You're welcome. And I need to correct one thing - the sister in Acworth was Mrs. Orr...not Off. It was late and my fingers wandered on the keys. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Orcutt" <cicely@3riversdbs.net> To: <gacherok@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [GACHEROK] John Ridge Galt/Arcadia Caroline Tippin Lawhon Galt > Wally - Thank you so much for your response to my query and the very > helpful > obituary. The information from this obit has confirmed that Henry James > Galt > was part of the issue of John R. Galt's first marriage to Amanda Mary > Stroup. Henry J. was a half-brother to my grandfather, John Edward. Again, > thank you for this information. Martha Galt Orcutt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wally McCollum" <mccollumw@comcast.net> > To: <gacherok@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 9:35 PM > Subject: Re: [GACHEROK] John Ridge Galt/Arcadia Caroline Tippin Lawhon > Galt > > >> This obituary may relate to your family: >> >> May 2 1915 edition of the Cherokee Advance (collected and annotated by >> John >> Carver) >> >> Mr. Henry James Galt died Saturday morning at his home in Cartersville. >> Mr. >> Galt was the son of John R. and Amanda Galt and was born August 28, 1852 >> in >> Cherokee County, Georgia. He is survived by three sisters. Mrs. Reece of >> Marietta; Mrs. Meager of Atlanta; Mrs Off of Acworth; and one brother, >> Mr. >> J.E. Galt of Kennesaw. Also surviving are his widow, two sons, H.J. Jr >> and >> Will Galt and four daughters , Mrs A. Cook, Mrs. W.A. Brown, Mrs. Arthur >> Brewer and Miss Clyde Galt. The remains were carried to Oak Hill >> cemetery >> in Cartersville for burial. (Cartersville News, page 6, column 1, 2, 3 >> and >> 4) >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Martha Orcutt" <cicely@3riversdbs.net> >> To: <GACHEROK@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:23 PM >> Subject: [GACHEROK] John Ridge Galt/Arcadia Caroline Tippin Lawhon Galt >> >> >>>I am seeking dates of death and place of burial for my great >>>grandparents, >>>John Ridge Galt and Arcadia Caroline Tippin Lawhon Galt. There is a date >>>of death of 1876 posted in World Connect for John Ridge Galt, but I have >>>not been able to verify this with any document and have not found his >>>place >>>of burial. He was born in SC in 1814, moved to GA with most of his >>>family, >>>parents wereJabez Galt and Frances Machen, to the Canton area. His >>>parents >>>are buried in Canton. He married Caroline in 1862 (3rd wife ?) and their >>>issue were John Edward Galt (1864), my grandfather, and Lee A.(Lela, >>>Leeland) Galt, his sister, in 1867. The last record of the these four >>>Galts together was in 1870 in Bells District, Cherokee Co. By the 1880 >>>census, Johr R. had died (?) and I find no record of Caroline's >>>whereabouts. A researcher in Bartow found John Edward and Lela (?) living >>>in Paulding Co. with their half-brother Thompson George Lawhon, >>>Caroline's >>>son from her first marriage to George W. La! >>> whon. She also found that in January of 1880, Caroline had applied for >>> guardianship bonds for her two minor children in Cherokee Co. I have no >>> date of death or burial for Caroline.If anyone can help me, it would be >>> most appreciated. Martha Galt Orcutt >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GACHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GACHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GACHEROK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >