This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FBB.2ACE/220.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Kathy, I don't have much on this family beyond the mother and father of Judge. I best explain my connection and then you can see where my interest is. Some of this you may already know, but I will just give an over view in case you don't. Judge's mother was Martha J. Craiger. She was the daughter of Samuel Eli Craiger and Mary Jane Galloway. Samuel Eli Craiger's sister was my great great grandmother. My genealogy goal has been to research my direct line plus the siblings and children of the siblings (including spouses) of my direct line. Thus, I have tried to document Samuel Eli Craiger and his children and the spouses of his children. Martha J. Craiger and her husband Leroy Galloway kind of brought me to the edge of my research on that family. That said, I have tried to fully document each person in my database with as many sources as possible and I am still missing a few details on Martha J. Craiger. Let me give you her genealogy in a nutshell: Michael Craiger, born about 1802 in VA, most likely Wythe County, married Elizabeth Jane Goins (the Goins name is not proven but that is handed down in family lore). Elizabeth was born about 1811 in VA. They married about 1830. The family is first found in the census records in 1840 and 1850 in Scott VA, then following that are in Wise County VA until some of the children like Martha J and her brother moved to Kentucky which is where they are found after 1900. Michael Craiger died between the 1850 and 1860 census. Samuel Eli Craiger was born about 1837 in Scott VA. He married Mary Jane Galloway in 1879 in Wise County. It appears that he and Mary Jane had their two children, Andrew Jackson and Martha J prior to their marriage. Mary Jane Galloway was first married to a Thomas Elkins and their relationship was very strange to say the least. It appears that Mary Jane and Samuel Eli lived to gether until the death of Thomas Elkins, then they officially married. Thus, you will note that both Martha J and Andrew Jackson were born prior to the marriage of Samuel Eli and Mary Jane. The family is found in the 1880 Wise VA census. Martha J Craiger married Leroy Galloway in 16 Jan 1888 in Wise County VA. Leroy was the son of Joseph E. Galloway and Sarah Johnson. In 1900, the family of Martha J. Craiger and Leroy Galloway is found in Harlan KY. They are living right next to her parents. At the same time, Martha's brother Andrew Jackson Craiger is living in Letcher KY. By the 1910 census, Martha J & Lee Galloway are living in Letcher County KY and it appears that they remained there until their death. Leroy Galloway died 15 Sep 1935 in Letcher KY. I do have a copy of his death certificate. It appears that Martha was still alive at the time of his death, but I have nothing on her after that. I have everything that I have explained here fully documented with all of my sources and would be happy to share that with you if you are interested. I do see the son Morgan in the home of Martha J and Lee Galloway in the 1900 census. I was hoping that you could shed some light on what happened to Martha J Craiger Galloway after the death of her husband. I do not have any other contacts on the family of Martha J Craiger and Leroy Galloway. All of my Craiger contacts come from other children of Michael & Elizabeth Jane Craiger.