The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-08-05
OBITUARY,

Mr.. William Galloway, in his s0th year. a
well known citizen of Hartford county, died on
Friday, July 29tf. ut the residence of Mrs. Cas-
sandra Cover, in Bel Air. Mr.. Galloway had
held II number of important offices i'll Hartford
county and was highly esteemed for bis up
right character and kindly disposition. When
u young man he was aSSiutant principal of the
Bel Air Academy, under Prof. Whann, and
after becoming member of the bar WAS APP
pointed Deputy Attorney General for Harfo I'd
county. He WIS also Secretary of the Public
School board and Secretary of the Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. He was elected Clerk of
Hartford County Court i'll 1857. He held this
position until December LIST, 1862, when he
was succeeded by the late Major William Ii.
Dallain. lie waS then appointed Chief Deputy
Clerk and was Il member of the Constitutional
Convention i'll 1861. When that Constitution
was adopted he was elected States Attorney
He held this place until 1867, when the pre-
sent State constitution was adopted. In 1869
President Grant appointed him Assessor of III
ternal Revenue for the Sd district. The last
public office he ever held was that of Appraiser
in the baltimore Custom House. For many
years he was director of the Frederick
Blind Asylum. In politics Mr.. Galloway
was an earnest Republican but through
out the war and the stirring political times
which followed it, his courteous manners and
conservative speech enabled him to retain the
friendship of Democrats well as members OF
his own party. He leaves IL widow, who was
Il daughter OF the late Charles ID. Bouldin. and
one son, Lieut.. &. Dou:glus Galloway, of the u
>. Navy, who Is attached 10 the steamer hian-
tOuomah, now awaiting orders at New London,
Conn. The funeral took place On Sunday.
Services We're held at the house by Rev. Mr.
Finney, pastor of the Bel Air Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr.. Galloway was II consist
ent member. He was buried at Rock Spring
Cemetery, within sight of the spot where once
stood the old log school house, in which his
early education was received. The pail bearers
We're his hrothers-in-law, Capt. Hichard E.
and DR.. Robert X. Bouldin, Messrs. q. Smith
Norris, :. A. Williams, a. Preston Gilbert and
Geo. Y. Maynadier.
Mrs. Ann Denncy Orsburn, wife of the late
Benjamin 0rSburn. died on Wednesday, July
9th, at Cos o'clock, p. NJ, ut the residence of
her son, John IL. Orsburn, at Clayton, of in
tiammatory rheumatism, from which she had
been Il great sufferer for about years and s
months. Shs was 50 years, IL months and
days old lntcrment ut the Mountain Christian
church, on Friday, July both. Rev. w. s
Hoye, assisted by Rev. 4. Bulgin, oiliciated.
The pail bearers We're w. IL. Hanna, I. \.
Hanna, ID. L. Archer, Joseph Plowman, +. 7.
Brazier and j. NJ. Brazier. Elias Beaumont,
undertaken. The deceased leaves two sons,
VIM. ii. and John K. Orsburn, of Clayton, and
one daughter, Mrs. Il. T. Spering, of the Noun
tain.
Miss Sallie Robinson, daughter of the late
John Robinson, of this county, died on Tues
day evening, August I'd; at the Johns Hopkins,
Hospital, Baltimore The funeral will take
place from the residence of her mother. Mrs.
Sarah Robinson, ut the Hickory on this Fri
day morning, at . O'Clock. Funeral services
and intermcnt ut St. Ignatius Church.