Son of Daniel and Jane Gray Gallatin. The father, Daniel Gallatin, was a native of Switzerland, and was distantly related to Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury under Jefferson. He was a sea captain, and at the age of twenty-five was master of an ocean vessel sailing from England. He was an able navigator and sailed to all parts of the world. In 1811 he settled in Baltimore, Maryland, and in the following year, upon the declaration of war with England, he joined the United States Navy. He was at once commissioned a captain and given command of the "Serapis," the flagship of Commodore Joshua Barney. He later assisted in the defense of Fort MacHenry, and also participated in the battle of Bladensburg. In recognition of his services in the War of 1812, Daniel Gallatin was given a land grant of one hundred and sixty acres in the state of Kansas. For nine years after being mustered out in 1814 he sailed a Liverpool packet out of Baltimore, one of the finest lines of freight and passenger vessels of that day. He then removed to Livingston county, New York, where he engaged in farming, and also sailed as a captain on Lake Erie until his death in February, 1851, at the age of sixty-six years. He was a man of strong character and great determination. His wife, Jane Gray Gallatin was a native of New York state, a daughter of the Rev. Andrew Gray, a Presbyterian minister, and an officer in the New York Levies in the war of the American Revolution. He was later a missionary among the Tonawanda and Cherokee tribes in western New York; and his daughter, Jane, was the first white child born in Allegheny county, New York. She was born April 1, 1799, and died in 1870 in Michigan. - Source: Byington, Lewis Francis, "History of San Francisco 3 Vols", S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1931. Vol. 2 Pages 252-262.

Daniel Gallatin Jr. owned a hardware store in Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada. His brother, Albert, was a successful merchant in Sacramento who was a pioneer of hydro-electric power. The home that Albert built in Sacramento is now the California Governor's mansion.
Source: California Death Index

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name Daniel S Gallatin
Gender Male
Unit Princeton, Chicopee, Dai Ching.; Mary Sanford.; H. 52 Pa. Infantry
Enlistment Date 1864
Death Date 3 Apr 1915
Filing Date 21 Dec 1867
Filing Place California, USA
Relation to Head Soldier
Spouse Ann Gallatin (note: wife)