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Descendants of Peter Galiher

Generation No. 1

1. PETER³ GALIHER (JAMES², GALLCHOBHAIR¹)^1,² was born 1765 in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania ³, and died October 11, 1837 in Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio ^4,^5,^6,⁷. He married MARY GEIST⁷. She was born Bet. 1759 - 1760 ⁸, and died January 20, 1848 in Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio⁸.

Notes for PETER GALIHER:
BET. 1861 - 1865 Peter became a Corporal: Union Township Volunteers according to Title: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, J. F. Everhart & Co., 1882
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Peter Galiher entered into Muskingum County, Ohio in 1809 and brought his family to Ohio in 1811.

The year 1811, added quite a number of settlers to the population...Peter Galigher (sic) entered a portion of section four, (now John Jennings'). [Source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, J. F. Everhard & Co., 1882, p. 416, Union Township Pioneers]

"GALIHER, Peter of Westmoreland Co., Penna., - 12-1-1814 - SW¼ S4, T1, R5 - D/595." [Source: Family Archive CD#175, Ohio Vital Records #1, 1790s-1870s, from Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Gateway to the West, Volume I, Clinton Co., Deed Abstracts. © 1997, Brøderbund Software, Inc.]

The Norwich [Ohio] Presbyterian Church was organized October 27th, 1828, by Rev. James Arbuthnot, under authority granted by the Presbytery of Lancaster, Ohio. This organization was mainly composed of members from the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church. The first trustees were: Robert Miller, John McCurdy, John Wycoff, PETER GALLIGER, John Crawford, and Benjamin Wortman. [Source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, J. F. Everhard & Co., 1882, p. 421, Norwich Presbyterian Church]

There was a Peter Gallaker enumerated in Butler Co., PA in 1800. Age ranges in household: 11010-20010-00. [Source: Family Archive CD #312, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800, Butler Co., Pennsylvania, page 334. © 1995 Brøderbund Software, Inc.]

More About PETER GALIHER:
Burial: Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Norwich, Union Twp., Muskingum County, Ohio ⁹

Notes for MARY GEIST:
NOTE: There is an IGI Record [Batch number: C507621] for a Mary Geist, born 23 Feb 1765 at All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Geist. There is also an ancestral file on her, AFN 1B68-N4P, giving her birth date as 23 Feb 1760-1769, birthplace Anne Arundel, MD, and showing her to be the daughter of Samuel Geist and Sarah Brewer. Sarah Brewer's ancestry goes back over 10 generations, but no ancestry is given for Samuel Geist. Unfortunately, the name of her husband, if any, is not given, nor is the date or locations of her death.

More About MARY GEIST:
Burial: Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Norwich, Union Twp., Muskingum County, Ohio ¹⁰

Children of PETER GALIHER and MARY GEIST are:

	i.	ELIZABETH⁴ GALIHER^11,^12,¹³, m. ABRAHAM SHEPLER^14,^15,¹⁶.
	ii.	JOHN GALIHER^16,^17,¹⁸, m. SARAH WILLIAMS^19,^20,²¹, August 30, 1836, Muskingum County, Ohio ^22,^23,²⁴.
	iii.	RACHEL GALIHER^25,^26,²⁷, m. SAMUEL MAXWELL^28,^29,³⁰.
2.	iv.	JAMES GALIHER, b. January 05, 1795, Pennsylvania; d. February 28, 1875, Fairfield, Wayne County, IL.
3.	v.	JANE GALIHER, b. November 19, 1797, Pennsylvania; d. July 23, 1852, Highland Twp, Muskingum County, Ohio.
	vi.	HETTY GALIHER³⁰, b. September 23, 1800, Pennsylvania³⁰; d. June 06, 1886, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio ³¹.

Notes for HETTY GALIHER:
Cemetery Inscriptions of Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Author: Ohio Genealogical Society, Muskingum County Chapter
Publication: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1986
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Page: p. 82
Text: Headstone gives age as 85 years 9 months 14 days at time of death

More About HETTY GALIHER:
Burial: Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio³¹

vii.

HANNAH GALIHER³², b. Abt. 1803, Pennsylvania³²; d. April 08, 1878, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio³².

More About HANNAH GALIHER:
Burial: Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio³²

viii.

MARY GALIHER³², b. Abt. 1804, Pennsylvania³²; d. November 25, 1870, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio³².

Notes for MARY GALIHER:
Cemetery Inscriptions of Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Author: Ohio Genealogical Society, Muskingum County Chapter
Publication: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1986
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Media: Book
Page: p. 82
Text: Headstone gives age as 66 y. at time of death

More About MARY GALIHER:
Burial: Norwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio³²

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