The Gallahers from Huntington, WV. were all Irish. My great, great, great grandfather was a riverboat captain who settled in Guyandotte. WV. He eventually purchased land in Huntington, WV. and owned a general store. Years later he gave land for Gallaher School and Gallaherville.
Now my grandfather John B. Gallaher ( the photo) was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a very religious man who introduced my brother Tommy and I to Jesus and oysters. While eating these delicious fried oysters for dinner he proceeded to tell me the oysters had poop in them. I was 3 and turn a lovely shade of green. Today I love oysters and the poop too..
Now to Anne Arthur Gallagher my grandmother (photo of John and Anne). She was a short woman who loved to dance. Irish style with arms stiffly by her side. She had a great and naughty sense of humor according to my Aunt Alice. She loved her large family of 10 children. Each Sunday she had all her married children home for dinner. Several kinds of meat and loads of vegetables on the huge menu. She baked many pies that had cooled and placed in the pie safe. She worked hard canning meat,vegetables and fruits; all the demanding work a farmers' wife was required to do. No high heels and martinis for her. She sold eggs with grandfather at the farmers market for extra cash.
She was not a Christian. I found this interesting since my grandfather could almost quote the Bible word for word. My mother told me grandmother could dance and dance and go into a state of bliss. It is said she had great looking legs until she left the planet.
Now the good news is before she passed my Aunt Elizabeth baptized my grandmother in the bathtub. Amen. Now I know I will meet her and my grandfather when I arrive for the meet and greet in heaven.
So, to my relatives keep your smiling eyes shinning and dance the hours away. It's St. Patrick's Day...just for you. Do a little dance for Anne she might tell you a joke.
Now my grandfather John B. Gallaher ( the photo) was a farmer and a carpenter. He was a very religious man who introduced my brother Tommy and I to Jesus and oysters. While eating these delicious fried oysters for dinner he proceeded to tell me the oysters had poop in them. I was 3 and turn a lovely shade of green. Today I love oysters and the poop too..
Now to Anne Arthur Gallagher my grandmother (photo of John and Anne). She was a short woman who loved to dance. Irish style with arms stiffly by her side. She had a great and naughty sense of humor according to my Aunt Alice. She loved her large family of 10 children. Each Sunday she had all her married children home for dinner. Several kinds of meat and loads of vegetables on the huge menu. She baked many pies that had cooled and placed in the pie safe. She worked hard canning meat,vegetables and fruits; all the demanding work a farmers' wife was required to do. No high heels and martinis for her. She sold eggs with grandfather at the farmers market for extra cash.
She was not a Christian. I found this interesting since my grandfather could almost quote the Bible word for word. My mother told me grandmother could dance and dance and go into a state of bliss. It is said she had great looking legs until she left the planet.
Now the good news is before she passed my Aunt Elizabeth baptized my grandmother in the bathtub. Amen. Now I know I will meet her and my grandfather when I arrive for the meet and greet in heaven.
So, to my relatives keep your smiling eyes shinning and dance the hours away. It's St. Patrick's Day...just for you. Do a little dance for Anne she might tell you a joke.
P. S. The above photo is the children of John and Anne. My mother is the one on the end in a skirt.
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