Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-23
MAJOR JACK DOW MING.
ALBERT GAiIAIlN

To the long cltl'agur of usons Individuals VIII,
have been called hsnc dining the current We we have
10 add anoter by The demise Of this distinguished states
man. II may not be generally known thai Mr.. Galltm
resided IN Richmond in 1891. lie boarded FL snmo
Tine IA the wOjien building opposite MI John A. Lacy
grocery store. IN L Street (btiwc'n lilh anI l5fh
In this house also bparlr that period nnnbrr III
the members # the ouisllture. Here too Mr ALA
I'm married his first wio. Miss Sophia Allegro the
daughter Of hi, hndaIY lie Iemlinpd IN Virginia sov
Ial years. On the death Of his wife however, he
moyol 10 the State Of Peonsy vania. where in 1891, h.
married the daughter Of Comm ,dore Nicholson. Be.
sides being statesman, have evidence that he a
kind. generous. good The New York Even
my Post publishes the following tribute 10 the memory III
the decreased
ALBERT GAILATlN.- This venerable statesman
died on Sunday nj the county residence Of his son-in
law, at Astoria. Long Island Ia the eighty ninth year
his hae,nddng another 10 the catalogue of lie iusron-
deceased whose loss this country has been called upon t.
depIoe dnrng the current year. This blow has Een
neXpectedly upon the friend. o the decreased, his
advanced age and gradually ncrlasln! nGrmtics, during
tic past few years, had given solemn waning 10 him
and 10 them that they To separate.
Albert Gaatln was born al Geneva. in Swilzeiana.
on the 2J,h day al January, l76. He left or
phan IN his Infancy, aud educated under the ma
eIna care If distant relation and very dear friend Of his
mother lie pursued his studies In Geneva and gradu,
ted at the University Of that city ia l719. Among his
teachers at that period Muller, the LIBERATED hislo
ran. and among his classmates Dnmop, the friend
oi Nfabeau and the interpreter OF Bentha CONTRARY
to The wishes, but without the opposition Of his relatives
Mr. Galarin cmigred to the United States in the lqth
year OF his age He arrived Boston on the 18th ia
", 1850. letter followed him 10 this country from
La Rochef,ucauld to DrFmnkin requesting him take
a little interest in Glatiu and in his companion who
embarked with HIN Soon after his arrival IN this
Try, the young adveuurer proceeded 10 Maine, and resi-
ded al Machas aud Passamaqnddy, where he served
a volunteer under Col. John Allan, commander Of the
tort OF Aachas; aud also made some advances 10 support
The garrison
In the spring Of 1882, through the interest of DR.
Copper, he chosen instr tor o the French language
IN lheliirvad University; which place, however, h.
soon leil for the South In the winter of 1888 4 he
was engaged at Richmond in prosecuting the claim Of
foreign house for advances piadc the State of Vr
guia; which brought him into contact with the public
Of that State aud procured for him the acquaintance
and personal friendship of Paffik Henry la l7S4-5
he acquired large of land in Western Virgin
ia, which, with the moderate patrimony which he
bad been received. he determined to take up his perma
nent residence. Disturbances among the Indians and
,iher circumstances compelled him abandon the pro
ect aud in l7o6 he purchased place aud settled in
faytte county, Pennsylvania. IL was olrcieI in the
all of 1899 member Of the Convention 10 APPEND the
Constitution of Pennsylvania in which Convention he
ined himself with the Democratic party. lie there
md favored universal suffrage
IL 100 he elected mcnher Of the House of Re
resenaiives OF the State which post he continued ta
e rrsle' ted TIL he took in Cong ess about two
tars alter lis Vas chustn United Stdt,o' Sunilu in