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GOOLEY F. FOWLER, son of Levi and Elizabeth
Fowler, was born in Pike County, Alabama 22 March
1845, and came to the Stout Community with his wife,
Nancy E. Mills Fowler, and their 3 children in 1877.
The Fowler family farmed and operated a syrup
mill and brick kiln. Gooley Fowler also grew tobacco, a
relatively unknown crop in this section of the country.
Ten children were born to Gooley F. and Nancy
Fowler:
Leonard Andrew Jackson, married Eliza Fowler;
died from injuries received in working
with timber in 1888.
William F., married Rebecca Standfield
Nancy A. E., married J. H. Buck
Benjamin, died in infancy
Fannie Zola, married James Cox
James Randolph, married Effie Littleton
Kizzie Jane, married John W. Gilbert
Addie Della, married Arthur Bellamy
Gooley Alvis, married Kate Jordan
Epsie E., married Edward H. Gilbert
Source: Fowler Family Bible; Vella Gilbert Milam
JORDAN GALLOWAY, born 8 November 1800 in
North Carolina, came to Wood County in 1859. In 1827
he married Sarah Cook, born 8 August 1809.
The Galloway family settled on Caney Creek on
what was known as the Joe Alexander place. His post
office was Quitman and his neighbors on Caney Creek
were three Gilbreath families, Hugh, A. J., and Joe;
two Benton families, John Sr., and John Jr.; William
Morgan, Will Yarborough, and William Setler.
Jordan and Sarah Cook Galloway were the parents
of 13 children:
W. H. Galloway, born 1828; died 1908
Mary Ann, born 1830
John M., born 1832; died 1890
Elizabeth E., born 1834
Eliza, born 1836
Frances Jane, born 1838
Nancy Caroline, born 1839
Martha Susan, born 1842
Harriet L., born 1843
Margaret L., born 1845
Sarah G., born 1847
Richard H. L., born 1848
Thomas B., born 1851
Jordan Galloway died in 1869; Sarah Cook
Galloway in 1867. Both were buried in Rock HillCemetery.
Richard H. L. Galloway and Sarah Attaway weremarried 22 January 1873. Thirteen children were born
to this couple from 1873 until 1900: Frances 0.,
Thomas Jordan, Samuel Elisha, Sarah Ellen,
Jeannette, Lizzie Lenora, David Hosea, Lewis William,
Iba, Claude Lee, Jasper Terrell, Elbert and Rosalee.
Lewis William Galloway, son of Richard H. L. and
Sarah Attaway Galloway, was born 9 March 1888. He
married Mattie Elizabeth Tucker. They were the
parents of three children, Harold T., married Mary
Edith Bridges; Faye, married C. J. McIntosh; Alonzo,
died in infancy. Harold T. Galloway is presently coun-
ty judge of Wood County.
Source: Family of Jordan Galloway; Wood County
Democrat Centennial Issue
J. A. GAMBLIN came from Neoshoba County,
Mississippi shortly after the close of the Civil War, to
Wood County, settling in the Yantis area. He brought
with him his children, and his brother William
Gamblin, his wife having died previously.
J. A, Gamblin fought for the Confederacy, serving
with the 40th Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, Com-
pany G. He gave the land for the First Baptist Church,
parsonage, cemetery, and the first school at Yantis. It
is said the first parsonage fell into the hands of an un-
scrupulous minister who forged papers to enable him to
sell the property, then left the area.
A daughter, Surina Gamblin, married John Wylie
Kitchens 9 November 1884. He had come to Wood
County from Georgia about 1864.
J. A. Gamblin died 6 July 1901 and was buried in
the Yantis Cemetery.
Source: Maudine Adams Holt; Wood County Cemetery
and Marriage Books
JERRY C. GIBSON, born 30 November 1830 in
Tennessee, settled near Sabine River about where Van
Zandt, Wood, and Rains Counties now converge.
Although the exact time and place of his first residence
are not now known, he had moved from the original site
before 1870 and established a home on a 2,000 acre
tract in Wood County, lying from Golden westward 3
miles, where he developed a farming, timber andlivestock enterprise.
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