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John Stark Gallup

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John Stark Gallup

Birth
Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death
26 Jul 1833 (aged 55)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.1712445, Longitude: -84.5210612
Plot
Garden LN, Section 39, Lot 260, Space 15
Memorial ID
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John Stark Gallup was the first of his siblings to have been born in Hartland after his parents' move from Stonington, CT. He was born just five days after the Battle of Bennington of the Rev. War. The family's jubilance over the victory could hardly have been better expressed than by giving the new baby the name of the hero of that battle, Gen. John Stark. Source: "The Gallup Family of Harland, Vermont" by May E. Rogers (1963).
John S. Gallup m. Eunice Smith in Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT on 29 May 1804. Source: "Gallup Genealogy" (1987). The source for this information was Grace E. Dexter, the great granddaughter of John S. and Eunice Smith Gallup. This compiler's opinion is that the couple may have met through their fathers, William Gallup of Hartland, and Elihu Smith of Clarendon, who were both serving in the Vermont Legislature.
Among several advertisements appearing in "Spooners Vermont Journal" is one dated 25 May 1802, "The Noted Horse SWEEP-STAKES, Will stand for covering this season at the stable of William Gallup, in Hartland, at his usual terms of Six Dollars the Leap, Ten Dollars the Seaton, and Fifteen Dollars to Ensure a Foal--Good pasturing for Mares. Persons sending mares may depend on their being attended to. John S. Gallup, Hartland, May 12th, 1802."
The John S. Gallup family moved from Hartland to Sheldon, VT. "Spooners Vermont Journal" had this mention in this issue dated 22 Jun 1807: "Major John S. Gallup, Lady and Family, passed through this town [not identified in article] on Wednesday last, to his seat in the town of Sheldon." The Gallup Genealogy names five children in the family: Oliver Denison Smith, b. 28 Nov 1806, Mary Ann, b. 16 Aug 1812, d. 18 Feb 1813, Elizabeth Stone, b. 1815, d. 29 Jul 1834, John Stark (Jr.), b. 18 Mar 1816, and Hammond David, b. 3 Aug 1819. Given the space before and especially after Oliver, there may have been other infants that died.
John S. Gallup is mentioned as one of the leaders with Samuel H. Farnsworth and Jeremiah Low of a gang of about 100 smuggling sympathizers unhappy with revenue laws, who assembled during the night at the homes of custom officers in Georgia, VT to provide distraction away from a gang of smugglers attempting to pass through this largest town in northern Vermont. Source: Vermont Historical Gazatteer, v.2, pt.1 (1871).
John S. Gallup was a member of the Vermont Lodge (Masonic) of Windsor, VT. Source: "The Vocal Companion and Masonic Register" (1802). In 1819 John S. Gallup and others petitioned the Grand Lodge to establish a subordinate lodge in Sheldon, but were refused. Source: "History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, VT" (1891).
The John S. Gallup family were members of Grace (Episcopal) Church in Sheldon. He was a lay delegate to the annual statewide assembly at Middlebury, VT on 25 Jun 1823. Source: "Convention Journal and the Diocesan Canons, v. 32-51", Episcopal Church, Diocese of Vermont.
Early in the 1830's the John Stark Gallup family moved from Sheldon, VT to Cincinnati entirely by water-canals, Lake Erie, canal, and river, In Cincinnati, John and his daughter Elizabeth, died of cholera. Soon after, the widow, John, and Hammond, moved in a covered wagon to Michigan, near Niles, and here they took up a claim. Oliver had gone on before. Source: "Gallup Genealogy" by The Gallup Family Association, Inc. (1987) from information submitted by Grace E. Dexter. Other Gallup family members that moved to Cincinnati were two sisters of John S. Gallup--Phebe Gallup who m. Elisha Hotchkiss of Cincinnati and Martha Gallup who m. Jonathan Taylor and d. 1833 in Cincinnati (perhaps in the cholera epidemic).

A Notice of Death in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette indicated that John S. Gallup died 26 July 1833. A contact with the Cincinnati Public Library to obtain a copy of this notice indicated that the issue in question was not included in the microfilm.
North Star (Danville, VT), 26 Aug 1833:
DIED—…In Cincinnati, Ohio, July 23rd, with inflammation on the brain, Maj. John S. Gallup, formerly of Sheldon, VT, aged about 55……

Note: John Stark Gallup's great granddaughter, Grace E. Dexter was the major contributor of information for the updated Gallup genealogies of 1966 and 1980. The Gallup Family Association was able to provide copies of correspondence between Grace Dexter and Darwin Gallup which contained the information that she had provided. Essentially all the information that she had detailed was included in the genealogies. She reported that she had the Gallup record which was given to her by her cousin, Arthur Gallup of Niles, MI, which his father, Edgar H. Gallup, had prepared. The correspondence began in 1948 when Grace was living in Cleveland, OH. She indicated that her hobby had been antique button collecting, but she became very enthusiastic about the Gallup genealogy. In a later letter (year not indicated) she provided the account of the movement of the Gallup family from Sheldon, VT to Cincinnati, and finally to Michigan, which was included in the updated Gallup Genealogy. She further stated, "They took up a claim and I have in my possession the official land grant 1838 and signed by President Martin Van Buren. I also have letters written in the 1830's to Maj. John S. Gallup, Sheldon, VT and one to his widow after she moved to Mich. They are old and very fragile & the writing is so poor I can't read it. I don't know what to do with these keepsakes--I have no heirs--my cousin Arthur Gallup is older than I am & I know he would not want them." On 12 Feb 1964 Darwin Gallup sent a letter to Grace, addressed to 2040 East 96th St., Cleveland, OH in which he said that they had written "back and forth some ten or a dozen years ago when I first got started on this genealogy business… I was also very much interested in your comments in regard to the 'keepsakes.' If you like, I would be very glad to accept them on behalf of the Gallup Family Association. The 300 year old Gallup homestead, Whitehall, in Mystic, Connecticut has been moved to make way for a new interstate highway and the homestead taken over by the Historical Society. Someday, I hope the Gallup Family Association may have a room in this lovely old house…..such a spot would be an ideal place to display your keepsakes. If you do send them along, I ask that you please be very careful to identify them--and if there are any 'stories' that go with them, I would be most grateful if you would include them for they are the most important features of items of this kind!!" By 1964, it would appear that Grace Dexter had returned to Urbana, IL and she likely never received the letter from Darwin Gallup. Grace Dexter died two years later in 1966 and left no estate record. She was unmarried with no children and she was the last surviving descendant of her grandfather, Hammond D. Gallup. Unsuccessful attempts have been made to find out if any of her genealogical memorabilia were given to a local historical/genealogical society or to the DAR.
John Stark Gallup was the first of his siblings to have been born in Hartland after his parents' move from Stonington, CT. He was born just five days after the Battle of Bennington of the Rev. War. The family's jubilance over the victory could hardly have been better expressed than by giving the new baby the name of the hero of that battle, Gen. John Stark. Source: "The Gallup Family of Harland, Vermont" by May E. Rogers (1963).
John S. Gallup m. Eunice Smith in Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT on 29 May 1804. Source: "Gallup Genealogy" (1987). The source for this information was Grace E. Dexter, the great granddaughter of John S. and Eunice Smith Gallup. This compiler's opinion is that the couple may have met through their fathers, William Gallup of Hartland, and Elihu Smith of Clarendon, who were both serving in the Vermont Legislature.
Among several advertisements appearing in "Spooners Vermont Journal" is one dated 25 May 1802, "The Noted Horse SWEEP-STAKES, Will stand for covering this season at the stable of William Gallup, in Hartland, at his usual terms of Six Dollars the Leap, Ten Dollars the Seaton, and Fifteen Dollars to Ensure a Foal--Good pasturing for Mares. Persons sending mares may depend on their being attended to. John S. Gallup, Hartland, May 12th, 1802."
The John S. Gallup family moved from Hartland to Sheldon, VT. "Spooners Vermont Journal" had this mention in this issue dated 22 Jun 1807: "Major John S. Gallup, Lady and Family, passed through this town [not identified in article] on Wednesday last, to his seat in the town of Sheldon." The Gallup Genealogy names five children in the family: Oliver Denison Smith, b. 28 Nov 1806, Mary Ann, b. 16 Aug 1812, d. 18 Feb 1813, Elizabeth Stone, b. 1815, d. 29 Jul 1834, John Stark (Jr.), b. 18 Mar 1816, and Hammond David, b. 3 Aug 1819. Given the space before and especially after Oliver, there may have been other infants that died.
John S. Gallup is mentioned as one of the leaders with Samuel H. Farnsworth and Jeremiah Low of a gang of about 100 smuggling sympathizers unhappy with revenue laws, who assembled during the night at the homes of custom officers in Georgia, VT to provide distraction away from a gang of smugglers attempting to pass through this largest town in northern Vermont. Source: Vermont Historical Gazatteer, v.2, pt.1 (1871).
John S. Gallup was a member of the Vermont Lodge (Masonic) of Windsor, VT. Source: "The Vocal Companion and Masonic Register" (1802). In 1819 John S. Gallup and others petitioned the Grand Lodge to establish a subordinate lodge in Sheldon, but were refused. Source: "History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, VT" (1891).
The John S. Gallup family were members of Grace (Episcopal) Church in Sheldon. He was a lay delegate to the annual statewide assembly at Middlebury, VT on 25 Jun 1823. Source: "Convention Journal and the Diocesan Canons, v. 32-51", Episcopal Church, Diocese of Vermont.
Early in the 1830's the John Stark Gallup family moved from Sheldon, VT to Cincinnati entirely by water-canals, Lake Erie, canal, and river, In Cincinnati, John and his daughter Elizabeth, died of cholera. Soon after, the widow, John, and Hammond, moved in a covered wagon to Michigan, near Niles, and here they took up a claim. Oliver had gone on before. Source: "Gallup Genealogy" by The Gallup Family Association, Inc. (1987) from information submitted by Grace E. Dexter. Other Gallup family members that moved to Cincinnati were two sisters of John S. Gallup--Phebe Gallup who m. Elisha Hotchkiss of Cincinnati and Martha Gallup who m. Jonathan Taylor and d. 1833 in Cincinnati (perhaps in the cholera epidemic).

A Notice of Death in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette indicated that John S. Gallup died 26 July 1833. A contact with the Cincinnati Public Library to obtain a copy of this notice indicated that the issue in question was not included in the microfilm.
North Star (Danville, VT), 26 Aug 1833:
DIED—…In Cincinnati, Ohio, July 23rd, with inflammation on the brain, Maj. John S. Gallup, formerly of Sheldon, VT, aged about 55……

Note: John Stark Gallup's great granddaughter, Grace E. Dexter was the major contributor of information for the updated Gallup genealogies of 1966 and 1980. The Gallup Family Association was able to provide copies of correspondence between Grace Dexter and Darwin Gallup which contained the information that she had provided. Essentially all the information that she had detailed was included in the genealogies. She reported that she had the Gallup record which was given to her by her cousin, Arthur Gallup of Niles, MI, which his father, Edgar H. Gallup, had prepared. The correspondence began in 1948 when Grace was living in Cleveland, OH. She indicated that her hobby had been antique button collecting, but she became very enthusiastic about the Gallup genealogy. In a later letter (year not indicated) she provided the account of the movement of the Gallup family from Sheldon, VT to Cincinnati, and finally to Michigan, which was included in the updated Gallup Genealogy. She further stated, "They took up a claim and I have in my possession the official land grant 1838 and signed by President Martin Van Buren. I also have letters written in the 1830's to Maj. John S. Gallup, Sheldon, VT and one to his widow after she moved to Mich. They are old and very fragile & the writing is so poor I can't read it. I don't know what to do with these keepsakes--I have no heirs--my cousin Arthur Gallup is older than I am & I know he would not want them." On 12 Feb 1964 Darwin Gallup sent a letter to Grace, addressed to 2040 East 96th St., Cleveland, OH in which he said that they had written "back and forth some ten or a dozen years ago when I first got started on this genealogy business… I was also very much interested in your comments in regard to the 'keepsakes.' If you like, I would be very glad to accept them on behalf of the Gallup Family Association. The 300 year old Gallup homestead, Whitehall, in Mystic, Connecticut has been moved to make way for a new interstate highway and the homestead taken over by the Historical Society. Someday, I hope the Gallup Family Association may have a room in this lovely old house…..such a spot would be an ideal place to display your keepsakes. If you do send them along, I ask that you please be very careful to identify them--and if there are any 'stories' that go with them, I would be most grateful if you would include them for they are the most important features of items of this kind!!" By 1964, it would appear that Grace Dexter had returned to Urbana, IL and she likely never received the letter from Darwin Gallup. Grace Dexter died two years later in 1966 and left no estate record. She was unmarried with no children and she was the last surviving descendant of her grandfather, Hammond D. Gallup. Unsuccessful attempts have been made to find out if any of her genealogical memorabilia were given to a local historical/genealogical society or to the DAR.

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