Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 1st ed., 1885 Reprinted 1972 by Kentucky Reprint Co., Murray, KY. Graves Co. DAVID M. GALLOWAY, a pioneer of this county, was born July 10, 1819, in North Carolina. His parents were John and Lucy (Thompson) Galloway, natives of North Carolina. The father was of Irish descent. He moved to Bedford County, Tenn., in 1823, and came to Graves County in 1838. He was a farmer, and died in 1859, aged seventy-five. He and wife were members of the Seceder Church. The mother died in 1826, aged thirty-eight years. David M., on commencing for himself, had $300. He farmed until 1857, when he began serving as deputy sheriff, and was elected jailer and served until 1861. He was appointed sheriff in 1865, and the same fall was elected to that office. During the war he went to Texas and bought 250 head of horses, and sold them to good advantage. He next went into the saw-mill business, and later went security for $10,000, and through that risk was broken up. He then moved to Dukedom and went into the dry goods business with H.F. Summerville, in which he continued for six years. Later he pursued the same business in Wingo. In 1877 he went to Florida and invested in eighteen and one-half acres of land, which he purchased at $20 per acre. He spent four winters there, and after putting his land into an orange grove, sold the same at near $500 per acre. He now owns eight acres of land with a home-like residence in Wingo, besides a tract of sixty acres, one mile from town. He is one among the oldest residents of the county. He and his wife are well and favorably known as respected pioneer settlers of the county. He was married August 29, 1839, to Miss Martha Walker, of Stewart County, Tenn. These parents have had four children, viz.: Evaline F., the wife of G.W. Fowler; Molly S., the wife of Henry George; Elizabeth S. was the wife of H.S. Summerville, who died July, 1877. Elizabeth died in September, 1875. Mr and Mrs. Galloway are both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Galloway Thompson Summerville Walker Fowler George = NC Bedford-TN TX FL Stewart-TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/graves/galloway.dm.txt