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| Family | Russell Allen Firestone b. 3 December 1901 | |
| Children | 1. | Russell Allen Firestone Jr. b. 29 Jul 1926, d. 29 Dec 2003 |
| 2. | David Morgan Firestone b. 1931, d. 13 Jan 2009 | |
| Birth* | 4 September 1902 | TX1,2,3 |
| Marriage* | 1925 | Principal=Russell Allen Firestone1,2,4 |
| Census* | 1930 | 1930 Federal Census, Ohio, Summit County, Akron Township, Akron, Ward 8, ED: 77-144, Series: T626, Roll: 1880, Page: 200A, April 8 Sheet 9A, Block 105 Tract B-3, 384 Merriman Road (enumerated with husband, Russell A Firestone) 11, 119, 139, Firestone, Dorothy B, Wife-H, , , , No, F, W, 28, M, 23, No, Yes, Texas, Texas, Texas, , 87, , , , , Yes, None, , , , , , , ,1 |
| SSN* | February 1986 | Dorothy GALBREATH Birth Date: 4 Sep 1902 Death Date: Feb 1986 Social Security Number: 292-42-0653 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Ohio Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 43215 Localities: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio3 |
| Death* | 26 February 1986 | LaGorce Island, Dade Co., FL4 |
| News/Obit* | 26 February 1986 | Dorothy Firestone Galbreath, horsewoman, philanthropist, dies MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Dorothy Firestone Galbreath, horsewoman, philanthropist and wife of Ohio industrialist John W. Galbreath, died in her winter home on LaGorce Island. She was 84. Galbreath was first married in 1925 to Russell A. Firestone Sr., a son of the founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. He died in 1951. He had introduced her to thoroughbred racing, an interest which led her to her second husband, John W. Galbreath. At the time of the marriage, she gave up her stable's green and white racing silks for the fawn and brown of her husband's Darby Dan farm. Two of their horses, Chateaugay and Proud Clarion, won the Kentucky Derby, and their latest star, Proud Truth, won his division of the $3 million Breeders' Cup at Aqueduct last November. Mrs. Galbreath was born into the family of a successful Fort Worth attorney but did not start coming to Miami until 50 years ago after her marriage to Firestone. She was one of the last surviving founders of the exclusive Bath Club in Miami and was a major contributor to Fairchild Tropical Garden and other botanical groups. "She was one of those people who like to help people without making a big to-do about it; who cared what happened to people," said Jean Jones Perdue, a friend of 50 years. "She was just one of the greatest people you could ever know in every way." She is survived by her husband, two sons, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. (Appeared in the Houston Chronicle (TX), February 26, 1986)4 |
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