Genealogy Data Page 362 (Notes Pages)

Genealogy Data Page 362 (Notes Pages)

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Galbraith, Bertram Gillespie (b. 9 MAY 1804, d. 30 APR 1848)

Note: Bertram Gillespie Galbraith (Bertram, James, James, John), born May 9, 1804, at Bainbridge, Lancaster Co., Pa., died April 30, 1848, at Bainbridge; married Feb. 23, 1832, Eliza Fager Bell, youngest daughter of John Bell and Elizabeth Clouser, of Middle Paxtang township, Dauphin Co., Pa. John Bell was the only child of William Bell, and his wife, Catherine Park, of Scotch-Irish birth, who came to America on the same vessel which conveyed John and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism. Mrs. Galbraith for a period of twenty years was postmistress at Bainbridge, resigning only by reason of her advanced years; being left a widow with a large family she felt the necessity of bringing into action all her energies and business qualifications to the better support of her children. All her six sons were in the Civil war, and did faithful service. Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith had issue: William Bell, born Oct. 15, 1833, in Harrisburg, Pa., married Elizabeth Lane (resides in Havana, Ill); James Carpenter, born July 9, 1835, in Harrisburg, died July 18, 1872, unmarried, in Bainbridge, Pa.; John Fager, born July 23, 1837, in Bainbridge, Pa., married Henrietta Hoff, of Bainbridge, and had Eliza, Laura, William, Catherine, John (d.s.p.), Henry, Robert, and John (2); Jefferson Green, born July 28, 1839, in Marietta, Pa., married Mary Filbert, of Bainbridge, Pa., and had Emily, Charles, Mary (d.s.p.), Wildey (d.s.p.) and Annie Filbert (resides in Philadelphia); Franklin Grush, born March 7, 1842, in Marietta, Pa., married Annie N. Meyer, of Harrisburg, Pa., (deceased), and had Nettie Elizabeth and Annie Meyer (d.s.p.) (resides in Bainbridge, Pa.); Bertram Gillespie, born Sept. 7, 1845, in Bainbridge, Pa., married Miriam Reese, of Mt. Joy, Pa., and had Miriam, Hellen, and Aurelia (resides in Wrightsville, Pa.).

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Bell, Elizabeth Fager (b. 1810, d. ?)

Note: or a period of twenty years, was postmistress at Bainbridge , resigning only by reason of her advanced years; being left a widow with a large family, she felt the necessity of bringing into action all her energies and business qualifications to the better support of her children.