Edward Machen GALT & Elizabeth McGHEE

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Edward Machen GALT
Elizabeth McGHEE

Husband: Edward Machen GALT
Birth: 11 Oct 1819, SC
Death: 21 Jan 1866, Spring Place, Murray Co., GA
Occupation: merchant, clergy, farmer
Religion: Baptist
Father: Jabez GALT
Mother: Frances Ballenger MACHEN

Marriage: 1 Jul 1845, Murray Co., GA

Wife: Elizabeth Lowry McGHEE
Birth: 21 Aug 1823, TN
Death: 3 Jan 1898, Ardmore, OK
Disposition: buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter Co.,, OK
Occupation: homemaker
Migration: moved to Ardmore, Carter Co., OK, after the death of her husband
Mother(?) / Grandmother(?): Mary (__?__) McGEE, b. 1776/7, GA

Children:

— born in Murray Co., GA:
1. Margaret Oregon GALT, b. 19 Mar 1846
2. John LaFayette GALT, b. 3 Aug 1847
3. Mary Frances GALT, b. 21 Nov 1848

— born in Georgia, either Murray Co., GA, or Whitfield Co., GA:
4. Milburn / Wilborn Jabez GALT, b. 27 Jan 1852
5. James Edward GALT, b. 3 Sep 1855
6. Lewis Leland B. "Lee" GALT, b. 11 Oct 1858
7. Elizabeth Machen "Bessie" GALT, b. 21 Aug 1865

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Georgia Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-226):

Galt, Edward M. Mcghee, Elizabeth 1 Jul 1845 Murray Co.

2. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #205 of 299): District 63, Murray Co., GA, p. 248?B, Roll M432_78, 1391/1391, enumerated 6 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Edward Galt 30 M Merchant???? 10000 SC

Elizabeth " 26 F Tenn

Margaret " 4 F Ga

John F " 2 M do

Mary " 1 F do

Nancy Bishop 17 M Laborer NC

John Stewart 25 M do SC

Lewis Meweland? 21 M do France

Frank Vaugnberg? 25 M Cabinet workman? Germany

This record was difficult to read, and I must admit that I didn't try very hard to decipher the occupations or foreign-born laborers.

2. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #87 of 211): Dalton P.O., Dalton Dist., Whitfield Co., GA, p. 599, PN 86/599, 622/619, enumerated 12 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

E M Galt 40 M Bap M & Farmer SC

Elizabeth " 37 F Tenn

Margaret " 14 F Ga

Mary C    " 11 F "

John      " 13 M "

Milburn   " 8 M "

James E   " 4 M "

Lewis L B " 2 M "

Mary McGee 83 F "

Henrietta Galt 13 F "

David Griffin 19 M M Day Laborer "

Benjamin 16 M M "     " "

Mary McGEE is likely Elizabeth's mother or grandmother. Henrietta is their niece, whose mother (wife of John Ridge GALT) recently died.

3. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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