Galbreath Obits

Death Notice of Susannah (Neff) Galbreath and Joseph Galbreath The Greenback Journal Winamac, IN Saturday 29 March 1879 Mr. Joseph Galbreath, of this township, died of lung fever on Monday last, and on Tuesday his mother, widow of the late T.J. Galbreath, followed him, having died of the same disease. They were buried in the Winamac cemetery last Wednesday. Peace to their ashes.

Pulaski County Democrat November 25, 1943 Elderly Natives of County Die George Galbreath, Aged 92, Leaves an Even 100 Descendants. George Washington Galbreath, one of the oldest native residents of Pulaski county, died Friday night at his home southwest of Winamac. He would have been ninety-two years of age on November 23. Mr. Galbreath was a son of Thomas J. Galbreath, one the very earliest settlers in this region, who came here in the late 1830’s, and entered a tract of land on the Tippecanoe river in Monroe township. In 1851 George was born on the farm which was his home during his entire life. His wife, the former Diana Leach, to whom he was married in 1874, died in 1931. One hundred direct descendants survive, including four daughters and three sons – Mrs. Ida Chapman, Mrs. Ellen Brinker and Miss Goldie of Winamac, Mrs. Mary Copeland of Greenville, Mich., Robert and Lewis Galbreath of the Star City vicinity and Daniel of Winamac. There are also twenty-seven grandchildren, sixty-one great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Mr. Galbreath was known throughout his entire life as one of the community’s substansial citizens, whose friendship was esteemed and whose wise counsel was respected. Funeral services were held Monday at Fry & Lange chapel in charge of the Rev. David Neilson. Burial was in the Winamac cemetery.

MRS. GEORGE GALBREATH The death of Mrs. Diana Galbreath, wife of George Galbreath, occurred this morning at the family home on the banks of the Tippecanoe three miles southwest of Winamac. She had been seriously ill for six weeks from a complication of ailments. Mrs. Galbreath was a resident of Pulaski county during the entire seventy-six years of her life. Her maiden name was Leach, and she was born in the Shellhart log home which burned three weeks ago. She was a half-sister of George Shellhart, Mrs. Mary Young and Mrs. Julia Markley, and of Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, living near Wilders. Her marriage to Mr. Galbreath took place in 1874, and the eight sons and daughters born to them are all living. They are Dan of Winamac, Robert and Lewis of Indian Creek township; Mrs. Ida Jenkins, Mrs. Elia Brinker and Mrs. Susie Thompson of the Winamac vicinity; Mrs. Mary Copeland of Greenville, Mich., and Miss Goldie at home. Funeral services are to be held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J.F. Ashley. Burial will be in Southlawn addition to the Winamac cemetery.

Pulaski County Democrat Thursday, February 29, 1940 Mrs. Glen Thompson Mrs. Susie Jane Thompson, wife of Glen Thompson of Franklin township, died Saturday at the St. Joseph hospital at Logansport from pneumonia and other complications following influenza. She had been ill a week. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Fry & Lange funeral home, conducted by the Rev. W.R. McClaflin. Burial was in the Winamac cemetery. Mrs. Thompson, who was fifty-six years of age last June 11, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Galbreath, and had spent her entire life in this community. In 1903 she was married to Glen Thompson, who survives, with their seven children- sons Orval, Virgil, Francis and Lester, all of this vicinity; and daughters Mrs. Sylvia Green of San Pierre, Mrs. Lucille Potsdam of Laporte, Mrs. Gertrude Tharp of Logansport. Others surviving are the aged father, George Galbreath; four sisters, Miss Goldie Galbreath, Mrs. Ida Chapman, Mrs. Walter Brinker, all of Winamac, and Mrs. Mary Coplin of Michigan; three brothers, Daniel, Robert and Lewis Galbreath, all of this vicinity. There are also thirteen grandchildren.