, murder and folly, even to this day instills a sense of pride in those who are fortunate enough to bear the name
Bhreatunnach on Talla Dheirg, Uaisle 'shliochd Albann do shloinne, translation: Galbraith from the Red Tower, Noblest of Albannic Race, thy pedigree.
1st Chief - Gilchrist "Bhreatnach" - the Galbraith Clan descend from one Gilchrist "Bhreatnach" or the Briton, a shady and somewhat sinister character living in the 12th century. He built a strong keep on an island in Loch Lomond and terrorized the surrounding shores. It is still called Inchgalbraith (Galbraith's Island) and ruins of his fort may yet be seen, though the level of the loch has risen and less of the island is now visible. . . . 
Legend has it that Gilchrist Bhreatnach was a giant . . . he is reputed to have sum regularly across to the shore at Luss, a good distance away, to pillage the larders of the Colquhouns. One night he was captured with the aid of a strong net and Colquhoun trickery. History fails to record his fate thereafter, though in all probability he found some method of securing his release. 
It might be said that Gilchrist originated the family trait of lawlessness. Though he was undeniably a rogue, he was not without charm, and won the hand of the daughter of Alwyn Og Mac Mureadhach, 1st Earl of Lennox, a descendant of the Celtic Mormaers of Levenax (Lennox) and the most important man in the area. . . . 
Gilchrist the Briton had two sons; Gillespic, the elder, succeeded him and became the second chief; whilst of his second son, Ridderch (or Rodarcus) there is little known.
2nd Chief - Gillespic Galbraith - ca. 1200, had 3 sons Arthur, Maurice & Malcolm
3rd Chief - Arthur Galbraith
4th Chief - William Galbraith of Buthernock - co-regent of Scotland and had a charter from his cousin Maldouen, 3rd Earl of Lennox, in 1238 of the lands of Buthernock (now Baldernock).
He was a supporter of King Henry III of England, rescuing Alexander III & the English queen from Edinburgh Castle and returned them to Henry III's camp.  He was later appointed one of Alexander's guardians and made co-regent of Scotland in 1255.  He died in 1278. 
William married the daughter of his enemy Sir John "the Red Cummin," 2nd Lord of Badenoch.
5th Chief - William Galbraith of Buthernock - married Willelma, daughter of Sir William "Long-Leg" Douglas, 3rd Lord of Douglas.  He died before 1296 and his wife later married Gilbert of Buthernock. William left only a daughter, Joanna, heiress of Dalserf who married a Keith . . . the chiefship passed to descendants of Maurice Galbraith, 1st of Gartconnel (2nd son of the 2nd chief). Maurice was appointed Steward of the Lennox and 1240 married Catherine, daughter of Gilpatrick Mac Maelbride and had a son Arthur.
6th Chief - Sir Arthur Galbraith of Gartconnel - supported King Robert the Bruce, died sometime after 1314 and had three sons - Patrick, Maurice 1st of Culcreuch, Donald of Kilbride.
7th Chief - Patrick Galbraith of Gartconnel 
8th Chief - William Galbraith of Gartconnel - md. a daughter of Kincaid of that Ilk. Due to the death of his on the chiefship passed to the descendants of Maurice Galbraith, 1st of Culcreuch, who was the first Galbraith, that we know of, who lived at Culcreuch in Strathendrick. He was the first person to bear the designation "of Culcreuch" and was certainly living there about 1320. he had two sons Arthur & William 1st of Pornellan. 
9th Chief - James Galbraith, 3rd of Culcreuch - son of Arthur, raised his clansmen in 1425 to support the ex-regent's son Lord James 'Mor' Stewart, who attempted to sack Dumbarton. The uprising failed and a number of Galbraiths left the Lennox for Kyntyre and the Isle of Gigha . . . 
James married a sister of Robert, 1st Lord Erskine and had three sons: James Galbraith of Culcreuch, Thomas Galbraith of Millig, Patrick Galbraith of Garscadden
10th Chief - James Galbraith, 4th of Culcreuch - d. before 27 July 1455, son Andrew
11th Chief - Andrew Galbraith, 5th of Culcreuch - he or his father probably rebuilt the tower. He had three sons: Thomas Galbraith of Culcreuch, James Galbraith of Culcreuch, Humphrey Galbraith. Andrew died in 1476.
12th Chief - Thomas Galbraith, 6th of Culcreuch - took part in the rebellion against Earl of Lennox, captured and Talal Moss, Stirlingshire and was hanged 16 Oct. 1489. All his estates however were later restored to his brother James who succeeded him.
13th Chief - James Galbraith, 7th of Culcreuch - escaped from Talla Moss and married daughter of Humphrey Colquhoun lf Luss.  He had five children: Andrew, Humphrey Tutor of Culcreuch, Walter, Robert of Thorndarrach & Janet. 
Humphrey, Tutor of Culcreuch was guardian of his nephew Andrew and had studied at Glasgow University. . . . He was outlawed by the Privy Council for murdering William Stirling of Glorat in 1534.
Walter was pardoned for his part in the murder of John Hamilton, 6th of Buthernock in 1526. . . . He was pardoned again for participating in the attempt to take Dunbarton Castle and a third time for the murder of James Galbraith in 1542. 
Robert Galbraith of Thorndarrach md. Janet daughter of Sir Ninian Seton of Touch. Ancestors of Robert Galbraith, prosecuted for importing tobacco; Pirate George Galbraith; Major Hugh Galbraith of Cappahard, Whig revolutionary 1699; Rear Admiral James Galbraith who helped take Havana, Cuba 1762; General Sir William Galbraith who fought in the Afghan War 1878-1880.
14th Chief - Andrew Galbraith, 8th of Culcreuch - took part in the Earl of Lennox's failed attempt to rescue King James V from the Red Douglases (Earls of Angus).  Married Margaret, sister of William Stirling, Lord of Glorat - the guy his brother killed.  Andrew died in 1530, succeeded by his son James. 
15th Chief - James Galbraith, 9th of Culcreuch - pardoned for unspecified crimes in 1547. He was charged with hamesucken against John Lyle [attack on a guest in your house].  James married 1547 Catherine, daughter of David Barclay of Ladyland and died 1575.
16th Chief - James Galbraith, 10th of Culcreuch - sheriff-depute of Dumbartonshire from 1578, administered the whole of Lennox. He married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Crawford of Kilbrinie and died in 1592, leaving a son Robert.
17th Chief - Robert Galbraith, 11th of Culcreuch - last baron of Over-Johnstone & the last Galbraith Laird of Culcreuch. Robert was greatly displeased when, following the demise of his father, his mother married Sir Aulay MacAulay of Ardencaple . . he had to be bound over in 1593 not to harm his stepfather but he saw and seized his chance when he was given a Commission of Justiciary to pursue the outlawed Clan Gregor (MacGregors). With the aid of his allies the Buchanans (who were also at feud with the MacAulays) he set about besieging, looting and burning the homes of MacAulays and Colquhouns, who appear, lucklessly, to have involved themselves in the argument. 
The Colquhouns & MacAulays complained to the Privy Council and Robert was outlawed. In 1587 and 1594 Acts of Parliament were made against "the broken men" among the Galbraiths who were accused of being "wicked thievis." . . . 
He was arrested in 1603 and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for wounding a Buchanan lawyer at a dinner. In 1611 he was accused of hamesucken & in 1619 charged with unlawfully carrying hagbuts & pistolates in public. By this time he was heavily in debt and in 1621 he was forced to sell the lands of Over-Johnstone. . . . In the 1620s he mortgaged Culcreuch Castle to his brother-in-law Sir Alexander Seton of Gargunnock . . . shortly afterwards he and his followers waylaid and attempted to murder Alexander. . . . Forced to give up the castle, he is said to have emigrated to Ireland. He died before 1642 and was succeeded by his son James.
18th Chief - James Galbraith - lost lands b/c of his father's indebtedness
19th Chief - James Galbraith - son of James, 18th Chief - was the last of the senior line of chiefs. 
There are happily cadets of Culcreuch still extant and prominent . . . Needless to say, all Galbraiths are descended from Gilchrist Bhreatnach, the progenitor of the clan . . . 
Fox, Dennis. So Long, Doc! Salisbury, NC, 1977.
Because the Reverend Michael Leonard Fox, MD was such a sincere, versatile, devoted man, both to his family and to his professions and because his numerous progeny have been involved in the lives of thousands of people in Piedmont North Carolina, this story has been set down so the surviving descendants, and any others who may be interested, may read and know some of the facts and incidents occurring during his lifetime and, subsequently, in the Fox family during the next eighty-nine years.
The story of Dennis Luther Fox, MD (Uncle Dink), is the story of a remarkable and unique man - one of the very last of his breed. Crippled at the age of three & a half years, he overcame this handicap to become a family doctor who devoted over half a century to the practice of medicine. It was his exemplary character, his love and financial assistance that made it possible and imperative that I (Bud) study medicine and continue the family traditions. . . .
Generation 1
Michael Leonard Fox (1825-1888) - taught in Randolph County schools until about 1847
  • MD Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 1850
  • DD Tennessee Synod of Lutheran Church 1871
  • Except for brief intervals practiced medicine and served as pastor for three Lutheran Churches in Randolph County until 1888
  • Married Sarah Straughn Lutterloh 1853, children:
Generation 2
1. William Alexander 1854-1900 md. Eunice Louisa Branson 1853-1913, Doctor practiced near & in Randleman, NC
2. Julia Elizabeth 1857-1861
3. Lewis Michael 1859-1945 md. Anna Butler 1866-1936, Doctor practiced in Ramseur & in Asheboro, NC
4. Sallie Ann 1861-1903
5. Cora Magdalene 1863-1923
6. Thomas Israel 1865-1923 md. 1903 Annie Lee Staley, Doctor practiced in Franklinville, NC until 1923
7. Dennis Luther 1867-1950 taught in Randolph County Schools 1886-1890, Doctor practiced in Worthville & Randleman, NC until 1949, never married. Uncle Dink
8. Charles Merion 1872-1872
9. Junius Claudius 1874-1950 md. Mollie Rollins Bryan
Generation 3
3a. Pearl Magdalene 1866-
3b. Guy Michael 1887-?, md. Bernice Harrell
3c. Fleta Nash 1889-?
3d. Annie Rooney 1891-1976 md. James Cheeley
3e. Thomas Earle 1893-? md. Edith Ketner
3f. Simon Junius 1898-? md. Ella Kunze
3g. Nellie Katherine 1902-?
3h. William Robert 1905-? md. Margaret Swift
6a. Margaret 1904-1912
6b. Joseph Thomas 1905-1971 md. Linnie Birkhead
6c. Herbert Junius 1907-? md. Frances Hill, teacher at Concord High School & Greensboro High School, Doctor and Professor of Medicine at Duke University, md. 1937 Dr. Frances Hill
6d. Elizabeth Staley 1909-? md. Charles F. Pickard
6e. Cora Mae 1911-1974 md. Howard T. Craven
6f. Dorothy Maude 1913-? md. Dodge H. Causey
6g. Mary Etta 1915-1923
6h. Annie Maria 1917-? md. Roy Landrum 
9a. Dennis Bryan Fox (author) 1912-1987 Doctor md. 1939 Dora Helen Jones
Christian Fox was a descendant of early Pennsylvania Foxes who gradually migrated south and settled in North Carolina in eastern Randolph County, not far from the town of Liberty. There they and their descendants lived and thrived and propagated the species during the next one hundred years. Christian traced his ancestry back through the Pennsylvania Dutch to a certain Jacob Fuchs (Fox), who was born in January 1703, in the Palatinate in Germany. He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1739. Christian Fox was the great-grandson of Jacob Fuchs.
Christian was born May 23, 1792. Charity Moser was born May 3, 1800. They met and married at a fairly early age and lived the life of farmers on the red clay of Randolph County, although both did some teaching at one period of their life. There was nothing unusual recorded about this couple. Their immortality, such as it was, came from their progeny, of whom there were quite a few over the years, several of whom had considerable influence in the communities in which they lived. They had eleven children, and of these, five sons were killed during the Civil War. 
On January 12, 1825, Charity gave birth to her first child, a fine robust boy, and they named him Michael Leonard Fox. It was he who made this story possible. 
Not a great deal was ever told or recorded of the earliest days of this lad. He apparently had an uneventful childhood and did the chores all farm boys have to do. At the proper age he attended the local one-room school and later attended school in Liberty.
Early in life he had a remarkable interest in people of all ages. He was never ill at ease among strangers, young or old, and nothing pleased him more than for "company to come" to the home. He would question them about various things and tell them of his works and interests, until at times he could be a bit tedious, and his mother would have to reprimand him gently. When he reached his higher grades, he became interested in two things other than people - religion and science (or nature, one should say, as there was little known or taught of science as it is known in the twentieth century).
Michael always attended church regularly at Melancthon Church, an early Lutheran church formed in 1820, and located about three miles from his home. He read the Bible and all the Bible stories he could find and was encouraged in these interests by his parents, who were dedicated Lutherans . . . 
Gailbreath, Diana. The Gailbreath Family, The Red Tower, Vol. XVII, No. 2, 12/1995.
In 1790 Joseph Killbreath is listed in the North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland Co., PA census as head of a household that includes 1 male age 16+ (including head of family), 1 male under age 16 & 1 female. This would be Joseph, Rebecca and son, William b. 1789.
Joseph & his wife Rebecca (Miller) Gailbreath, daughter of Robert & Agnes (--?--) Miller, are mentioned in court records of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania involving the settlement of Robert Miller's estate.  Robert died in 1775 leaving his widow and 10 children: Isaac, Silas, William, Jane, Mary, Joseph, Rachel, rebecca, Eliza and Sarah (Orphan's Court Records, Westmoreland Co., PA, Docket A, pp. 24, 26).
On July 1, 1791 Joseph & Rebecca Gailbreath bought a tract of land from Joseph Miller for the sum of twenty pounds . . . a portion of Robert Miller's estate. According to the deed, Joseph Galbreath resided in Hungtindon Township, Westmoreland Co., PA. Joseph & Rebecca sold this same land on July 31, 1791. 
About April 1791 Joseph & Rebecca sold another tract from Robert's estate. In this deed Joseph is referred to as being of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA. . . . 
The journey from Pennsylvania to Kentucky was probably a difficult one for Joseph, Rebecca and their children . . . At the time of their migration to Kentucky, Joseph & Rebecca were in their mid-thirties; Rebecca having been born in 1765 and Joseph approximately the same year. They had 3 or 4 children born in Pennsylvania. 
Joseph Gailbreath's name first appears in Jefferson County, KY September 28, 1796 when he bonded one Archibald Armstron to buy 100 acres from John Murphy. Apparently Joseph had difficulty in getting clear title to the land because on March 19, 1807, the County Court appointed commissioners to execute Armstrong's bond and award title to Joseph. (This appears in Jefferson County Deed Book 8, page 164, as John G. Moore et al, to Joseph Galbraith, witnessed by William Gailbreath, John Watson & Wm. McCauley.)  Then on April 7, 1818 Thomas Armstrong, sole heir of Archibald Armstrong awarded to Joseph Galbreath a deed for the 100 acre tract and an adjoining 38 1/4 acres (Deed Book O, page 94).
In 1797 Joseph appears on the Jefferson Co., KY tax rolls for the first time. In 1800 he is taxed for 100 acres on Fish Pool Creek. The 1810 Jefferson Co., KY census lists him as Joseph Kilbreth, according to this census the household includes 3 sons and 6 daughters. At this time William was probably already in Tennessee. . . . 
Joseph died in 1832 leaving his personal estate to Rebecca, his farm to son George and one dollar each to sons William, Robert & Alexander. Joseph did previously assist Robert & Alexander in acquiring land immediately north of his homestead. He may have helped son William to acquire land in Tennessee. To his daughters Nancy, Rebecca, Mary, Sally & Eleanor, one dollar each, but Rebecca was to dispose of his personal property to them as she wanted.  Rebecca lived another 22 years, dying in 1854 at age 89. In her later years she lost her eyesight and resided with her son, Alexander, and his family in 1850. 
Death notices from Louisville Newspapers 1814-1842.  Jefferson County Deaths June 1853-June 1854. - Rebecca Gailbreath 89 - widow from Westmoreland Co., PA.
Joseph Gailbrath b. ca. 1765, d. 1832 Jefferson Co., KY md. PA Rebecca Miller, d/o Robert & Agnes (--?--) Miller. Rebecca b. 1765, d. 1854 Jefferson Co., KY.
Children:
  • William A. b. June 26, 1789, PA, d. Sep. 1, 1834 Jackson Co., TN, md. ca. 1810 TN to Isabella Hutchison b. b/t 1790-1800, d. b/t March 1843-May 1845 Jackson Co., TN. She was the d/o Thomas & Margaret (Wilson) Hutchison
  • Robert b. 1791 PA, d. Aug. 23, 1864 Jefferson Co., KY md. may 13, 1816 Bullitt Co., KY Mary Thornberry, d/o Samuel & Mary (--?--) Thornberry.
  • Alexander H. b. 1795 PA, d. April 1856 Jefferson Co., KY md. April 24, 1823 Jefferson Co., KY Elizabeth Hikes, b. 1806 KY d/o George & Barbara (--?--) Hikes
  • Nancy b. 1798 PA/KY, d. 1838 md. Oct. 11, 1825 Jefferson Co., KY Thomas Sorrel
  • George L. b. Feb. 28, 1801 Jefferson Co., KY, d. Jan. 27, 1879 Jefferson Co., KY. Married 1) Dec. 25, 1822 Bullitt Co., KY Cynthia Rogers b. Aug. 6, 1797 KY, d. March 5, 1868 Jefferson Co., KY.  Married 2) Feb. 8, 1872, Jefferson Co., KY Phebe Letitia Neal
  • Rebecca b. 1803 Jefferson Co., KY
  • Mary b. 1805 Jefferson Co., KY md. Dec. 7, 1826 Jefferson Co., KY James Ashby
  • Elizabeth b. ?, d. probably before 1832, md.  March 4, 1823 James Ashley who may be the same person as James Ashby who married her sister Mary. 
  • Sarah b. 1812 Jefferson Co., KY md. July 4, 1833 Jefferson Co., KY Stephen Thornberry
  • Eleanor b. 1813 Jefferson Co., KY md June 5, 1834 Jefferson Co., KY Jacob Miller
Galbraith, Louise. Settlement of Western Pennsylvania, The Red Tower, Vol. XVII, No. 2, 12/1995.
Southwest Pennsylvania was settled mainly in a five year period from 1769 to 1774 thus becoming the "first English speaking trans-Appalachian frontier."  By mid-1771, it was estimated that there were 10,000 families in the upper Ohio country.
The Land Office was opened in 1769, after the treaty of Stanwix in 1768. . . . Tracts were limted to 300 acres, price set at five pounds per 100 acres or about 13 cents an acre.  The land did not have to be paid for until patents (deeds) were taken out and this could be deferred indefinitely.
The 1790 census showed Southern Pennsylvania had a population of about 75,000. Eighty percent dwelt in the comparatively level and fertile section west of Chestnut Ridge (Westmoreland County), the remainder was scattered in valleys and coves between the ridge and the present boundary of Bedford County. . . .
Westmoreland County's first permanent settlements were in Ligonier Valley . . . by 1772 there were about 100 families, mostly Scotch and Irish, in the district. . . .
As early as 1730, James Logan, William Penn's agent and Secretary in Pennsylvania, wrote to Rev. James Anderson and Andrew Galbraith (son of original settler, James Galbraith, Sr. 1666-1744) discouraging them from selling to the Dutch in Lancaster County and moving. "No stranger should be admitted to settle within your bounds." In 1747, Andrew sold his land, moved "West of the Susquehanna" and disappeared. However, we do know that his son John (1717-1757) moved to Cumberland County and died there. . . .
Sources:
  • Buck, Solon & Elizabeth. Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania, 1939
  • Leyburn, James. The Scotch-Irish
  • Dunaway, W.F. The Scotch-Irish in Colonial Pennsylvania
  • Hanna, C.A. The Scotch-Irish, Vol. 2
Galbraith, Whitson & Company Broadside, nd
Dealers in General Merchandise - Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Clothing, Boots, Shoes & Farm Implements. And Buy all Kinds of Produce at Top of the Market Prices
The above firm is composed of L.J. Galbraith & Luke Whitson, both of whom are closely identified with the growth and development of Johnsonville.  They are public-spirited men who are always ready to contribute their part toward any enterprise that will benefit their town. Those are the kind of merchants to trade with. A man who takes no interest in the town in which he lives will take no interest in the welfare of his patrons, simply wants their money and sells them goods as a pretext to get hold of it.
Look carefully through the Johnsonville section and you will find each of these gentlemen represented in other places. This is their home. They live among you and spend their income with you.  They are established here in business, you know them, they can buy goods as cheap as any and will treat your right.  Call on them and you will be convinced.
Image of L.J. Galbraith's Residence
L.J. Galbraith was born Oct. 12, 1849, at his present residence, the old homestead, three miles northeast of Johnsonville. He is the son of Green B. & Mrs. Nancy E. Galbraith. When he was but nine years of age his father left the farm, moved to Johnsonville and opened the first general merchandise store in the town - in 1858.
Mr. Galbraith has been raised in the mercantile business, having been connected with the sale of goods since that time.
In November, 1896, he traded his stock of goods to J.J. Keith for the 240 acre farm where he now lives, but soon after reengaged in the merchandise business and is at present senior member of the firm of Galbraith, Whitson & Co., who conduct one of the leading general stores of the county, located at Johnsonville.
Mr. Galbraith is also largely interested in the orchard business, having 90 acres of bearing orchard, principally of the Ben Davis apple. He has the greater part of his farm in grass and raises red top seed and also deals extensively in young stock.
His farm is well improved, one of the best in the western part of Wayne county, and is on the R.F.D. route, where mail is delivered to the gate every day.
Mr. Galbraith was married Nov. 27, 1881, to Miss Francis A. Russell, of Johnsonville. They have two boys - Clarence & Ogil.
Our subject, we must say, is one of the most progressive farmers of that section. He is a strict and careful business man and a valuable citizen to the community.
Galbraith, Zelpha. Galbraith Clan & Their Descendants, The Red Tower, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Sep. 1996.
Family of Alexander & Nancy (Miller) Galbraith
Alexander Galbraith b. ca. 1720 Scotland, d. ca. 1792 Virginia md. Nancy Agnes Miller b. ? d. before 1787.  Alexander emigrated to Bucks Co. [now Northampton Co., PA] before 1747, served in the American Revolution in Capt. Patrick Campbell's 6th Battalion, Northampton County Militia. First settled on a branch of Allegheny Creek in Mt. Bethel township.  Moved to Virginia after 1761. Location in Virginia not given.
Generation 2
1. Isabel b. 1747, md. 1) ca. 1767 James Dinwiddie b. 1740, d. 1806 Greene Co., TN, 2) (--?--) Gaston
2. Alexander b. 1749 Bucks Co., PA, d. 1835 Roane Co., TN, md. Rosanah Lyle, d. 5/19/1817 Anderson Co., TN
3. Thomas b. 1751 Bucks Co., PA, d. 1839 Jefferson Co., TN
4. John b. 1752 Northampton Co., PA, d. 1814 Knox Co., TN
5. Margaret b. 1754 Northampton Co., PA, d. 1835 Campbell Co., VA md. Andrew Fields b. ca. 1750, d. 1799 Campbell Co., VA - said to have had nine children
6. William b. 1756 Northampton Co., PA, d. 1802 Greene Co., TN
7. James b. 1761 Northampton Co., PA, d. 1830 Greene Co., TN, md. Eleanor Martin
8. Samuel Gaston b. 1763 VA, d. 1850 Anderson Co., TN md. 1795 in VA
9. Agnes Ann b. 1765 PA/VA, d. 1822 Greene Co., TN

 Generation 3
1a. Mary Dinwiddie b. 1769, d. 1812 md. Thomas Carson
1b. Elizabeth Dinwiddie b. 1775, d. 18?? md. Robert Rankin
1c. Ann Dinwiddie b. 1780, d. 1798 md. 1798 Thomas Wilson
1d. Jane Bell Dinwiddie b. 1784, d. 1853 md. David Rankin
1e. Nancy / Agnes b. 1786, d. 1855 md. 1804 Valentine Sevier
Galbreath, Joseph. Jacob Heston Galbreath, 1825-1870, The Red Tower, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, June 1997.
James Galbreath, Sr. immigrated from Ulster, Ireland to Chester County, PA prior to 1750. He, his wife Anne, and their eight children were Quakers. They moved from PA to SC transferring their church membership to the Bush River MM in Newberry County, SC on March 14, 1777.
James Galbreath, Jr. b. 1761, d. 1816 md. Susanna hiatt in 1796 at the New Garden MM in Guilford, NC. In 1803 they and their four children Asher, David, Anne & Sarah moved to Ohio. They transferred their church membership by letter from Deep River MM in NC to the Middleton MM in Columbiana, Ohio on April 4, 1803.
James Jr. & Susanna were part of the Quaker migration to Ohio. The Quakers came to the newly admitted "free" state to escape unpleasant contact with slavery in the South. They settled in Hanover Township, Columbianna Co., Ohio and soon erected the first Friends' "meeting house" of the township. . . .
David Glabreath was born in SC in 1799, but moved to Ohio with his parents James & Susanna.  He was married on Dec. 3, 1818 to Sarah W. Paxson, daughter of Jacob & Elizabeth (Pettit) Paxson). They had 14 children of which eight lived to marry and have children of their own.
Jacob Heston Galbreath was born  Feb. 12, 1825 in Hanover Township, Columbianna Co., Ohio, the fourth child of David & Sarah (Paxson) Galbreath. The family later moved to Fairfield Township in Columbianna. It was here that Jacob met and married his first wife, Margaret Shaw. They had three children, Edwin, William & Louella "Ella" before Margaret's death in 1855. She was buried in the Den Family Cemetery, later renamed Cool Springs Cemetery in Fairfield, Columbianna, Ohio.
Jacob moved to Illinois about 1850. There he puchased for $300 an 80 acre farm located one mile north of Mt. Erie in Wayne Co., IL. His father David & his brother Jesse came to IL with him, but they soon returned to Ohio. Jacob left his three children in Ohio with relatives until after he married again. he married a second time on Oct. 7, 1849 to Roseanna Van Fossan, b. May 8, 1833 and the oldest daughter of David & Melinda (Fishel) Van Fossan.
When Jacob first came to Illinois he lived in a log cabin on the northeast corner of the 80 acre farm. Later he moved his family to the new house he had built at its present location. . . .
During the Civil War Jacob offered his services to the Union Army, but was rejected because of a crippled arm, the result of white swelling.
Jacob was a farmer, timberman and sawmill operator. He brought the first steam sawmill to Wayne Co. from Ohio. Jacob brought the sawmill (known as the G. & Dickey Mill) down the Ohio river to Cincinnati, then overland along US Route 50 by ox team and covered wagon to Maysville (now Clay City, Clay Co., IL), then to Mt. Erie. . . .
On Sept. 28, 1870, the last morning Jacob went to work, the mill was sawing down trees southwest of Mt. Erie. He went on horseback, the common means of transportation. upon arrival he set to filing the mill saw. John Van Horn, the fireman, built a fire in a dry boiler. Mr. Dickey, the engineer, turned on the water now knowing the condition of the boiler. There was a terrific explosion in which all three men were killed. Jacob was buried in the Old Mt. Erie (Yohe) Cemetery. . . .
Roseanna remarried twice after the death of Jacob. . . . She died in 1894.
Children of Jacob & Margaret (Shaw) Galbreath:
1. William joined the Civil War when he was only 16. He bled to death at Shiloh after a cannon ball shot off his arm.
2. Edwin b. Dec. 23, 1848, d. May 12, 1940 served in the 61st IL (13 when he joined). He settled in Posey Co., IN. He md. Nov. 3, 1872 Posey Co., IN Eliza Ann Simpson b. Jan. 14, 1838, d. May 12, 1934.  The couple had 9 children, 8 lived to maturity.
3. Luella "Ella" md. Mark Best and lived in Mt. Erie.

 Children of Jacob & Roseanna (Van Fossan) Galbreath:
4. George G. b. Dec. 19, 1859, d. Sep. 9, 1876 age 15 years, 8 months
5. Sarah b. Dec. 3, 1861 Mt. Erie, d. Dec. 4, 1942, md. April 2, 1882 William H. Balding, fourteen children. She's buried in West Village Church.
6. Grant E. b. Jan. 30, 1865, d. Nov. 17, 1865
7. Francis Sherman b. Oct. 22, 1866, d. Oct. 31, 1868 age 1 year, 11 mos., 11 days.
8. John Hestron b. May 25, 1870 Mt. Erie, d. Feb. 13, 1957, age four months when his father died. He md. March 1, 1893 Eunice Delilah "Della" Miller b. 1874, d. 1956, daughter of William & Harriet (Yohe) Miller. They had twelve children of whom eight survived
Gibson County Historical Society, Inc.  Crossing County Lines: A Collection of Five Generation Charts, Princeton, IN: Gibson County Historical Society, Inc., nd.

 Family of Viva Finch:

 1. Viva Myrtle Finch b. 2/13/1884, Gibson Co., IN, d. 10/1/1960, Patoka, Gibson, IN md. 10/11/1905 John W. Sloan
2. James Franklin Finch b. 1/27/1859 Gibson Co., IN, d. 12/4/1929, Boise City, OK, md. 10/11/1880
3. Mary Ellen Depriest b. 10/26/1862 Gibson Co., IN, d. 3/1960 Boise City, OK
4. George Washington Finch b. 7/1829, d. 1/1910, Gibson Co., IN md. 1851
5. Martha / Patsy Smith b. 10/24/1834 Gibson Co., IN, d. 2/1/1/1901 Gibson Co., IN
6. William Depriest b. 10/30/1824, d. 2/1890(?) Gibson Co., IN md. 1845
7. Dicy Ann McCleary/McClary b. 1827 Gibson Co., IN, d. 8/16/1906(?) Gibson Co., IN
8. William Finch b. 12/13/1807, d. 1880 Posey Co., IN md. 1828
9. Mary Ann L(?) Graves
10. Peter Smith b. 1805(?), d. 1870
11. Matilda Montgomery b. 1808, d. 1874
14. William McCleary b. 1796(?), Lancaster Co., PA, d. 1860 Gibson Co., IN, md. 1818(?)
15. Anna Skelton b. 1799(?), d. Gibson Co., IN
16. John Finch b. 1760, Sussex, Delaware (?), d. 1808(?) Mason Co., KY md. 1788(?)
17. Lavinia Fitzgerald b. 1767(?) Fauquier Co., VA, d. 1812 Mason Co., KY
18. Charles Graves
19. Elizabeth Sanford
22. James Montgomery
23. Nancy Cook
28. Robert McCleary b. 1749, d. 1832
29. Mary Logan b. 1765, d. Gibson Co., IN
30. Jacob Skelton b. 1768 (?), d. 1853(?) Gibson Co., IN
32. James Finch
33. Sarah Records b. 1745 Nantuck, MD
34. William Fitzgerald b. 1783(?) Fauquier Co., VA, d. Fayette Co., KY
35. Kitty (--?--)
66. John Records b. 1691 MD, d. 1749(?)
67. Ann Calloway b. 16?8 MD
68. John Fitzgerald
132. John Records / Rickard b. 1656 MD
133. Elizabeth Trevitt b. 1660 1MD
134. Peter Calloway b. 1681(?) MD, d. 1739
135. Sarah (--?--) b. 1695(?) MD

 Family of Robert Jefferson Turpin:

 1. Robert Jefferson Turpin b. 11/27/1819 Henderson Co., KY, d. 1/7/1905 Gibson Co., IN md. 9/14/1843 IN Caroline Decker b. 4/18/1826 Knox Co., IN, d. 3/26/1878 Gibson Co., IN
2. William Robert Turbin, Jr. b. 1784 KY, d. 1844 Gibson Co., IN md. 8/29/1816 KY
3. Annie Slavin b. ca. 1785 GA, d. 1838 Gibson Co., IN
4. William Robert Turbin Sr. b. 4/6/1751 Powhatan Co., VA, d. 11/22/1830 Henderson Co., KY, md. 6/28/1773 KY
5. Sarah / Janey Harris b. 1724 Cumberland Co., VA
6. Robert Slavin
Gonzalez, Leah. A Galbreath Family in Wayne County, Indiana, The Red Tower, Vol. XVII, No. 4, 6/1996.

 1820 Wayne Co., Census:
  • Galbreath, John - males: 2 under 10, 1 age 26-45; females: 3 under 10; 1 age 26-45; 1 engaged in agriculture
  • Galbreath, Isaac - males: 2 under 10; 1 age 26-45; females: 4 under 10, 1 age 26-45; 1 engaged in agriculture
  • Galbreath, William - males: 1 age 26-45; females: 2 under 10, 1 age 26-45; 1 engaged in agriculture
  • Galbreath, David - males 1 age 18-26, 1 age 45+; females: 1 age 10-16, 1 age 16-26, 1 age 45+
  • Galbreath, James - males: 1 under 10, 1 age 18-26; females: 1 under 10, 1 age 16-26; 1 engaged in agriculture
  • Galbraith, William md. Patsy McLain license 6/4/1814, md. 6/5/1814, by Judge Jeremiah Meek
  • Galbraith, James md.  Sarah Suttenfield license 5/31/1819, md. 6/2/1819 by Lawrence H. Branum, Esq.
  • Elliott, Ellwood md. Sarah Galbraith license 6/13/1821, md. 6/14/1821 by rev. Isaac Cotton
  • Hodges, James md. Margaret Galbreath 9/10/1828
  • Holman, Jesse H. md. Nancy Galbreath 7/13/1826
  • Watts, John md Patsey Galbraith 6/15/1826
An application of John Galbraith, admr. of the estate of William Alderson, dec'd. The court ordered interest of said deceased to lots 34, 24 & 25, also lots 6 & 31 in the town of Centreville be sold at public sale the second Saturday of May next.  3/20/1820 Wayne Co., IN Probate Book A
John Woodcock, admrs. of the estate of John Galbreath, dec'd. exhibited statement of debts due and owing said estate. Personal property insufficient to pay demand of debts due and owing said estate. (Court) ordered lots #24, 25 & 35 in town of Centreville to be sold. 1823, Wayne Co., IN Probate Book A.
A Poll Book as Taken at Jeremiah Cox's for the seventh district 3d April 1809 -  David Galbraith, Robert Galbraith
Indiana Land Entries - T13N, R1W, david Gilbraith/Galbreath SW 1/4, Sec. 7, 12/11/1811
  • T16N, R13E, Robert Gilbraith SW 1/4, Sec. 11, 5/4/1815
  • T16N, R14E, Robert Gilbraith, NE 1/4, Sec. 6, 5/4/1815
  • T16N, R13E David Gilbraith SE 1/4, Sec. 30, 7/1/1813
  • T16N, R13E, John Gilbraith NW 1/4, Sec. 31, 7/1/1813
Harringer, Jean. Last Will & Testiment of Robert Galbreath, The Red Tower, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Sep. 1996.
Abstract: Robert Galbreath of Hopewell Twp., County of Cumberland, will dated 3/30/1787
to wife Hannah - five bonds, twelve pounds ten shillings each to be paid by John Elliott, 1/3 land I now live upon or 1/3 of money if land be sold, with a mare cow and calf and three hogs and all the household furniture and out of the above bequeathments I allow all my lawful debts to be paid.
Oldest son Samuel - bond of twelve pound ten shillings to be paid by John Elliott the first day of April 1791.
Second son James two bonds each £12 - 10s to be paid by John Elliott, he to pay 10 pounds to his sister Sarah
Four youngest children, John, William, Elizabeth & Nancy - share and share alike 2/3 land I now live upon only I allow the two boys to have fifteen pounds apiece more than the girls
Son William to be bound to Samuel Hannah until age 18
Nathaniel Willson & Hannah Galbreath executors
Wit: David Sterrett & Samuel Hanna
Will proved July 3, 1787, Carlisle, PA
Jean Harriger identified this Robert as probably the son of Samuel Galbraith, Sr. who was born ca 1725 and died in 1789 in Rye Twp., Cumberland Co., PA. Robert & his brothers William & Samuel Jr. served in the 7th Batt. of the Cumberland County Militia during the Rev. War. Robert's other siblings were Andrew & Mary. Mary was married to John Elliott, mentioned in the will.  Robert was married to Hannah Wilson.
Samuel Sr., is believed to be the son of Robert Galbraith of Paxtang Twp., Cumberland, PA, who came with his brother James (of Donegal, PA) from Ireland in 1718 to PA at the invitation of William Penn.
Samuel, the son of Robert whose will is listed above, was born in Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA and was a blacksmith and gunsmith before and after the Revolutionary War in Plum township and later Pittsburgh in Allegheny Co.
Samuel's son Robert was born Aug. 30, 1790-92 in Cumberland Co., PA. He married Sarah Parcel in Plum township, Allegheny Co. on March 25, 1813 and served in the War of 1812. he died Oct. 24, 1849 and is buried in Pioneer Cemetery in Franklin, Venango, PA. 
Kermack, W.R. The Clan Macgregor (Clan Gregor), Johnston & Bacon, 1969.

Picture of Personal Arms of Macgregor of Macgregor, Chief of Clan Macgregor
Map of Magregor Country, Northwards from Glasgow

Genealogies of the House of Glenorchy

 Line 1
Duncan MacGregor 1512 Alpin
Kenneth
Hugh of Urchy
Giolla Faolain
Duncan
Duncan beg
Malcolm
John
Gregor
John
John the Black
Malcolm

 Line 2
Malcolm
Duncan
Gregor
John
Patrick
Malcolm

 Line 3
Duncan beg
Gregor
John
John the Black
Malcolm

 Line 4
Duncan beg
Malcolm
John

 Suggested Re-arrangement of Lines 3 & 4
Duncan beg
Malcolm
John (1292)
Mariota

 Duncan beg
Gregor
John d. 1390
Patrick, John the Black & Gregor McAne
Glenorchy - It seems logical to identify the Orchy River, the Strae River and the Lochy River as the MacGregor's three glens, though Glenlyon and Glendochart also have been suggested. The best land was the Strath of Orchy below its junction with the Lochy; Glenstrae is narrow and only eight miles long. The hill country, however, was a fit hunting ground for kings.
At Fortingall on the Lyon, Tulaich a' Mhuilinn was occupied at the beginning of the sixteenth century by two MacGregor brothers, whose ancestor about a hundred years earlier had managed to procure for himself and his heirs the vicarage of Fortingall and a lease of the church lands. The elder brother James, was Vicar of Fortingall and Dean of Lismore in Argyll. To him and to his brother Duncan was due the collection of the mass of Gaelic verse preserved in the Book of the Dean of Lismore. This fortunately includes the compositions of five bards in praise of MacGregor chiefs, which supplement our scanty information on the early history of the clan.
The name Clan Gregor means the children of Gregor, but the earliest kinsfolk of the clas of whom we have knowledge did not use this name. They took their style from their territory.  From the Act of Parliament by which in 1292 King John Baliol formed a sheriffdom of Argyll, we find that sheriffdom included the lands of a certain John of Glenorchy. In 1296 he was made a prisoner by the English at Dunbar, and did homage to Edward I of England, when his lands were apparently restored to him on the condition of fighting for Edward in France. In the Book of the Dean of Lismore there is a genealogy of Clan Gregor in which John Eoin is the name of the father of the only Gregor mentioned. It seems an inevitable conclusion that, from this Gregor, Clan Gregor took their name, for it is hardly to be imagined that a genealogy of the clan would omit the individual after whom the clan were named; and John of Glenorchy of 1292 might be identified as his father.  There is reason, however to doubt whether this can be accepted.  In the Dean's genealogy Gregor is the son of John, son of Malcolm, son of Duncan beg (the little). But a poem by the bard Mac Giolla Fhionntóg in the Dean's Book refers to Duncan beg as the father of Gregor as well as Malcolm; while in another Clan Gregor genealogy, included in a Gaelic manuscript of 1467, Gregor is shown as the son of Duncan, son of Malcolm. These sources of evidence, both earlier than the Dean's genealogy, thus agree that Gregor's father was Duncan, who was father of Malcolm except in the 1467 genealogy where the name of Duncan's son may in error have been given to Duncan's father.  Malcolm is surely to be identified as the father of John who possessed Glenorchy; Malcolm was therefore presumably older - it is likely, much older - than Gregor, if Gregor was his brother or half-brother, in which case Gregor's descendants were a junior branch of the house of Glenorchy.
From Duncan beg the Dean's genealogy carries the ancestry of Clan Gregor three generations back to Hugh of Urchy, in Gaelic Aodh Urchaidh; and the name of Hugh's son, Giolla Faolain, servant of St. Fillan, points to a connection with the neighboring Celtic monastery of St. Fillan in Glendochart. The abbot of Glendochart, in the Law called Claremathan about the beginning of the thirteenth century, takes part on the same footing as the Earl of Atholl in the adminstration of justice in Central Argyll, and thus in Glenorcy. Hugh of Urchy may then have been a native ruler in Argyll in this way brought into contact with the abbey, or he may have become established in Glenorchy through a connection with the family of the abbot.  The Macnabs - Clann an Aba, children of the abbot. - probably descend from an abbot of Glendochart; and Malcolm and Patrick of Glendochart, submitted, like John of Glenorchy, to Edward in 1296. Glenorchy apparently comprised also Glen Lochy and Glenstrae.
House of Glenstrae Lines according to A.G. Murray MacGregor History of the Clan Gregor:

 Line 1
John the Black d. 1415
Malcolm d. 1440
Patrick d. 1461
John the Black d. 1519

 Line 2
John the Black
Alasdair
Ewen
John d. 1528
Alasdair
Gregor Roy d. 1570
Alasdair d. 1604

 Line 3
John the Black
Alasdair
Ewen
John d. 1528
Alasdair
Gregor Roy d. 1570
Iain Dubh d. 1603
Gregor

 Line 4
John the Black
Alasdair
Ewen
John d. 1528
Alasdair
Gregor Roy d. 1570
Patrick Roy
James

 Line 5
John the Black
Alasdair
Ewen
John d. 1528
Alasdair
Ewen the Tutor
Duncan the Tutor
Malcolm the Tutor
Gregor d. 1593

 Line 6

 John the Black
Alasdair
Ewen
John d. 1528
Alasdair
Ewen the Tutor
Duncan the Tutor
Ewen
Archibald
After their loss of Glenorchy the MacGregor chiefs lived at Stronmelochan at the foot of Glenstrae. Their burial place was in Glenorcy at Dysart (Diseart Chonnáin - Connán's Hermitage), Dalmally.  The poems in the Dean's Book show them defiantly claiming their ancestors' possessions. John the Black, Malcolm's grandson, is still white-toothed falcon of the three glens and chief of Glenlyon. To Malcolm "the hunting of Scotland belongs;" while John the Black is "the king at lifting cattle." Clan Gregor "show no fear, even when with the king they strive."  This was dangerous doctrine.
Clan Gregor Names - from Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands by Frank Adam:
Black, Caird, Comrie, Dochart, Fletcher, Gregor, Gregorson, Gregory, Greig, Grewar, Grier, Grierson, Grigor, Gruer, King, Leckie, Lecky, MacAdam, Macara, Macaree, MacChoiter, MacConachie, Maccrouther, Macgrewar, Macgrowther, Macgruder, Macilduy, MacLeister, MacLiver, MacNee, MacNeish, MacNie, MacNish, MacPeter, MacPetrie, Malloch, Neish, Nish, Peter, White, Whyte
McKinney, Kay. The Hall Family, Wayne City, IL: McKinney, nd
Marshall Hall b. 6/20/1917 White Co., IL, d. 7/12/1976 Jefferson Co., IL, bur. Garrison Cemetery, Hamilton Co., IL.  Served in U.S. Army during World War II, md. 6/1/1943 St. Louis, MO Opal Fern Erkmann.  She was b. 7/28/1918 Hamilton Co., IL, d/o John Tobious Erkmann who was German and Anna Elzina (Heady) Erkmann.
Children:
  • Ilene Kay Hall b. 9/6/1947 in Hamilton Co., IL [d. 6/12/1990 Hamilton Co., IL] bur. Garrison Cemetery.  She md. 7/3/1965 Corinth, Alcorn Co., MS Dannie Wayne McKinney b. 1/21/1948 Wayne Co., [d. 11/28/2013 Hamilton Co., IL] s/o Robert Gene & Betty Lou (Bruce) McKinney - 2 children: Tonia Lynn, Kelby Gale 
  • Kenneth Hall md.1) 10/17/1970 Carson City, NV Dorothy Marie Celaya d/o James Trindad Celaya & Carolina Gertrude Powell & 2) Jeannie Marie White 6/11/1978 Hamilton Co., IL d/o Samuel Lee & Dolores June (Smith) White - 3 children - Justin Gale b. 9/4/1982 San Jose, CA, [d. 2007]; Samantha Marie ; Marsha Lynn
Leland Hall b. 9/17/1925 White Co., IL, Served in US Army during World War II, md. 1/11/1947 Hamilton Co., IL Wilma Fay Erkmann. Divorced 6/14/1954.  Wilma b. 3/27/1926 Hamilton Co., IL daughter of John Tobious & Anna Elzina (Heady) Erkmann. Children:
  • Flossie Irene md. 6/22/1968 Hamilton Co., IL Ronald Eugene Webb s/o Charles Ernest & Anna May (Harlow) Webb, 3 children - Cindi Lea b. 6/3/1973, [d. 8/27/1998]; Mary Don, Ryan Wayne
  • Dorothy Louise md. 2/24/1968 Hamilton Co., IL Darrell Wayne Smith s/o Wilfred Floyd & Edna Marie (Staley) Smith, 2 children - Christina Diane, Dwayne Lee
Morris, Verla. The Ancestors of Withrow Families of Wayne County, Illinois & Descendants, Morris, 1984.
William Turner b. 5/5/1870, d. 3/14/1904 bur. Bailey Cemetery md. Ella Fraim b. 1875, d. 1956, d/o William & Mary (Gurley) Fraim, bur. Hopewell Cemetery, Ella Fraim md. 2) A.W. Talbert
Sarah Jane Anderson b. 8/10/1861, d. 1/27/1893 Wayne Co., IL bur. Bailey Cemetery, md. Henry Gurley b. 11/28/1858 Wayne Co., IL, d. 10/21/1913 bur. new Bailey Cemetery, s/o Leonard & Susan (Moorehead) Gurley, had children:
  • James H. Gurley b. 9/28/1889, d. 10/27/1911 bur. Bailey Cemetery
  • Fannie May Gurley b. 6/10/1888 Wayne Co., IL, d. 6/16/1966, md. Frank Mateer 4/19/1920 Wayne Co., IL, no heirs
Wed 50 Years, Wayne County Press, 10/13/1986
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Crumbacher, of 1001 Epworth, Fairfield, formerly of Keenes, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Saturday, October 25, at the Wayne City Community Building.
The reception, hosted by their children, will be held between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. Their friends and relatives are invited to join them on their "special day." Cards will be very much appreciated, but they request gifts be omitted.
Albert is a son of the late John & Ruth (Swan) Crumbacher. Agnes is a daughter of the late Alonzo (Em) and Ida Mae (Bailey) Withrow. The couple was married October 25, 1936 in Louisville.
Mr. & Mrs. Crumbacher have eight children. They are:
Shirley, wife of Charles McKibben of Fairfield; Joyce, wife of Charles Flack of Texas; Louise, wife of Douglas Schick of Rochelle; Judy Scarbrough, Fairfield; Kaye, wife of Arthur Barret of Rochelle; Allan Crumbacher, Dekalb; George Crumbacher, Oklahoma; and Faye, wife of Floyd Johnson of Alaska. The Crumbacher family includes 18 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
National Huguenot Society. Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of the National Huguenot Society, 1993.
Rongnion/Runyon, Vincent. b. 1645, d. Nov. 1713; md. 17 Jul 1668 New Jersey, Ann, daughter of John Boutcher/Bouchierre of Hertford, England; from Poitier, France; Elizabethtown, NJ; Piscataway, NJ. Children:
  • John, b. ca. 1669, d. by 1744 md. Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth (Drake) Dunn
  • Vincent b. ca. 1670, d. Mar. 1723/4, md. 2 Dec. 1691 Mary, daughter of Hopewll and Mary (Martin) Hull
  • Mary b. 2 Jul 1677, md. Benjamin Drake
  • Thomas b. 1675 md. Martha, daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth (Drake) Dunn
  • Peter b. 1 July 1680, d. Oct. 1755 md. 12 Oct. 1704 Providence, dau. Samuel & Ann (Smalley) Blackford
  • Jane b. 19 Jan. 1683
  • Sarah b. 30 Oct. 1686, d. after 1732 md. 25 Jan. 1702 Richard Sutton
Evidence: Stapleton, 146; Runyon, 1-5; Rowland, 114, Chart IV; Henry Runyon, comp., Genealogy of the Runyon Family, NER 48:368, 370; Monnette, Plantations, Part 4: 502-503, 589, 626, 629; Calvin I. Kephart Rongnion Family, NGSQ 29:120-130.
New Members of the Clan, The Red Tower, Vol. III, No. 1, Sept, 1996.

 Bobby Jack Spears has two ancestral Galbraith lines:

 1. Bobby Jack Spears
2. Ross Spears b. 7/20/1911 Cincinnati, Washington Co., AR, d. 12/19/1995 Cincinnati, AR md. 6/23/1938 Stilwell, Adair Co., OK
3. Virginia /Madeline Galbraith b. 7/20/1918 Summers, Washington Co., AR
6. Charles Martin Galbraith b. 2/4/1858 Greene Co., TN, d. 12/19/1942 Cincinnati, Washington Co., AR md. 1897
7. Rachel Ann Winfrey b. 9/6/1876, d. 8/7/1932 Summers, Washington Co., AR
12. Lee Temple Galbraith b. 8/28/1833 Greene Co., TN, d. 6/2/1919 Concord, TN md. Aug. 12, 1856, Green Co., TN
13. Nancy Ann Galbraith b. 12/17/1837 Green Co., TN, d. 9/27/1906 Concord, TN
24. John Galbraith Jr. b. 1794, d. 1855 Knox Co., TN md. 7/23/1825
25. Mary / Polly Kennedy Temple b. 1798 Greene Co., TN, d. 10/20/1845 Knox Co., TN
26. Joseph Martin Galbraith b. 1806 Greene Co., TN, d. 7/13/1883 Concord, Knox Co., TN md. 11/17/1836 Greene Co., TN
27. Margaret Moord [Moore?] b. 2/13/1814 (?) Greene Co., TN, d. 6/16/1877 Concord, TN
48. John Galbraith, Esq. b. 1752 Northampton Co., PA, d. 1814 Turkey Creek, Knox Co., TN md. 1778 in PA
49. Mary Martin b. 1756 Martin's Creek, Northampton Co., PA, d. 5/16/1821 Turkey Creek, TN
52. James Galbraith b. 1710 Ireland, d. 5/20[29]/1767 Martins Creek, PA md. 5/19/1793 PA
53. Eleanor Martin b. 2/23/1767 Martin's Creek, PA, d. 6/10/1850 Greeneville, TN
96/104. Alexander Galbraith b. ca. 1720 Ireland /Scotland d. 1792, md. 1747 Northampton Co., PA
97/105. Nancy Agnes Miller b. ca. 1726, d. ca. 1786 Campbell Co., VA
192/208. John Galbraith (?) b. Ireland / Scotland
193/209. Margaret (--?--)
New Members of the Clan, The Red Tower, Vol. III, No. 3, March 1997.

 Bruce & Mara (Bedell) Harris lines:

 1. Children of Bruce & Mara (Bedell) Harris
2. Bruce Harris
3. Mara Bedell 
4. Otto Harris, Jr.
5. Elizabeth MacTaggart Leich
6. Glenn Wesley Bedell III
7. Frances "Marion" Carter
10. Daniel Macinnis Leich
11. Elizabeth Galbraith Lamont 
14. Harry Vincent Carter b. 6/27/1913 Vienna, Johnson Co., IL, md. 4/30/1936, Bentonville, Pulaski Co., AR
15. Margaret Elizabeth Raines b. 12/28/1912 Wilmington, Brunswick Co., NC, d. 7/30/1990 Hot Springs, AR
22. James Lamont b. Scotland
23. Elizabeth McTaggart b. Scotland
30. Samuel Powel Raines b. 10/27/1872 Raines, Shelby Co., TN, d. 1/7/1919 AZ md. 8/9/1906 Henrico Co. VA
31. Edith Rebecca Clarke b. 10/25/1885 Manikin, VA, d. 8/30/1964 Little Rock, AR
46. Archibald McTaggart b. ca. 1837 Scotland, d. 2/10/1915 Isle of Bute, Scotland
47. Elizabeth Galbraith b. 1846 Scotland, d. 8/30/1924 Isle of Bute, Scotland
60. Samuel Lanier Raines b. 8/1/1847 Hernando, MS, d. 9/9/1878 Raines / Memphis, Shelby Co., TN md. 9/30/1868 Hernando, MS
61. Mary Jessie Powel b. 12/7/1851 Hawkins Co., TN, d. 3/11/1945 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR 
92. Duncan Mctaggart b. 1810, d. 1888
122. Samuel Jackson Powel b. 9/27/1821 Hawkins Co., TN, d. 7/10/1902 Hernando, MS md. 1851 TN
123. Mary Elizabeth Armstrong b. 2/3/1829 Hawkins Co., TN, d. 12/10/1912 Heranando, MS
246. William Armstrong IV b. 6/10/1791 Carter's Valley, Hawkins Co., TN, d. 8/26/1860 Carter's Valley, Hawkins Co., TN md. 5/11/1815 Hawkins Co., TN
247. Mary / Polly Young b. 11/19/1792, d. 3/17/1868 Hawkins Co., TN
492. William Armstrong III md. 8/11/1787 Carter's Valley, Hawkins Co., TN
493. Elizabeth Galbraith b. 4/22/1772 VA, d. 1/24/1831 Stony Point, TN
494. John Young b. 1763, d. 1844 md. 2/8/1788 Long Meadow, Hawkins Co., TN
495. Margaret Galbraith b. 11/23/1770, d. 7/25/1853 Hawkins Co., TN
986/988. Arthur Galbraith b. 1/17/1728 Lancaster Co., PA, d. 1818 Carter's Valley, Hawkins Co., TN
987/989. Mary Martin Sharp b. ca. 1747 Lancaster Co., PA
1972/1976. Andrew Galbraith b. ca. 1692 North Ireland, d. after 1746 PA
1973/1977. Mary Kyle
Ray, Worth. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, Austin, TX: Ray, 1949
The Robinson family to which Andrew Robinson belonged are mostly buried in the original Sugar Creek Churchyard, which see. 
David Hay Deed. Oct. 9, 1774, in Mecklenburg Co., NC David Hay & his wife Jenn, for a consideration of 200 pounds sold 300 acres of land on the North side of the Catawba River to Hugh Reid. The land was on Sugaw or Sugar Creek, about one mile from the path to John Poll, formerly the Widow Mechum, to the Catawba; lands formerly patented to Hugh Morrow, May 17, 1754, and conveyed by said Hugh Morrow to Samuel Young. Signed by David Hay & Jenn Hay, and witnessed by Thomas Polk & James Neal.

  • Goodnight, George, tax assessor in 1778
  • Goodnight, Michael, constable in 1775
  • Galbraith, William
  • Gardner, Captain 1781 to 1785
  • Gardner, William, tax collector in 1778
  • Gardner, Mitchell
  • Gardner, Leonard, tax collector in 1783
  • Speers, William, tax collector 1783; constable & road overseer in 1778
  • Young, William
  • Young, Joseph road overseer 1781

1790 Meckenburg County Census 

  • District 4 - McDowell, Archabeld 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0
  • District 5 - Gardner, James 1 - 1 - 6 - 0 - 2
  • District 5 - Gardner, William 2 - 2 - 4 - 0 - 0 
  • District 5 - Gardner, John 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 
  • District 5 - Meek, Adam 2 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
  • District 5 - Meek, Moses 1 - 2 - 5 - 0 - 0
  • District 10 - Goodnight, Christian 1 - 4 - 6 - 0 - 0 
  • District 11 - Wolf, Phillip 3 - 5 - 3 - 0 - 0
  • District 12 - Caigle, Charles 2 - 3 - 5 - 0 - 0 
  • District 12 - Caigle, Charles, Jun'r 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0
  • District 12 - Dove, Caleb 1 - 1 - 4 - 0 - 0 

District 4 - Sugar Creek Church District
Map of the Census districts - the boundaries are not of record so far as this compiler knows, but are delineated from information obtained from deeds, wills, court records, church records and tombstone inscriptions indicating the place of residence of those whose names appear on the census at approximately the time it was taken. No pretense is indulged that it is other than a substantial guide.
Includes sections of modern Cabarrus, Union and Anson Counties. 
District No. 10 - On this list I find the name of Christian Goodnight, which suggests the bare possibility that in this Mecklenburg research I may have run across the ancestor of the famous Texas cattle baron, the late Charles Goodnight, who died a few years ago full of wealth, years and all the glamorous experiences of the Great Plains country. He it was who preserved the almost extinct buffalo and kept it from dying out altogether. That his ancestors lived on Dutch Buffalo Creek in Mecklenburg County (now Cabarrus), North Carolina, would be quite a coincidence. The entry shows that Christian Goodnight, in 1790, then had four sons all under 16 years of age. As Captain Charles Goodnight lived to near the ripe age of 100 years it would be possible for him to have been a grandson of this entry. 
Smith, Glenn. Calculating Age or Birth Dates from Tombstone Listing, The Red Tower, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 3/1996
Example: Jane Doe, died Nov. 30, 1910, aged 55 yrs., 3 mos. 10 days
Set up your work sheet with three columns - Year - Month - Day
  • Death date - 1910 - 11 - 30
  • Age - 55 - 3 - 10
  • Subtract to get 1855 - 8 - 20
To calculate age:
  • Died 1901 - 10 - 10 (Oct. 10, 1901)
  • Born 1850 - 1 - 31 (Jan. 31, 1850)
  • Subtract to get 51 - 8 - 9 - 51 yrs. 8 mos, 9 days.
Smith, Glenn. Date a Tombstone? The Red Tower, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 3/1996.
  • Slate or Fieldstone - 1796-1830
  • Flat topped hard marble - 1830-1849
  • Round, pointed, soft marble with cursive inscriptions - 1845-1868
  • Masonic 4 sided stones - 1850+
  • Pylons, columns & all exotic style - 1860-1900
  • Zinc - 1870-1900
  • Granite - ca. 1900+
William & Mary Quarterly, no volume or date.

 Some Stafford Records from the First Order Book of Stafford County, page 276:

 . . . All the Justices and officers both Civil and Military being . . . Sumoned . . . met at the Courthouse of [Stafford] County on the 8th day of june Anno Dom 1692 being . .  . Capt. Malachy Peale, Mr. Edw'd. Thomason, Capt. John Withers, Mr. Nath. Thompson, Mr. Rob't. Alexander, Cap't. George Mason, Cap't. Thomas Owsley, Mr. John Harvey, Cor'r. Rich'd. Fossaker, Cap't. Lieu't. Thomas Gregg, Lieu't. Samspon Darrell, Lieu't. Charles Ellis, Lieu't. Joseph Sumner, Lieu't. John West, Lieu't. David Straham & the Rangers Coronet William Downing, Ensign Joell Stribling Justices & Militia Officers
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