Gallup, Thomas Benton

caption

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:
• Elbert Gallup (14 NOV 1851 - 16 NOV 1937)
• Lucy Ella Gallup (17 MAY 1853 - 24 APR 1912)
• George B Gallup (29 JUN 1864 - UNKNOWN)

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

(Kditor's Note: The Bradenton Ilrrald of Jan. 7, carried tlio following account of Thomas Benton U-allup, who died Monday morning at the ag", 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 East noted. Rivers in New Hampand Vermont were over their 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 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. KELSEY IS NAMED F. E. R. A. AIDE IN 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

Sources

---