GALLUP, Oscar Elliott 1857-1942

GALLUP, GIST, BROWN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/13/2012 at 12:54:26

Birth: Sep. 7, 1857
Brandon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

Death: Nov. 20, 1942, Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa.

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OSAGE, IOWA — Oscar E. Gallup, 85, business man here for 60 years died Monday at his home of complications of age.

He was in furniture and undertaking business before returning 20 years ago, and up until his death sold tombstones.

He was born at Brandon, Wisconsin, September 7, 1857. He married Elda Brown July 19, 1880; she died in 1884 at Osage, and Mr. Gallup married her sister, Myrtle, in 1888.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Gist, Tampa, Florida.

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday, November 17, 1942]
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NOTES:

Oscar Elliott Gallup

In the 1925 Iowa, Osage Census; Oscar's parents are listed as Elisha Gallup and Mary Lancaster
Myrtles parents are listed as Charles Brown and Eleanor Barnett.

Parents:
Mary Lancaster Gallup (1817-1891)

Spouses:
Myrtle Brown Gallup (1867-1943)
Alda Brown Gallup (1858-1884)

Burial:
Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa.

[Credit: DM Scott]
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Photo of Oscar from STANDARD HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, IOWA, 1911. Published by Anderson Pub. Co., Chicago.

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