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He was an ancestor of Gen. Joseph Warren who was killed at the Bunker Hill.
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Samuel, Jr. was called "Captain" and he is recorded as being a yeoman (farmer) and as having been a "Fence Viewer and Surveyor" for Roxbury, a significant and responsible duty in those times. He and his son , Obadiah, became members of "The Susquehanna Company" and as owners of one right, or share, each, their names appear among the names of the grantees in the Indian deed of July 11, 1754. His son and grandsons figured prominently in Wyoming Valley Massacre of July 3rd, 1778. Samuel's death date has also been reported as 27 Mar 1756 but this probably just a typographical error for "May".
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Samuel Gore, Sr., a carpenter by trade, was a 6th great grandfather of Winfield Dyer Gallup. He was a Lt. in the Military Company of Roxbury, MA in 1689 when he took part in the revolution that overthrew the government of Sir Raymond Andrus. He was one of the twelve proprietors (original owners) of the Mathamoquet Purchase (later Pomfret), Windham County, Connecticut which had been granted to them by Connecticut in October, 1687. He was a carpenter by occupation and he was a Selectman of Roxbury at the time of his death.
Through his son Obadiah, Samuel was the great grandfather of Christopher Gore who was a governor of Massachusetts and a very early benefactor of Harvard College. It is this family line (from Samuel to his son Obadiah to Obadiah's son John, the father of Christopher) to which the entry in the original 1893 Gallup Genealogy refers under Hannah Gore, wife of Nathaniel Gallup, with the note that "Her ancestors were among the founders and early officers of Harvard College." As this is not an ancestral line of Hannah's, Christopher Gore being but a cousin of hers, the genealogical note is technically wrong.
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There is an interesting discrepancy concerning the places of birth of both Ward and his wife Hattie. The Gallup Genealogy, edition of 1966, records that both of them were born in Binghamton, NY. I do not know who provided this information to the Gallup Family Association, perhaps it was Florence (Falconbury) Gallup, but my request to the State of New York for Ward's birth record resulted in none found. What is more, the New York census for both 1920 and 1930 record the place of birth of Ward as "Michigan" and Hattie as "Kansas". Only recently the family bible of Levi Gallup surfaced after having been passed down to his son Amos and thence to Amos' son Elam. A record had been entered in the bible, probably by Elam, that Ward was born in Greenville, Michigan. Thus it appears that both the 1966 Gallup Genealogy and the 1986 edition are wrong. The 1930 census also states that they lived in Binghamton, NY, District 25, sheet 14B, on Mary Street, were paying $25.00 a month in rent and Ward was head of household at "age 47" working as "Watchman" for the "Gas Co."
I recall a visit back to Sauk Centre during which I was told by mother that Uncle Ward had died. The circumstances of Ward's death were nothing less than impressive. Mom said that they had received a phone call from Florence Falconbury, Ward's daughter, who told them that Ward, who had been the picture of health and had been riding his bicycle every day to work, had died. He had some minor ailment for which he went to a local clinic and shortly after returning home, according to the coroner's time of death, he put a gun in his mouth and committed suicide. The police investigated, as with all such deaths, and upon questioning Ward's physician for a possible reason they were told that nothing was wrong with Ward but the wear and tear of getting older. Ward was advised, the physician said, that as he was getting along in years he should probably consider "slowing down a bit". I was incredulous upon hearing all this so I turned to Dad and asked, "But if he was OK, why would he do such a thing as that?" Winfield merely replied: "Ward was always a kind of a queer duck."
I believe my father, who was always somewhat negative about his family, was just being cynical. Ward and Hattie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1953; Hattie died less than one year later. Ward's suicide was less than five years after that. One might reasonably presume that Ward had been in depression after the loss of his mate of 50 years and was also probably troubled about becoming a burden to his only child, Florence; all it might have taken was the doctor's comment for Ward to make his awful decision.
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In the 1930 census, Hattie's middle initial is give as "A", her occupation as "none", her age as"47", her birthplace as "Kansas" and both her parent's birthplaces as "Pennsylvania". This information is found to be the same in the 1920 census so it appears that the 1966 Gallup Genealogy is in error because it lists both Ward and Hattie as having been born in Binghamton, NY. I (LWG) believe that it was Blanche, Hattie's sister-in-law, who provided the information to the Gallup Family Association that Hattie and Ward were born in Binghamton, NY.
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I knew very little about Julian Finch until, after a very long wait, a death certificate copy finally arrived from New York State in Jan 2005. On November 29, 1913 Julian, a "White Male" came under the the care of a Dr. William Davis of Livingston Manor, NY until his death from Pulmonary Tuberculosis which he had contracted three years earlier in St. Paul, Minnesota. The death certificate names his father, V.A.Finch of Conklin, Broome Co., NY and his mother Cornelia Wilburn of Pennsylvania. Thus we now know where his daughter Lois got her unusual first name "Wilburna". The death certificate states that he was married at the time of his death but it does not name his wife [Blanche]. Appearing on the death certificate is the name of the informant, one H.L. Finch of Livingston Manor, NY (see below). The relationship of this person to Julian is not given. Julian was a "trainman" according to the death certificate.
Later on I received from Gretchen (Miller) Wade, Julian's granddaughter, a wedding announcement for Blanche and Julian. From this we learn that Julian was employed as manager of the paint department of "Babcock, Hine and Underwood wholesale and retail hardware merchants.". It must have been soon after his marriage that he became a "trainman".
We also learn from this announcement that one Harry Finch of Livingston Manor was Julian's brother and best man at his wedding to Blanche.
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According to the wedding announcement in the newspaper of Livingston Manor, NY, Blanche and Julian Finch were married "At the home of the bride's father, 40 Baldwin St. Binghamton, NY... at 8pm Christmas Eve, 1909". Thus we know where Elam Gallup was living on this date. Winfield Gallup was very likely living there too as he was only 17 and probably had not yet left home.
Blanche took care of her father, Elam, during his declining years in New Ulm, Minnesota. A few years after Elam's death in 1921, Blanche and Henry Eidsvold, who were married at the time of Elam's death according to Elam's obituary, moved to Minneapolis where Henry had found work as a fireman with the Pillsbury Milling Company. There they had their only child, BettyLu, in 1926.
When BettyLu was about age nine, Blanche divorced "H.O.", as he was known, and sought work as a housekeeper. She found work in the home of a wealthy family in Minneapolis who by and by moved away, and this time Blanche was not so fortunate with finding employment. She could find work only in the far north of Minnesota in the village of Enger near Deer River, MN. After about one year there, Frank Browning, from New Ulm, an acquaintence of Blanche's and arguably the best friend of her brother Winfield, came to Enger to "rescue" them. Their understanding was that Winfield had arranged with Frank to do this. Blanche eventually married Frank and the family was for the first time in happy circumstances.
The foregoing paragraph on the married life of Blanche Gallup and two of her husbands, Henry O. Eidsvold and Frank W. Browning was prepared from remarks of their daughter, BettyLu, to Lynn Gallup by phone conversation on September 29, 1999. Lynn was also interested in learning more about Dr. Hugh Edmiston, an osteopath and the employer of Lynn's grandfather Elam who must have enjoyed a very special relationship with this Doctor as he had granted permission for Elam to be buried in the Edmiston family plot in New Ulm. BettyLu remembered only that they had stayed in touch with Dr. Edmiston. He was a "great friend of my mother", recalls BettyLu.
"Antie Blanche" was one of Lynn's favorite aunts on either side of the family. He recalls her as positively the nicest, most even-tempered woman that one could imagine, and very thoughtful too. One of the highlights of the lives of the Gallup kids in Sauk Centre, MN were the visits from Blanche and Frank a couple times a year; each time they would let the family know of their visit well in advance and the Gallup kids knew that it meant they would have another wonderful treat; they could hardly wait - Blanche and Frank would always bring a "Frozen Pie" from an ice cream store in Minneapolis which Frank would arrange to have packed in a large canvas container between layers of dry ice. After eating the pie, the kids got to put on their mittens and throw pieces of the dry ice into a tub of hot water to see the magnificent display of bubbles. Blanche died of "Generalized Arteriosclerosis".~ BettyLu also told Lynn that Henry, Blanche and BettyLu did not have a happy life together. " Henry was mean!", was BettyLu's opening remark about her father. He physically abused BettyLu and Blanche. At one time, BettyLu remembers, Henry chased her mother through the house with a butcher knife. When BettyLu was about five years old, Blanche took her along on a visit to her old friend Dr. Edmiston in New Ulm, or so BettyLu thought until years later when she learned that Blanche had gone there for an abortion.
~ Regarding her life with her stepfather, Frank, BettyLu remarked that she was very happy during those years although Frank did "drink a bit".
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According to the wedding announcement in the newspaper of Livingston Manor, NY, Blanche and Julian Finch were married "At the home of the bride's father, 40 Baldwin St. Binghamton, NY... at 8pm Christmas Eve, 1909". Thus we know where Elam Gallup was living on this date. Winfield Gallup was very likely living there too as he was only 17 and probably had not yet left home.
Blanche took care of her father, Elam, during his declining years in New Ulm, Minnesota. A few years after Elam's death in 1921, Blanche and Henry Eidsvold, who were married at the time of Elam's death according to Elam's obituary, moved to Minneapolis where Henry had found work as a fireman with the Pillsbury Milling Company. There they had their only child, BettyLu, in 1926.
When BettyLu was about age nine, Blanche divorced "H.O.", as he was known, and sought work as a housekeeper. She found work in the home of a wealthy family in Minneapolis who by and by moved away, and this time Blanche was not so fortunate with finding employment. She could find work only in the far north of Minnesota in the village of Enger near Deer River, MN. After about one year there, Frank Browning, from New Ulm, an acquaintence of Blanche's and arguably the best friend of her brother Winfield, came to Enger to "rescue" them. Their understanding was that Winfield had arranged with Frank to do this. Blanche eventually married Frank and the family was for the first time in happy circumstances.
The foregoing paragraph on the married life of Blanche Gallup and two of her husbands, Henry O. Eidsvold and Frank W. Browning was prepared from remarks of their daughter, BettyLu, to Lynn Gallup by phone conversation on September 29, 1999. Lynn was also interested in learning more about Dr. Hugh Edmiston, an osteopath and the employer of Lynn's grandfather Elam who must have enjoyed a very special relationship with this Doctor as he had granted permission for Elam to be buried in the Edmiston family plot in New Ulm. BettyLu remembered only that they had stayed in touch with Dr. Edmiston. He was a "great friend of my mother", recalls BettyLu.
"Antie Blanche" was one of Lynn's favorite aunts on either side of the family. He recalls her as positively the nicest, most even-tempered woman that one could imagine, and very thoughtful too. One of the highlights of the lives of the Gallup kids in Sauk Centre, MN were the visits from Blanche and Frank a couple times a year; each time they would let the family know of their visit well in advance and the Gallup kids knew that it meant they would have another wonderful treat; they could hardly wait - Blanche and Frank would always bring a "Frozen Pie" from an ice cream store in Minneapolis which Frank would arrange to have packed in a large canvas container between layers of dry ice. After eating the pie, the kids got to put on their mittens and throw pieces of the dry ice into a tub of hot water to see the magnificent display of bubbles. Blanche died of "Generalized Arteriosclerosis".~ BettyLu also told Lynn that Henry, Blanche and BettyLu did not have a happy life together. " Henry was mean!", was BettyLu's opening remark about her father. He physically abused BettyLu and Blanche. At one time, BettyLu remembers, Henry chased her mother through the house with a butcher knife. When BettyLu was about five years old, Blanche took her along on a visit to her old friend Dr. Edmiston in New Ulm, or so BettyLu thought until years later when she learned that Blanche had gone there for an abortion.
~ Regarding her life with her stepfather, Frank, BettyLu remarked that she was very happy during those years although Frank did "drink a bit".