He was the son of James Galt and Eliza Vietch Galt.
On December 10, 1849 as Mathew W. Galt, he married Mary Jane Galt at Carroll County, Maryland.
They were the parents of eight children.
Source: Norman Donoghue
Matthew W. Galt became, with the buy-out of his brother William's interest in the 1880s, sole owner of Galt & Bro., the leading jewelry store of Washington, D.C., established by their father in 1801. The ironic circumstances of Matthew's death at 77 as reported in the newspapers, were that the day before, his son-in-law Reginald Fendall, 52-year-old attorney and husband of daughter Annie Augusta Galt, died suddenly and unexpectedly while on a business trip to New York City. The next day, while attending to the details of planning their funeral, Matthew himself died, also suddenly. He had been a business sector stalwart and philanthropically minded. Among his children, upon his death, he left his interest in the store to Charles, Walter and Norman, who each died one after the other in their 40s. Norman was the last to die and his widow became sole owner. The store survived into the 21st century, closing in March 2001.
On December 10, 1849 as Mathew W. Galt, he married Mary Jane Galt at Carroll County, Maryland.
They were the parents of eight children.
Source: Norman Donoghue
Matthew W. Galt became, with the buy-out of his brother William's interest in the 1880s, sole owner of Galt & Bro., the leading jewelry store of Washington, D.C., established by their father in 1801. The ironic circumstances of Matthew's death at 77 as reported in the newspapers, were that the day before, his son-in-law Reginald Fendall, 52-year-old attorney and husband of daughter Annie Augusta Galt, died suddenly and unexpectedly while on a business trip to New York City. The next day, while attending to the details of planning their funeral, Matthew himself died, also suddenly. He had been a business sector stalwart and philanthropically minded. Among his children, upon his death, he left his interest in the store to Charles, Walter and Norman, who each died one after the other in their 40s. Norman was the last to die and his widow became sole owner. The store survived into the 21st century, closing in March 2001.
He was the son of James Galt and Eliza Vietch Galt.
On December 10, 1849 as Mathew W. Galt, he married Mary Jane Galt at Carroll County, Maryland.
They were the parents of eight children.
Source: Norman Donoghue
Matthew W. Galt became, with the buy-out of his brother William's interest in the 1880s, sole owner of Galt & Bro., the leading jewelry store of Washington, D.C., established by their father in 1801. The ironic circumstances of Matthew's death at 77 as reported in the newspapers, were that the day before, his son-in-law Reginald Fendall, 52-year-old attorney and husband of daughter Annie Augusta Galt, died suddenly and unexpectedly while on a business trip to New York City. The next day, while attending to the details of planning their funeral, Matthew himself died, also suddenly. He had been a business sector stalwart and philanthropically minded. Among his children, upon his death, he left his interest in the store to Charles, Walter and Norman, who each died one after the other in their 40s. Norman was the last to die and his widow became sole owner. The store survived into the 21st century, closing in March 2001.
On December 10, 1849 as Mathew W. Galt, he married Mary Jane Galt at Carroll County, Maryland.
They were the parents of eight children.
Source: Norman Donoghue
Matthew W. Galt became, with the buy-out of his brother William's interest in the 1880s, sole owner of Galt & Bro., the leading jewelry store of Washington, D.C., established by their father in 1801. The ironic circumstances of Matthew's death at 77 as reported in the newspapers, were that the day before, his son-in-law Reginald Fendall, 52-year-old attorney and husband of daughter Annie Augusta Galt, died suddenly and unexpectedly while on a business trip to New York City. The next day, while attending to the details of planning their funeral, Matthew himself died, also suddenly. He had been a business sector stalwart and philanthropically minded. Among his children, upon his death, he left his interest in the store to Charles, Walter and Norman, who each died one after the other in their 40s. Norman was the last to die and his widow became sole owner. The store survived into the 21st century, closing in March 2001.
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