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Belinda Gardner GALLOWAY

Female 1863 - 1920  (56 years)


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  1. 1.  Belinda Gardner GALLOWAY was born on 11 Aug 1863 in Iowa; died on 2 Jan 1920; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.

    Notes:

    Belinda Gardner Galloway, born 8/11/1863; married Henry Town, 3/21/1889; born at Cicero, Onondaga, N. Y., 7/5/1861; foreman of the cooperage department of the Illinois prison at Joliet; entered the service of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and was stationed at Dubuque, Ia.; transferred to Jackson and Detroit, Mich.; thence to Madison, Wis., as general manager of the southern half of the state; here he remained nine years, when on 9/23/1902 he was elected by the state board of control to the position of Warden of the Wisconsin state prison at Waupun, Wis.; he was a Republican, but was elected without political influence solely upon his merits; she was a teacher, then a clerk in the office of Mr. Town at Dubuque; her business ability, coupled with her vivacity and intelligence, won his esteem, and then his love. They were married and have lived a happy life. (See engraving of Nancy Catherine (Galloway-Shinn) Levens, Mr. and Mrs. Town and their two children, p. 305.)

    The children were:
    1. George Galloway Town (9); b. Detroit, Mich., 2/11/1891.
    2. Henry Galloway Town (9); b. Madison, Wis., 10/11/1894.

    Source: The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America, by Josiah H. Shinn. (1903)

    Belinda married Henry TOWN on 21 Mar 1889. Henry (son of George TOWN and Elizabeth TERWILLIGER) was born on 5 Jul 1861 in Cicero, Onondaga, New York; died on 29 Jun 1932 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. George Galloway TOWN was born on 11 Feb 1891 in Wisconsin; died on 13 Jul 1965 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California.
    2. Henry Galloway TOWN was born on 11 Oct 1894 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin; died on 11 Feb 1971; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.

Generation: 2