"Andy" Galloway was born the 9th of 11 children to William Riley and Amanda Rosa (Cox) Galloway in the town of Charlie, Texas (county unknown). By age 8, his family was living in Washita Township, Custer County, Oklahoma, where they appeared on the 1900 Census (Ed 40; pages 10-B and 11-A). When he was only 11, his father died, leaving his mother and older brothers to run the farm.
By the 1910 Census (ED 127, p 6-B), his older sister Ada, a young widow, had moved back in with the family. His mother was still running the farm, and Andy (age 18) and his brothers Henry and George were helping her. His mother died almost three years later. With the onset of the First World War, Andy, who was then 25 years old, registered for the draft in June of 1917 at Canute, a railroad town situated at the borders of Custer and Washita counties.
After serving in the war, Andy returned to Oklahoma where he met and married Dorothy Suttle on 22 July 1922 in Taloga, Dewey County. He was a 30-year-old veteran while she was a 17-year-old girl. By the 1930 Census (ED 4, pages 5-A & 5-B), he and Dorothy had two little girls, and he was farming, as a tenant farmer, in Washita Township in Custer County.
In the 1930s, many tenant farmers were displaced from the land they farmed as the landowners purchased tractors and needed more of their land planted to offset the cost of the equipment; however, Andy continued farming throughout the Great Depression. In addition to his crops, though, he grew his family as well. The 1940 Census (ED 20-29; Family 86; p. 5-B) of Washita Township noted six children for Andy and Dorothy: Ada (13), Louella (10), Juanita (8), Fred (6), Elmer (2), and Riley (1). The girls were old enough to help their mother around the house, but the boys were too young to help Andy with the real farming work.
When the "Old Men" were required to register for the draft in 1942 during the Second World War, Andy again lined up to complete the paperwork. He was 49 and described as being 6-feet and 1-inch, 154 pounds with a ruddy complexion. Farming had apparently kept him lean.
Despite a life of hard work on the farm, he lived a fairly normal lifespan with his death occurring a few months after his 73rd birthday.
Names of the family members posted in the photo from 1900:
Front, seated: Mary Etta, William Riley (father), Pearl, Arlis, Rosa (aka Amanda Rosena) (mother), John Back, standing: Ralph, Henry*, Della, Neeley (Andrew Cornelius), Andy, Sumner* This is an old photo from my mother's (Mariam Taylor Anthony) family. Mary Etta was her maternal grandmother. The names were written on the back of the photo by my mother.
*I believe the identification of Henry and Sumner should be switched according to birth years.
susanroberts1405 originally shared this on 26 Nov 2010
By the 1910 Census (ED 127, p 6-B), his older sister Ada, a young widow, had moved back in with the family. His mother was still running the farm, and Andy (age 18) and his brothers Henry and George were helping her. His mother died almost three years later. With the onset of the First World War, Andy, who was then 25 years old, registered for the draft in June of 1917 at Canute, a railroad town situated at the borders of Custer and Washita counties.
After serving in the war, Andy returned to Oklahoma where he met and married Dorothy Suttle on 22 July 1922 in Taloga, Dewey County. He was a 30-year-old veteran while she was a 17-year-old girl. By the 1930 Census (ED 4, pages 5-A & 5-B), he and Dorothy had two little girls, and he was farming, as a tenant farmer, in Washita Township in Custer County.
In the 1930s, many tenant farmers were displaced from the land they farmed as the landowners purchased tractors and needed more of their land planted to offset the cost of the equipment; however, Andy continued farming throughout the Great Depression. In addition to his crops, though, he grew his family as well. The 1940 Census (ED 20-29; Family 86; p. 5-B) of Washita Township noted six children for Andy and Dorothy: Ada (13), Louella (10), Juanita (8), Fred (6), Elmer (2), and Riley (1). The girls were old enough to help their mother around the house, but the boys were too young to help Andy with the real farming work.
When the "Old Men" were required to register for the draft in 1942 during the Second World War, Andy again lined up to complete the paperwork. He was 49 and described as being 6-feet and 1-inch, 154 pounds with a ruddy complexion. Farming had apparently kept him lean.
Despite a life of hard work on the farm, he lived a fairly normal lifespan with his death occurring a few months after his 73rd birthday.
Names of the family members posted in the photo from 1900:
Front, seated: Mary Etta, William Riley (father), Pearl, Arlis, Rosa (aka Amanda Rosena) (mother), John Back, standing: Ralph, Henry*, Della, Neeley (Andrew Cornelius), Andy, Sumner* This is an old photo from my mother's (Mariam Taylor Anthony) family. Mary Etta was her maternal grandmother. The names were written on the back of the photo by my mother.
*I believe the identification of Henry and Sumner should be switched according to birth years.
susanroberts1405 originally shared this on 26 Nov 2010
"Andy" Galloway was born the 9th of 11 children to William Riley and Amanda Rosa (Cox) Galloway in the town of Charlie, Texas (county unknown). By age 8, his family was living in Washita Township, Custer County, Oklahoma, where they appeared on the 1900 Census (Ed 40; pages 10-B and 11-A). When he was only 11, his father died, leaving his mother and older brothers to run the farm.
By the 1910 Census (ED 127, p 6-B), his older sister Ada, a young widow, had moved back in with the family. His mother was still running the farm, and Andy (age 18) and his brothers Henry and George were helping her. His mother died almost three years later. With the onset of the First World War, Andy, who was then 25 years old, registered for the draft in June of 1917 at Canute, a railroad town situated at the borders of Custer and Washita counties.
After serving in the war, Andy returned to Oklahoma where he met and married Dorothy Suttle on 22 July 1922 in Taloga, Dewey County. He was a 30-year-old veteran while she was a 17-year-old girl. By the 1930 Census (ED 4, pages 5-A & 5-B), he and Dorothy had two little girls, and he was farming, as a tenant farmer, in Washita Township in Custer County.
In the 1930s, many tenant farmers were displaced from the land they farmed as the landowners purchased tractors and needed more of their land planted to offset the cost of the equipment; however, Andy continued farming throughout the Great Depression. In addition to his crops, though, he grew his family as well. The 1940 Census (ED 20-29; Family 86; p. 5-B) of Washita Township noted six children for Andy and Dorothy: Ada (13), Louella (10), Juanita (8), Fred (6), Elmer (2), and Riley (1). The girls were old enough to help their mother around the house, but the boys were too young to help Andy with the real farming work.
When the "Old Men" were required to register for the draft in 1942 during the Second World War, Andy again lined up to complete the paperwork. He was 49 and described as being 6-feet and 1-inch, 154 pounds with a ruddy complexion. Farming had apparently kept him lean.
Despite a life of hard work on the farm, he lived a fairly normal lifespan with his death occurring a few months after his 73rd birthday.
Names of the family members posted in the photo from 1900:
Front, seated: Mary Etta, William Riley (father), Pearl, Arlis, Rosa (aka Amanda Rosena) (mother), John Back, standing: Ralph, Henry*, Della, Neeley (Andrew Cornelius), Andy, Sumner* This is an old photo from my mother's (Mariam Taylor Anthony) family. Mary Etta was her maternal grandmother. The names were written on the back of the photo by my mother.
*I believe the identification of Henry and Sumner should be switched according to birth years.
susanroberts1405 originally shared this on 26 Nov 2010
By the 1910 Census (ED 127, p 6-B), his older sister Ada, a young widow, had moved back in with the family. His mother was still running the farm, and Andy (age 18) and his brothers Henry and George were helping her. His mother died almost three years later. With the onset of the First World War, Andy, who was then 25 years old, registered for the draft in June of 1917 at Canute, a railroad town situated at the borders of Custer and Washita counties.
After serving in the war, Andy returned to Oklahoma where he met and married Dorothy Suttle on 22 July 1922 in Taloga, Dewey County. He was a 30-year-old veteran while she was a 17-year-old girl. By the 1930 Census (ED 4, pages 5-A & 5-B), he and Dorothy had two little girls, and he was farming, as a tenant farmer, in Washita Township in Custer County.
In the 1930s, many tenant farmers were displaced from the land they farmed as the landowners purchased tractors and needed more of their land planted to offset the cost of the equipment; however, Andy continued farming throughout the Great Depression. In addition to his crops, though, he grew his family as well. The 1940 Census (ED 20-29; Family 86; p. 5-B) of Washita Township noted six children for Andy and Dorothy: Ada (13), Louella (10), Juanita (8), Fred (6), Elmer (2), and Riley (1). The girls were old enough to help their mother around the house, but the boys were too young to help Andy with the real farming work.
When the "Old Men" were required to register for the draft in 1942 during the Second World War, Andy again lined up to complete the paperwork. He was 49 and described as being 6-feet and 1-inch, 154 pounds with a ruddy complexion. Farming had apparently kept him lean.
Despite a life of hard work on the farm, he lived a fairly normal lifespan with his death occurring a few months after his 73rd birthday.
Names of the family members posted in the photo from 1900:
Front, seated: Mary Etta, William Riley (father), Pearl, Arlis, Rosa (aka Amanda Rosena) (mother), John Back, standing: Ralph, Henry*, Della, Neeley (Andrew Cornelius), Andy, Sumner* This is an old photo from my mother's (Mariam Taylor Anthony) family. Mary Etta was her maternal grandmother. The names were written on the back of the photo by my mother.
*I believe the identification of Henry and Sumner should be switched according to birth years.
susanroberts1405 originally shared this on 26 Nov 2010
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