Elizabeth Gallagher

GALLAGHER, GRABIN, HAYE, ALLOWAY, BOWMAN, BOCKES, GREEN, STEWARD, HELTIBRIDLE

Posted By: Stephen D. Williams
Date: 8/30/2004 at 22:12:48

Iowa City Press Citizen
Saturday, January 24 1921
Page 5, Column 4

PIONEER DIES
OF HER HURT

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Mrs. Elizabeth Gallagher, a pioneer of Iowa City and Johnson county, aged 70, fatally injured by a fall, months ago, is dead at her home in Spencer, Iowa, where she resided with her son, Dr. C. S. Grabin.
She was hurt in August 1920, and never fully rallied, complications superinduced by the grievous injury, causing her death. Surviving are her three children, Dr. Grabin, a son of her first husband, James Grabin, and H. Gallagher, Duluth, Minn.; and Mrs. Bernie B. Haye, Sutherland, Iowa, by her husband, David Gallagher, whom she married at Conrad, Iowa.
She was a native Pennsylvanian, coming her from Huntington county, which contributed many early Iowans to this communty [sic].
She married Mr. Grabin here in October, 1868, and only one son was born to them. The father died two years later, in the same month as the marriage occurred, and she wed Mr. Gallagher eight years later, also in October 1877. Her pioneer friends here will grieve.

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Iowa City Press-Citizen
Friday, January 28, 1921
Page 10, Column 6

AGED PIONEER
DIES AT 79

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A cruel accident, resulting ultimately in a fatality, costing the life of Mrs. Elizabeth Alloway Gallagher, widow of David Gallagher, has been recorded in the Press-Citizen.
Details of the life and death of this good pioneer of Johnson county, appear in the following memorial sketch:
Elizabeth Alloway, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Alloway, was born in Huntington county Pennsylvania, June 10, 1841. At the age of sixteen she came with her parents to Johnson county, Iowa, where soon after she united with the Church of God.
On October 12, 1867, she was married to James Grabin. To this union a son, Dr. C. H. Grabin of Spencer, Iowa, was born. James Grabin died in September, 1869.
On October 28, 1877 she was married to David Gallagher of Grundy county, Iowa. At that time she transferred her church membership to Alice, where she continued a faithful member till the time of her death. Two children were born to this union, W. H. Gallagher, of Duluth, Minn; and Mrs, Vernie B. Haye, of Sutherland, Iowa. The step children, including three clergymen, are Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman and J. I. Gallagher of Montevideo, Minn; Rev. E. D. Gallagher, of Wabash, Minn; Rev. W. S. Gallagher, of Austin, Minn; Mrs. Bertha Bockes of Conrad, Iowa; and Rev. L. E. Gallagher, of Alpha, Minn.
Out of a family of eight children, Mrs. Gallagher has only one sister living, Mrs. Maggie Green, of Shelby county, Iowa.
She enjoyed fairly good health until in August, 1920, when she sustained a severe injury from a fall. Then complications set in and they gradually grew worse until weakness caused her death at the home of her son, Dr. C. H. Grabin, in Spencer, at 10:30 Saturday evening, January 15, 1921, at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 5 days.
Brief funeral services were held at Spencer, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the services bein gconducterd [sic] by Rev. Mr. Steward, pastor of the M. E. church of Spencer.
The services, proper, held a t Alice, Wednesday, January 19, at 11 o'clock were conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. E. Heltibridle. Interment was made in the Alice cemetery. The pall bearers were her step grandsons.