The sun came out so I went to check it out and..... Thomas has a new marker. It is a great big hugh monolith with all kinds of info on it: Thomas Harrison Galloway Born Dec 22, 1815 Died Dec 18, 1874 His wife Elizabeth Glazener Born Sept 8, 1818 Died Nov 15, 1901 Educators, Military Service, Religious Activity, Farms and Timberland, Lumber, Justice and other public service Associated with their acheivements, this monument should serve as the Galloway guide stone for all the descendents now and in the future And then on the back of the stone it says: Their family: James Earl M. Elizabeth O. Galloway Jane Susana M. Andrew Whitmire 2. John D. Galloway Lyman Thayer M. Selena Patterson Sarah Bertha M. Thomas Aikens Walton Albert D. age 15 Mary Ann D. age 13 F. Elizabeth D. age 11 Edward Hope M. Jestina Patterson 2. Martha Sutterfield Arthur Buford D. Age 3 N. Charlotte M. John B. Patterson Lydia Myra M. Francis M. Pettet Harriett Cass M. Wayne Lowe 2. Thomas Cantrell Erected in 1989 by the descendents to honor the memory of these beloved Great Grand Ancestors and their immediate family. Great marker - still leaves us with conflicting dates. Considering the amount of effort going into the marker, I'm going to use it as my "official" date and simply add a note that it might be off a bit. Maybe someday we will know. BTW - Wm. J & his wife still have the original markers. Capt Wim. J. Galloway Died June 26, 1895 aged 80 yrs, 4 ms, 10 dys. It is in pretty good shape. My math still comes up with 1815. I'll try to check on the original census sometime when I'm in Sylva. Does anyone know when parents John & Hannah were married? Judy Ballard wrote: > I have the same dates as you. The dates are from the Transylvania Co. > Cemeteries. If you follow the census records on William J. Galloway and > Thomas Harrison Galloway, you will see that their ages are so that Thomas > Harrison Galloway is born ca. 1817 (Could his d.o.b. be 22 Dec 1816?). > > William J. Galloway's census records (1860, 1870, 1880) indicate that he > was born ca. 1815. > > In summary, I believe we will have to base these dates on census records > and tombstones. Has anyone personally checked these tombstones to verify > what is published? Sometimes old tombstones are difficult to read and 5's > and 6's can easily be confused. > > Judy > > ---------- -- Linda Hoxit Raxter lraxter@citcom.net See Indexed Western North Carolina Cemetery Surveys http://www.geocities.com/~alextreehouse related to at least half the county - at least once ; )