Wiley Maxwell Galloway (1884 - 1931)

Born 10 Mar 1884 in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Nicholson) Galloway — married 1 Mar 1919 in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States

Died 19 Mar 1931 at age 47 in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Wiley was born 10 March 1884 in Transylvania County, North Carolina. He was the son of Rufus Galloway and Hester Reid. He may have been Ada Monteith, also of Transylvania County (at least two children of Wiley's were born before his marriage to Martha "Mattie" Nicholson). His wife of record was Martha "Mattie" Nicholson.

In 1900^[1] and 1910,^[2] Wiley was living with his parents and siblings in Hamburg Township, Jackson County, North Carolina. His father, Rufus Galloway was a farmer.

According to his draft registration card (12 Spetember, 1918), Wiley was short, of medium build, with brown eyes and hair. Apparently, either Wiley's first wife had died or they were not together by this time as he listed his nearest relative as Conrad, his son.^[3]

A marriage record exists for only one of Wiley's wives. Wiley married Martha Mattie Nicholson on 1 March 1919 in Jackson County.^[4] She was the daughter of John D. and Martha Nicholson.

Like many Transylvanians, Wiley and his family moved west, Washington), usually for jobs in the logging business. He shows up in Snohomish, Washington, in the 1920 census with his wife, Mattie, and and three of this children.^[5]

According to his death certificate, Wiley was stuck in the head with a stone on 16 March 1931 in Glenville, Jackson County, resulting in his death on 19 March at C. J. Harris Community Hospital in Sylva, Jackson County. His death was ruled a homicide.^[6] He was buried at Lake Toxaway (Lakeside) Cemetery on 30 March 1931 where many of his family was interred.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSY5-Y2K : accessed 29 July 2019), Wiley M Galloway in household of Rufus J Galloway, Hamburg Township, Jackson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 6B, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,201.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML39-3MY : accessed 29 July 2019), Wiley M Galloway in household of Rufus J Galloway, Hamburg, Jackson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 3A, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1116; FHL microfilm 1,375,129.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDS-9WP : 13 March 2018), Wily Maxwell Galloway, 1917-1918; citing Jackson County, North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,765,683.
4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP91-C1BJ : 28 November 2018), Wiley Galloway and Mattie Nicholson, 1 Mar 1919; citing Jackson, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNZ-G2V : accessed 29 July 2019), W M Galloway, East Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States; citing ED 126, sheet 4A, line 42, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1939; FHL microfilm 1,821,939.
6. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPPC-6JB : 17 July 2017), Wiley Maxwell Galloway, 19 Mar 1931; citing Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina, fn 1463 cn 120, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,033.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG7-TVF5 : 13 December 2015), Wiley M. Galloway, ; Burial, Lake Toxaway, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States of America, Lakeside Cemetery; citing record ID 114030360, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.