Elias Thompson “Tom” Gallatin

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Elias Thompson “Tom” Gallatin

Birth
Milam County, Texas, USA
Death
8 May 1936 (aged 80)
USA
Burial
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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THE PLOT IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE GATE
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ELIAS THOMPSON GALLATIN WAS THE NINETH OF ELEVEN CHILDREN BORN TO SAN JACINTO VETERAN, ALBERT EDWARD GALLATIN (1809,KY-1898,TX) AND HIS WIFE SARAH LOUISE JONES (1819,AL-1889,TX) HE WAS BORN IN BRAZOS COUNTY, TX NEAR BRYAN. HE WAS A FARMER AND LIVED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE BRAZOS CO AREA THEN MOVED HIS FAMILY TO PALESTINE,TX IN HIS LATER YEARS.
ELIAS (T0M) WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES AND FATHERED TWELVE (4,2,6) CHILDREN. (1)LELA CORA KOONTZ....(1)CORA LENORE , (ERNEST THOMAS,PEARL OLIVER, ARTHUR ), (2)TOMMIE L. SLAUGHTER2)(DERDEN FRANK, AND DEWEY LUCILLE) FROM THE FIRST TWO MARRIAGES IN WHICH THE WIVES DIED. THE THIRD MARRIAGE TO LULA FLORA CLAYDON, YIELDED SIX CHILDREN. (ALBERT WELDON, LESTER, ROGER NEWTON, L.T., ELLEN IRENE AND FLORA BELLE).
LULA WAS MUCH YOUNGER THAN ELIAS AND LIVED UNTIL ABOUT 1972. SHE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR MANY YEARS WITH FLORA BELLE AND DIED AND WAS BURIED IN HOUSTON AT WOODLAWN CEM. NEAR I-10 AT ANTOINE. ELIAS (TOM) WAS BURIED IN FT. HOUSTON CEMETERY, PALESTINE, ANDERSON CO. TEXAS. IN THE WHICH SECTION, OUTSIDE THE GATE.....LULA NEVER REMARRIED.
ANCESTRY: When ELIAS THOMPSON "TOM" GALLATIN was born on August 3, 1855, in Little River, Texas, his father, ALBERT, was 46 and his mother, SARAH, was 35. He was a farmer. He was married three times (Out lived two); had seven sons and five daughters. He died on May 8, 1936, in Palestine, Anderson co., Texas, at the age of 80, and was buried Ft Houston cem -white section, outside the gate.
ELIAS THOMPSON GALLATIN WAS THE NINETH OF ELEVEN CHILDREN BORN TO SAN JACINTO VETERAN, ALBERT EDWARD GALLATIN (1809,KY-1898,TX) AND HIS WIFE SARAH LOUISE JONES (1819,AL-1889,TX) HE WAS BORN IN BRAZOS COUNTY, TX NEAR BRYAN. HE WAS A FARMER AND LIVED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE BRAZOS CO AREA THEN MOVED HIS FAMILY TO PALESTINE,TX IN HIS LATER YEARS.
ELIAS (T0M) WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES AND FATHERED TWELVE (4,2,6) CHILDREN. (1)LELA CORA KOONTZ....(1)CORA LENORE , (ERNEST THOMAS,PEARL OLIVER, ARTHUR ), (2)TOMMIE L. SLAUGHTER2)(DERDEN FRANK, AND DEWEY LUCILLE) FROM THE FIRST TWO MARRIAGES IN WHICH THE WIVES DIED. THE THIRD MARRIAGE TO LULA FLORA CLAYDON, YIELDED SIX CHILDREN. (ALBERT WELDON, LESTER, ROGER NEWTON, L.T., ELLEN IRENE AND FLORA BELLE).
LULA WAS MUCH YOUNGER THAN ELIAS AND LIVED UNTIL ABOUT 1972. SHE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR MANY YEARS WITH FLORA BELLE AND DIED AND WAS BURIED IN HOUSTON AT WOODLAWN CEM. NEAR I-10 AT ANTOINE. ELIAS (TOM) WAS BURIED IN FT. HOUSTON CEMETERY, PALESTINE, ANDERSON CO. TEXAS. IN THE WHICH SECTION, OUTSIDE THE GATE.....LULA NEVER REMARRIED.
ANCESTRY: When ELIAS THOMPSON "TOM" GALLATIN was born on August 3, 1855, in Little River, Texas, his father, ALBERT, was 46 and his mother, SARAH, was 35. He was a farmer. He was married three times (Out lived two); had seven sons and five daughters. He died on May 8, 1936, in Palestine, Anderson co., Texas, at the age of 80, and was buried Ft Houston cem -white section, outside the gate.

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NOTES: 1) FIRST WIFE, LELA CORA KOONTZ, IS BURIED IN NOGAL CEM. NOGAL, NEW MEXICO. 2)BICKHAM CEM. BRYAN...SECOND WIFE, TOMMIE REBECCA(L? )(CARPENTER) SLAUGHTER IS BURIED IN BICKHAM CEM. NEXT TO ELIAS' FATHER. 3) THIRD WIFE IS LULA FLORA CLAYDON IS BURIED IN WOODLAWN CEM. (JUST NORTH OF I-10 WEST IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. SHE IS BURIED IN A PLOT OF THE HALLS, HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, FLORA BELL GALLATIN AND HUSBAND SILAS (BUC) HALL. SHE DOES HAVE A STONE.

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FT HOUSTON CEM, PALESTINE, TEXAS: I NOTICED FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE THAT THERE IS A BLACK SECTION AND A WHITE SECTION. THE NAMES AND PICTURES WERE FROM THE BLACK PART OF THE CEMETERY. THE WHITE SEC. IS OUTSIDE THE GATE.

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