March is Women's History Month, so does anyone have a unique and fascinating women in their family that lived in Gallia County? Tell us her story. I would like to add to the list that Marjorie posted the name of Sarah Safford Winslow Smith. Sarah is the granddaughter of Robert Safford who cut down the first tree on the site of Gallipolis in 1790. Her grandmother was Catherine Cameron, a member of the French Five Hundred.Sarah was born in 1842 and died in 1929. Sarah was a nurse during the Civil War and served her in Gallia County. She married E.F. Winslow at the close of the war. She became a widow and later married William Smith, from Cabel Co, WV. She died in Proctorville, the last of her immediate family at the age of 87. A Daughters of Union Veterans Tent (DUV) has been started and named after Sarah Safford Smith. Any lady that is a direct decendant of a union veteran may make applications. You may pick up an application at the Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society or you may contact me . Also, there is a Sons of the Union Veterans (SUV) group that has formed in Gallia County, the Cadot- Blessing Camp #126. Application forms for the SUV are also at the Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society. Contact them for applications. Cheryl Enyart VP of the Gallia County Genealogical Society, OGS Chapter. Co-founder of the Sarah Safford Smith Tent #151 412 Second Avenue Gallipolis, Oh 45631 740-446-7200 histsoc@zoomnet.net. Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page