Galbreath, Billy (Died 1926)

GALBREATH, MIDDAUGH

Posted By: Linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 4/13/2006 at 22:01:49

Source: LeMars Sentinel newspaper
Dated 27 Aug 1926

FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT

Billy Galbreath, Former LeMars Man, Killed in Miami, Florida

Jos. Middaugh, of Stanton township, received word yesterday that his
brother-in-law, William Galbraith, had been killed in an auto accident at
Miami, Florida. The accident was caused by two other parties racing a big
Lincoln car which crashed into the car in which Mr. Galbraith was riding.
He died a few days after the accident. His death was a terrible shock to
his wife, who is prostrated by his death.

Mr. Galbreath was about sixty years of age. He was a blacksmith in LeMars
in the eighties and had a great reputation as a horse-shooer. He was a
member of the LeMars ball team for several years and a star player. He was
very popular when a resident here and had many friends. After leaving Iowa,
he worked in Denver and then went to Fullerton, Cal., and to El Paso, Texas.
He had lived in Miami the past six years. He leaves a wife and daughter.
He was a member of the Masonic order and his funeral was held in Miami with
Masonic honors.