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From: Michael M Gollaher <>
Subject: [GALLAGHER-L] ROLL CALL: GOLLAHER/ O'GALLAHER
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:50:02 -0700


OK-- Here is my genealogy from WILLIAM CULBERTSON GOLLAHER on back into Ireland
in the 1600s (Ballyshannon). This posting might be quite large, since it goes
back quite a way, and since I have also included some notes I have attached to
it at the end that may be of worth to someone.

REFERENCES: I did not personally accomplish this, but gleaned it from other
sources I believe are very reliable. Please note that there is no little amount
of confusion about various Thomas, James and John Gallaher /Gollaher /O'Gallaher
when you get back into Ireland. I would GREATLY welcome anyone who could shed
some light concerning the "TENNESSEE GOLLAHERS (GALLAHERS et al) and the
VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY and GEORGIA Gollahers, Gollihers, et al. I would welcome any
corrections, additions, etc.

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|........... LINEAGE OF WILLIAM CULBERTSON GOLLAHER ............|
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COMMON GIVEN NAMES: James, Monroe, Elizabeth, John, William,
Martha, Nancy

[x] = Generation beginning w/ William going backwards in time.
§ = Denotes ancestor of MICHAEL MONROE GOLLAHER

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[1]GOLLAHER, WILLIAM CULBERTSON# 00000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...b: 16 Jan 1807 /Washington Co. Wilkes, Georgia
...d: 6 Dec 1867 /Tooele, Tooele, Utah (others place it as 16
......Dec.)
...Occupations: Blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, gunsmith,mayor
+
...m:ORTON, ELIZABETH /3 Oct 1828 /Clinton, Clinton, Illinois
......b: 23 Oct 1809 /Breson, Roan, North Carolina
......d: 7 Aug 1854 /Tooele, Tooele, Utah
......Father:ORTON, James (#000)
......Mother:RENSHAW, Elizabeth (#000)
+
...m:CRANSTON, BETSY ROBBINS (Widow Howe) / 1858 /place unk
Came to Utah in Capt Sessions co. 1 yr dau Gertrude. Garfield
in cave. Oliver Porter McCustion Left her first hunter Howe after
she joined Mormon church. Joseph Tyson Gollaher was only son.

--------------------------------------------
... Children of William C. & Elizabeth:
--------------------------------------------

...1. MARY ANN
......b: 24 Jul 1829 /Clinton, Dewitt, ILL
......d: 18 Aug 1906 /Hagerman, Gooding, ID (burried in
.........Tooele)
......m: ROWBERRY, John W
......m: TOBIAS, Henry Oren

...2.ELIZABETH
......b: 30 Dec 1832 (1831) /Clinton, Dewitt, ILL
......d: 4 May 1904 /Wellsville, Cache, UT (burried in
.........Logan, UT)
......m: 4 Jun 1853 /BENSON, Ezra Taft /Salt Lake City, UT *

§ 3.JAMES MONROE SR.****
......b: 25 Mar 1833 /Clinton, Dewitt, ILL
......d: 13 Feb 1900 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
......m: 11 Jun 1856 /BRACKEN, Catherine Bell
......m: 1859 /WELCH, Honor
......m: 1865 /M. Lucy

...4.NANCY JANE
......b: 11 Jul 1837 /Far West, Caldwell, Missouri
......d: 11 Oct 1846 /Kersaque, Iowa (burried Van Buren
.........Co, IA) cause of death unk
......m: -

...5.HARRIET LAURA
......b: 20 Jun 1838 /Far West, Caldwell, MO
......d: 24 Jun 18838 /"
......m: -

...6.ELIZABETH ANGELINE (aka Liza ?)
......b: 20 Feb 1841 /Burton, Adams, IL
......d: 15 Jan 1921 / Tooele, Tooela, UT
......m: 16 Feb 1857 /SKELTON, Robert Hodson**

...7.SARAH JANE
......b: 7 Jan 1844 /Burton, Adams, IL
......d: 11 Aug 1849? /"
......m: -

...8.SAMANTHA O.
......b: 7 Jan 1847 /Keroque, Van Buren, IA
......d: 3 Feb 1925 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
......m: 1 Mar 1875 /WHITE, Joseph
......m: PICKETT, Matthew
......m: 1881 /PICKETT, James

...9.WILLIAM CULBERTSON
..... - sheepherder in Skull Valley, UT
......b: 7 Jan 1847-50 /Keroque, Van Buren, IA
......d: 17 Jan 1921 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
......m: never married
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[NOTES]
Occupation: Existing diaries and records list William as a
blacksmith, wheelwright, gunsmith and carpenter.

History: In 1838 he was in Far West MO, signed petition of redress
for property lost likely due to anti-Mormon mobs.Family oral history
says that he came to Nauvoo, Illinois probably to be closer to the
Mormon church, where he established a blacksmith shop in the local
village of Burton. It is unknown when he converted to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") founded by Joseph
Smith, Jr. After anti-Mormon mobs martyred Joseph Smith and burned
the city, William took his family to Winters Quarters, and stayed
behind the first westward exodus of Mormon "saints" to ready wagons
for their voyage across the plains to the Great Salt Lake Valley.
Heading west with the Mormon pioneers in 1849 himself, he helped
found the town of Tooele, Utah, and served as one of its first mayors.

Early letters indicate all the "Gollaher Girls" had red hair.
.* ELIZABETH married EZRA TAFT BENSON, whose namesake descendant
would later become the 10th "prophet, seer and revelator" of the
ten million member world-wide church which had sprung up from the
small and persecuted sect which William had embraced. Among her
children were: Fred Gollaher Benson born 17 Jan 1855 in Tooele,
Tooele, Utah. D 6 Jan 1915. Fred married (1) Clara Jane Rice 29 Jul
1889. Fred also married (2) Mary E. Monroe on 1 Jan 1902. Mary was
born about 1855. Also: Lizzie Gollaher Benson(3) born 9 Jul 1869
and died 1 Aug 1946.

** Ancestor of comedian RED SKELTON.

*** Diary of William Foote (1817-1903)
(http://home.rmci.net/ogollaher/history/Texts/Foote_Diary.html)

**** MONROE as a given name: James Monroe Sr apparently
started a tradition of naming the eldest son MONROE that has
lasted until the present generation. The reason is a mystery, as
Monroe is not an Irish name (it is Scottish), and whose meaning
is very muddy. Most etymologies give its meanings as Moine-Ruadh,
moine being a marsh or swamp, and ruadh meaning red. Some say the
-roe refers to the river Roe in Ireland which seems unlikely as it
Monroe not an Irish name.

REF: http://www.pollette.com/washington/records/census/1850.htm
...is still under construction.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[2]GOLLAHER, JAMES# 00000
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...b:abt 1782 /Wilkes, Georgia
...d:1872 /Livingston, Rockcastle, Kentucky
+
...m:abt 1800 /CULBERTSON, FRANCIS (Fanny)
......b: 18 Oct 1783 /Rowan, North Carolina
......d: Utah (?)
......Father:CULBERTSON, David
......Mother:SMITH, Ruth

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...... Children of James & Fanny:
----------------------------------

...1. POLLY ANN
......b: abt 1801 /Washington, Wilkes, GA
......d:
......m:

...2. JAMES G.
......b: abt 1805 /Washington, Wilkes, GA
......d:
......m:

...3. DAVID R.
......b: abt 1805 /Washington, Wilkes, GA
......d:
......m:

§..4. WILLIAM CULBERTSON
.
...5. HARRIET (?) this child is questionable
......b: abt 1809
......d:
......m:

...6. MARY ANN (Sally)
......b: 21 Feb 1811 /Levingston, Letcha, KY
......d:
......m: 15 Jun 1827 (?) /OUTHOUSE, Turner
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[NOTES]:

May have spelled name GOLLOHER.

Is thought to have joined Mormon church and moved with William to
Illinois. Reportedly returned to Kentucky to serve a mission, but
never returned. May have become discouraged in the faith and
stayed on in Kentucky with the Gollaher family in that area.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[3] GOLLAHER, CHARLES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...b:abt 1757 /Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
...d:6 Jun /Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+
...m:MUCKLWEE, SUSANNA
......b: abt 1760 /Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
......d:
......Father:MUCKLWEE, Thomas
......Mother:Amila

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...... Children of Charles & Susanna:
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...1. THOMAS*
......b: abt 1780 /Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
......d:
......m: Judith

§..2. JAMES
......b: abt 1782 /Wilkes, GA
......d:
......m:

...3. WILLIAM
......b: abt 1784 /Wilkes, GA
......d:
......m:

...4. GEORGE
......b: abt 1784 /Wilkes, GA
......d:
......m:

...5. MARTHA
.......b: abt 1790 /Fredricks, Virgina
.......d:
.......m:

...6. RUFUS
.......b: abt 1792 /Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
.......d:
.......m:

...7. JOHN
......b: abt 1794 /Fredricks, VA
......d:
......m:
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[NOTES]:
* (Thomas) Spelling variations known: Gollaher, Golliher. Most
history books list it as "Gollaher." Father to Benjamin Austin
Gollaher, who, while the family was living at Knob Creek, Kentucky,
was boyhood friend to Abraham Lincoln. Saved the seven-year old
Lincoln from drowning by fishing him out of swollen Knob Creek.
The Thomas Gollaher cabin logs were used to erect a replica of
Linclon's childhood home in 1931.
· Link: http://www.ltadd.org/hodgenville/attractions.html
· Link: http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton1/Lincoln57.html

• Documentation: pp. 16-18 of Best Lincoln Stories Tersely Told
by J. E. Gallaher, pp.14-15 of Ida Tarbell's The Life of Abraham
Lincoln Volume 1, and p. 25 of Edward Steers'
Lincoln: A Pictorial History.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[4] GOLLAHER, CALEB
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...b:abt 1739 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
...d:
+
...m:26 Oct 1757 /JONES, MARTHA /Welmington, New Castle, Delaware
......b:
......d:
......Father:
......Mother:

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...... Children of Caleb & Martha:
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§..1. CHARLES
......b: abt 1757 /Philadelphia, Philadelphia. PA
......d:
......m: MUCKLWEE, Susanna

...2. JOHN
......b: abt 1755 /Welmington, New Castle, Delaware
......d:
......m:

...3. PATRICK
......b: abt 1759 /Philadelphia. Philadelphia. PA
......d:
......m:

...4. AMILA
......b: abt 1760 /Philadelphia. Philadelphia. PA
......d:
......m:

...5. NANCY
......b: abt 1763 /Philadelphia. Philadelphia. PA
......d:
......m:
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[NOTES]: This is apparently the ancestor who changed the spelling
of the surname to GOLLAHER from O'Gallaher, presumably in a vain
attempt to get Americans to pronounce it right. His father spelled
it O'Gallaher, as did all of his siblings. Due to his age, it is a
safe bet that Caleb left Ballyshannon single, and married Martha
after his arrival, as JONES is most decidedly NOT an Irish surname.
The Rebellion of 1745? and Cromwellian deprivations seem to be a
safe guess as to providing at least one major impetus to his
departure. Family oral history says he was in debtor's prison,and
took the five pounds the crown was offering to settle the English
colonies at the time and relieve the overcrowded prisons and settle
the colonies.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[5] O'GALLAHER, JOHN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...b:abt 1720 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
...d:
+
...m:abt 1738 /MARGARET
......b: abt 1722 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......Father:
......Mother:

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...... Children of John & Bridget:
-----------------------------------

§..1. CALEB GOLLAHER
......b: abt 1739 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m: 26 Oct 1738 /JONES, Martha

...2. JAMES O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1741 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d: abt 1742 /Ballyshannon, "
......m:

...3. HUGH O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1745 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...4. WILLIAM O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1747 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...5. ANNA O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1749 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

....6. BRIDGET O'GALLAHER
.......b: abt 1750 /Ballyshannon, "
.......d:
.......m:

...7. JOHN O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1752 //Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...8. THOMAS O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1754 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...9. PATRICK O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1756 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[NOTES]:
It is uncertain whether this is a descendant of the famous Sir
John (Eoin) Gallagher /Gallaher, knight, as mentioned in the
annals of the Four Masters.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[6] O'GALLAHER, JAMES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...b:abt 1680 /Claghaunty, Paris, Donegal IRELAND
...d:
+
...m:abt 1738 /MARGARET
......b: abt 1685 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......Father:
......Mother:

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...... Children of James & Bridget:
------------------------------------

§..1. JOHN O'GALLAHER
......b: abt 1720 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m: 26 Oct 1738 /Margaret /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND

...2. PATRICK
......b: abt 1722 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...3. MICHAEL
......b: abt 1723 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...4. MARGARET
......b: abt 1726 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:

...5. ANNE
......b: abt 1728 /Ballyshannon, Donegal, IRELAND
......d:
......m:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[NOTES]: There seems a fair possibility that this last generation
information has been somewhat corrupted.

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END OF RECORD

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|------- RANDOM NOTES & CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING ABOVE --------|
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Correspondence between Jeff Darlington
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Hi Ursula,
Do you have much information on the Gallaher family in Ireland
and Tennessee?
Here is what I have....

.... 1 John O'Gallaher, b. 1705, Donegal Co., Ireland, married
Margaret (?) in Ireland

.... 2 James O'Gallaher Sr., b. 1737 in Ireland, emigrated
to USA, married Sarah Miller, probably in VA or TN, d. September 22,
1791 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., TN.

.... 3 George Burum Gallaher, b. March 14, 1762, married Sarah B.
Oates on February 19, 1793 in Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., VA, d.
April 12, 1837 in Knox Co., TN

.... 4 Nancy Grun Gallaher, b. January 19, 1798 in Hardin Valley,
Knox Co., TN, married John Stuart on September 08, 1817 in Knox
Co, d. July 19, 1822 in Roane Co., TN.

Thanks again,
Jeff Darlington
(please e-mail!)
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T. J. Gallaher, corporal Revolutionary Army,1776, Tenn.?

In Reply to: Thomas Jefferson Gallaher posted by Giles Gallaher
on June 05, 1998 at 15:24:02:

I have Thomas Jefferson Gollaher son of George Gollaher. Thomas
was married to Rosella Rebecca Main. Is this your family?
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MORMON PIONEER RECORDS:
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Gollaher, Elizabeth O. 41
Gollaher, Harriet F. 10
Gollaher, Mary Ann
Gollaher, William C. 42
Gallacher, Elizabeth O.
Gallacher, William C.
Gallschef, Eliza A. 8

Departed From: Kanesville, Iowa
Dep Date: 4-Jul-1847
Cpmpamy: Ezra T. Benson (5)
Arrival: About 28-Oct-1849
Winter Quarters was also known as Florence, which was near
Omaha, Nebraska Kanesville, Nebraska is now present day Council
Bluffs.

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On BENJAMIN AUSTIN GOLLAHER:
----------------------------
Evidently my gggrandfather John David somehow thought William C.
was a brother to Benj., and included him in a family group sheet,
plus some interesting information on Benj. "Auston." (as he spelled
it). In his handwriting he notes of Benj. Austin: "Auston Gollaher
lived for 92 years. Died Feb 23, 1898. He married Polly Price, a
local girl, and had six children, three boys (Tom, Jim and George)
and three girls. Sons Tom and Jim Gollaher were drafted into Union
forces [during the Civil War]. Tom was later released from service,
having 12 children. Jim died in camp with yellow fever. George moved
to Missouri. Auston's great grand son lived in Louisville, Ky.
Austin's granddaughter, Mrs. Naneibelle Edlin, lived in Louisville,
Ky. When Austin was in his 70s his wife, Polly, died."

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Orange County Indiana 1850 Federal Census
Orleans Township

This must be a close relative of William Culbertson, as "my" William
left for Utah with Mormon pioneers in 1849 It is amazing how many
names are the same.

Enumerator: John E. Gillum
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GOLLAHER Sarah 21 TN
176—177 GOLLAHER William 56 Farmer VA
Sarah 45 NC
Charles B. 19 Farmer TN
Letty 18 TN
Catherine 15 TN
Frederick 13 TN
Polly A. 10 TN
John C. 6 TN
Paul 5 TN
Amanda 4 TN
Manervy 2 TN
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"But," they said,
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