Thomas Hobson McGalliard (1832 - 1897)

Born 8 May 1832 in Burke, North Carolina, USA

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Died 7 Aug 1897 at age 65 in Banks, Georgia, USA

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Name

Name: Thomas Hobson /McGalliard/

Source: Footnote: Maysville, Georgia, newspaper obituary, 1897 Last night about dark, Mr. T.H. McGalliard, a highly respected farmer, left here in a buggy, for his home, which is about 2 miles distant. While going down a hill just outside the city limits of Maysville, his mule was frightened and started to run. In his efforts to stop the mule, the lines broke, and seeing there was no chance to stop the animal, Mr. McGalliard, hoped to escape injuries by jumping, but in the jump he fell, his head striking first, his skull was crushed, causing instant death, leaving a wife and nine children to mourn his death.

FOOT Maysville, Georgia, newspaper obituary, 1897 Last night about dark, Mr. T.H. McGalliard, a highly respected farmer, left here in a buggy, for his home, which is about 2 miles distant. While going down a hill just outside the city limits of Maysville, his mule was frightened and started to run. In his efforts to stop the mule, the lines broke, and seeing there was no chance to stop the animal, Mr. McGalliard, hoped to escape injuries by jumping, but in the jump he fell, his head striking first, his skull was crushed, causing instant death, leaving a wife and nine children to mourn his death.

Name: Thomas /McGallierd/

Source: #S23

Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina; Roll: T9_958; Family History Film: 1254958; Page: 269.4000; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 0224.

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Text: Record for Thomas McGallierd

Name: Thomas H /McGalliard/

Source: #S33

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Thomas H McGalliard

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Thomas Hobson /McGalliard/.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 08 MAY 1832

Place: Burke, North Carolina, USA

Source: #S33

Page: Database online.

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Text: Record for Thomas H McGalliard

Birth:

Date: 1832

Place: N C

Source: #S23

Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina; Roll: T9_958; Family History Film: 1254958; Page: 269.4000; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 0224.

Data:

Text: Record for Thomas McGallierd

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 08 MAY 1832

Death

Death:

Date: 07 AUG 1897

Place: Banks, Georgia, USA

Source: #S33

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Thomas H McGalliard

Burial

Burial:

Place: Grove Level Church Cememtery, Maysville, Georgia, USA

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1880

Place: Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States

Source: #S23

Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina; Roll: T9_958; Family History Film: 1254958; Page: 269.4000; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 0224.

Data:

Text: Record for Thomas McGallierd

Event

Event:

Type: BURIAL

Place: GA

Source: #S33

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for Thomas H McGalliard

Note

Note: #N161

Sources

Source S23

Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Title: 1880 United States Federal Census

Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;

Repository: #R1

NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880

Repository R1

Name: www.ancestry.com

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Source S33

Author: National Cemetery Administration

Title: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;

Repository: #R1

NOTENational Cemetery Administration, Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Notes

Note N161"Thomas H. McGalliard, Co A 7th Battn., NC CAV CSA May 8, 1832 Aug 7, 1897

Thomas H. McGalliard, Confederate Army, enlisted 7 July 1862, in Macon Co., age 28, private

Thomas H. McGalliard, private, Co. A 7th Batallion N.C. Cavalry, enlisted in Macon County at age 28, July 7, 1862, for the war. Reported on July 7 - August 31, 1862, muster roll with the remark: "Discharged from Cavalry Service".

1860 Census, Macon Co., N.C., page 556, Franklin twp.

Last night about dark, Mr. T.H. McGalliard, a highly respected farmer, left here in a buggy, for his home, which is about 2 miles distant. While going down a hill just outside the city limits of Maysville, his mule was frightened and started to run. In his efforts to stop the mule, the lines broke, and seeing there was no chance to stop the animal, Mr. McGalliard, hoped to escape injuries by jumping, but in the jump he fell, his head striking first, his skull was crushed, causing instant death, leaving a wife and nine children to mourn his death.

(R.P. McGalliard, of Hiawassee, received a letter notifying him of his father's death.

Letter dated August 11, 1897, to Mr. R.P. McGalliard, Hiawassee

Dear Sir:

I hate to pen you the sad intelligence of your father's death. The mule ran away with him a few minutes ago down the hil at Mr. Carr's and he jumped and his head was crushed, and died instantly. Haven't time to write more as it is train time. It is now 20 minutes till and the news has just reached me.

Trustenally yours,

s/ J.C. Cox (Dealer in harness and family groceries)

sources for this family information:

Mrs. Lois McGalliard, Rt. 1 Box 102, China Grove, N.C. 28023

Joe Dial McGalliard, 806 S. Main Street, China Grove, N.C. 28023

Henry Hobson McGalliard, Rt. 1 Box 115, China Grove, N.C. 28023