Elizabeth Tillman

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Tillman was born on 19 December 1860, in Alabama, United States, her father, Alfred Tillman, was 31 and her mother, Eliza Griffin, was 26. She married Henry Harrison Galloway on 22 August 1886, in Pike, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 8 Grimes, Pike, Alabama, United States for about 40 years. She died on 29 October 1925, at the age of 64, and was buried in Saint John Cemetery, Tarentum, Pike, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Harrison Galloway
1839–1932
Elizabeth Tillman
1860–1925
Marriage: 22 August 1886
Ada Lee Galloway
1887–1965
Robert Alvie Galloway
1888–1936
Sarah Josephine Galloway
1891–1896
Beunah Elizabeth Galloway
1892–1957
Maude Galloway
1893–1966
Annie Lou Galloway
1897–1978
Davis Wheeler Galloway
1899–1969
Melvin Colbert Galloway
1901–1973

Sources (17)

  • Lizzie Goldburg, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Lizzie Tillmon, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Elizabeth Galloway, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1864

Oldest Grave Seen In the Memorial List

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English tilman ‘farmer, husbandman, farm laborer, plowman’.

English: occupational name from Middle English tile ‘tile’ + man ‘man’, for a tile-maker or roofer. Compare Tyler .

English: from the Middle English female personal name Till + man ‘man’, an occupational or status name meaning ‘servant of Till’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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