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==Obituary==  
 
==Obituary==  
(Kditor's Note: The Bradenton Ilrrald
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(Editor's Note: The Bradenton Herald of Jan. 7, carried the following account of Thomas Benton Gallup, who died Monday morning at the age of 78, after a long illnests, at. Bradenton, Florida.
of Jan. 7, carried tlio following
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account of Thomas Benton U-allup,
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Thomas,Benton Gallup. 78, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock, following an
who died Monday morning at the ag",
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illnesa of two months. Mr. Gallup came to Bradenton 27 years ago with his wife, Lira Karl, from his boyhood home, in [[k:Knox|Knox]], Albany county, N. Y. in hope of recovering from a severe illness. With the exception of an occasional trip north, he remained in Bradenton, and was the means of attracting many from his section of the state, to Manatee county where a considerable number
of 78, after a long illnests, at. Braden !
 
ton, Florida).
 
Thomas,Benton Gallup. 78, died this
 
morning at 4:30 o'clock, following an
 
illnesa of two months.
 
Mr. Gallup came to Bradenton 27
 
years ago with his wife, Lira Karl,
 
from his boyhood home, in Knox, Albany
 
county, N. Y. in hope of recovering
 
from a severe illness. With the
 
exception of an occasional trip north,
 
he remained in Bradenton, and waH
 
the means of attracting many from his
 
section of the state, to Manatee
 
county where a considerable numbi
 
 
several
 
several
East
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East have become permanent residents.
noted. Rivers in New Hampand
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Mr. Gallup had engaged in business undertakings in the city and vicinity of Albany, N. Y., but later on account of his health, had retired to the family homestead in Knox when he built a modern residence near the house built by his pioneer grand father, Squire John Enos Gallup, who came from New England in the early part of the nineteenth century, and settled in the Helderberg hills, the
Vermont were over their
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upper part of the Catskill range. The house he built of hewn timber is still occupied.
banks and were blocking roads yesterday.
 
Sections of the Normanskill broke
 
Wednesday. Two men who were cutting
 
ice near the Albany City line
 
nearly lost their lives in the sudden
 
break-up. The pair managed to
 
struggle ashore, suffering from bruises
 
and exposure. The upper Normanskill
 
at Duanesburgh flooded some of
 
the lowlaads there.
 
Ice broke in sections of the Bozenkill.
 
In other portions of the stream,
 
where ice iha<l formed nearly to the
 
bottom oi' the creek, iep was gradjiaJly
 
wearing away due to the mid-winter
 
freshet.
 
Snow-clogged ditches along many
 
highways Wednesday and Thursday
 
drove water aver the thoroughfares.
 
Men were put to work opening (lie
 
channels.
 
Marooned by Flood
 
A man, his1 wife and their 4-year-old
 
child spent an unpleasant half hour
 
in. their sedan when it stalled in the
 
Hooded underpass on Edison avenue
 
in Schenectady Wednesday night. The
 
water gradually covered the running
 
boards and then seeped through the:
 
doors of the car, driving them to the!
 
have become permanent residents.
 
Mr. Gallup had engaged in „„.„..,.
 
business undertakings in the city and
 
vicinity of Albany, N. Y., but. later on
 
account of his health, had retired to
 
the family homestead in Knox when
 
he built A modern residence near the
 
house built by his pioneer grand
 
father, Squire John linos Gallup, who
 
came from New England in the early
 
part of the nineteenth century, and
 
settled in the Hel-derberg hills, the
 
upper part of th,e Catskill range.
 
The house be built of hewn timber
 
is still occupied.
 
  
Here twelve sons and daughters
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Here twelve sons and daughters were born to Squire John Enos Gallup who for over a quarter of a century was justice of the peace in the highland
were born to Squire John Enos Gallup
 
who for over a quarter of a century
 
was justice of the peace in the highland
 
 
township, twenty miles from Albany.
 
township, twenty miles from Albany.
KELSEY IS NAMED
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F. E. R. A. AIDE IN
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His eleventh child, Elon Gallup, was the father of Thomas Benton. He was a man of wide reading and strong religious beliefs, shared by his wife Nancy Broeffle, who was of a line of pioneer preachers of Holland stock. Consequently, Thomas Benton
SEVERAL^ STATES
 
Was Albany Co. Agricultural
 
Agent For Period of Five
 
Years, 1923-28
 
(12 PAGES)
 
F.LJtl
 
His eleventh child, Elon Gallup, was
 
the father of Thomas Benton.
 
He was a man of wide reading and
 
strong religious beliefs, shared by his
 
wife Nancy Broeffle, w.ho was of a
 
line of pioneer preachers of Holland
 
stock. Consequently, Thomas Ben
 
  
 
==Additional Media==  
 
==Additional Media==  

Revision as of 19:45, 27 November 2012

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Birth

  • Thomas Benton Gallup was born 15 MAR 1856 the son of Elon Gallup (29 OCT 1821 - 16 MAY 1913) and Nancy Ann Guffin Broeffle (22 JAN 1827 - 10 MAR 1916) His brothers and sister were:[1]
  • Elbert Gallup (14 NOV 1851 - 16 NOV 1937)
  • Lucy Ella Gallup (17 MAY 1853 - 24 APR 1912)
  • George B Gallup (29 JUN 1864 - UNKNOWN)

Education

Occupation

Marriage & Children

Thomas Benton Gallup married on 6 MAR 1878 at New Salem, Albany, NY Lira Esther Earl(27 MAY 1855 - 4 FEB 1927). Their children were:

  • Earl Howard Gallup (31 MAY 1880 - AFT 1935)
  • Elon Gallup (1 AUG 1887 - NOV 1971)
  • Ernest Gallup (1 AUG 1887 - 13 AUG 1889)

Death

Thomas B. Gallup died 25 JAN 1935.

Obituary

(Editor's Note: The Bradenton Herald of Jan. 7, carried the following account of Thomas Benton Gallup, who died Monday morning at the age of 78, after a long illnests, at. Bradenton, Florida.

Thomas,Benton Gallup. 78, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock, following an illnesa of two months. Mr. Gallup came to Bradenton 27 years ago with his wife, Lira Karl, from his boyhood home, in Knox, Albany county, N. Y. in hope of recovering from a severe illness. With the exception of an occasional trip north, he remained in Bradenton, and was the means of attracting many from his section of the state, to Manatee county where a considerable number several East have become permanent residents. Mr. Gallup had engaged in business undertakings in the city and vicinity of Albany, N. Y., but later on account of his health, had retired to the family homestead in Knox when he built a modern residence near the house built by his pioneer grand father, Squire John Enos Gallup, who came from New England in the early part of the nineteenth century, and settled in the Helderberg hills, the upper part of the Catskill range. The house he built of hewn timber is still occupied.

Here twelve sons and daughters were born to Squire John Enos Gallup who for over a quarter of a century was justice of the peace in the highland township, twenty miles from Albany.

His eleventh child, Elon Gallup, was the father of Thomas Benton. He was a man of wide reading and strong religious beliefs, shared by his wife Nancy Broeffle, who was of a line of pioneer preachers of Holland stock. Consequently, Thomas Benton

Additional Media

Sources

  1. www.BerneHistory.com Family Files