Great-grandfather of Patricia Galloway

Private     Co. C    184th NY Vol. Inf
Dates of Service:  26 Aug 1864 - 29 June 1865

William Henry Galloway was born in New York, December 28, 1830.  He married Olive Ann Fox in 1858.

William was enrolled into the Army August 26, 1864 and mustered out in June 29 1865 at the end of the war.

Prior to entering the army, William went to law school, was teaching, and was married to Olive Ann Galloway and they had a daughter, Olive Cathrine Galloway. 

During his time in the service, William was taken ill and had to be hospitalized.  Soon after he was released from the hospital, William was on guard duty, when he was captured with four other men.  The Rebs were taking the men to Camp Libby. While en route the Rebs spotted an old abandoned farm house, and so they decided to camp there for the night and continue their journey the next day.  Later that night, William and the other men were rescued by the Yankee Cavalry. 

After the Civil War, William and his family pioneered to Grandville, Michigan, where he settled. William farmed and served two terms as Justice of the Peace. 

William and Olive had seven children, only three of their children survived.  Their second child William D. Galloway was my grandfather. 

In 1906 William wrote his recollections of the Civil War.  At this time he and Olive lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan. William and Olive attended the Methodist church.  His political views were for abolition. 

GAR Membership: AB Watson Post 395, Grand Rapids, MI  (added by D. Piechocki, Feb. 2020)

William died October 30 1909 and he and Olive are both buried in the Grandville cemetery.
 

GRAVESITE: Grandville Cemetery, Grandville, Kent, MI

Written by Patricia Galloway, May 2005