GALAWAY GALLOWAY John

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• Cemetery Location: Row F, North to South O
• Needs Confirmation: Y

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* NEEDS CONFIRMATION: To date there are no documents to confirm John GALAWAY buried in Atoka Cemetery is the John GALLOWAY, teacher at the Blue Gap school. The assumption is based on the two references below.
      - "Coleman County Commissioners Court minutes of 1877 list a school called Jim Ned on Jim Ned Creek. In 1877 court minutes mention a Blue Gap School and a John Galloway was the teacher. John Galloway is buried at Atoka." Atoka... Early Settlement: Atoka Schools by Jack Shields; Chronicle and Democrat-Voice; Coleman, Coleman Co, TEXAS; 20 October, 1987; posted in Histories
      - ""Blue Gap School by Ralph Terry from A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985 edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates
Blue Gap School was mentioned in the Commissioner's Court Minutes of 1877, and John Galloway was the teacher. This school was located in northeast Runnels County, which was under Coleman Counties jurisdiction at that time." Posted at Ancestry.com
* Coleman County, Texas Marriage Records
[Posted at Coleman County, Texas Marriage Records [S1]
Books I - IV - - - July 17, 1873 - October 10, 1907
Alphabetical Listings of Groom and Bride - - - Starting with the letter "G
Groom: Galaway John
Bride: Johnson Miss A. S.
Marriage Date: 9/4/1879
Officiant: Childress H. M. Methodist Minister
Place: Coleman County, Texas
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* FindAGrave
John Galaway
Birth: Apr. 11, 1853
Death: Apr. 30, 1884
Burial: Atoka Cemetery, Novice (Coleman County), Coleman County, Texas, USACreated by: Alyce Rufi
Record added: Aug 01, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 55723558
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* Gravestone
Atoka Cemetery, Coleman County, TEXAS
- Photo posted on FindAGrave and in HEADSTONES.
John Galaway
Born
Apr. 11, 1853
Died
Apr. 30, 1884
Gone but not forgotten.
Galaway
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* Research Notes
- Who is John GALAWAY, posted in HISTORIES

John married JOHNSON GALLOWAY PARKER Anna (Annie) Lucy on 4 Sep 1879 in Coleman Co, TEXAS. Anna (daughter of JOHNSON David H. and HOLSTLAW JOHNSON M. A. Caroline) was born on 31 May 1863 in ILLINOIS; died on 19 Jan 1947 in San Diego Co, CALIFORNIA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Officiant: Childress H. M. Methodist Minister

1. GALAWAY WHITE Goldie L. was born on 6 Apr 1882 in KANSAS; died on 8 Mar 1941 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co, CALIFORNIA.