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Our Galloway Family
Matilda Caroline Galloway
James L. Morgan
Elisabeth S. Spicer, has been kind enough to share her information on Matilda Caroline Galloway and her husband James L. Morgan with us. For more information about this family please contact her.
Matilda Caroline Galloway, the daughter of John and Kizzia Galloway, was
born about 1804 in either North or South Carolina.
The Galloway's lived in the area of North Carolina that later became Transylvania
County right at the South Carolina border and were known to "wander" back and forth.
Her date of death is not known but she and her husband James L. Morgan, the son
of William and Mary LaFoy Morgan, are buried in the Big Creek Baptist Cemetery
in Monroe County, Tennessee. Their children are:
- John C. Morgan, b. abt 1820/1821 NC
- William M. Morgan, b. abt 1827/1828 NC
- Gardiner Morgan, b. abt 1830 NC
- Posey Morgan, b. abt 1832 NC
- Mary Louisa Morgan, b. abt 1834 TN/d. 1921 TN//marr. Edward Hall
- James Millard L. Morgan, b. abt 1837 TN/d.??//marr. Mary (Polly) Saffell
10 Dec 1857 TN
- Andrew Morgan, b. abt 1838 TN
- Henry Morgan, b. abt 1840 TN
- Sarah Caroline Morgan, b. 2 Apr 1843 TN/d. 1928 AL//marr. Elijah H. Saffell
10 Aug 1859 TN
- Delila Morgan, b. abt 1845 TN
Sarah Caroline Morgan, the daughter of James L. and Matilda Caroline
Galloway Morgan, was born 2 April 1843 near Chattanooga, Tennessee, she died 1928
in DeKalb County, Alabama.
Sarah married Elijah H. (Dick) Saffell, the son of James and Polly Webb Saffell,
on 10 Aug 1859 in Monroe County, Tennessee.
Their children are:
- Ruth Adeline (Addie) Saffels, b. 2 Sep 1860 TN/d. 27 Nov 1939 AL//marr. Washington Ellis
- Lawrence Lorando Saffels, b. 3 Oct 1862 TN/d. 11 Dec 1932 AL//marr. Margaret Emma Moses 6 Sep 1883 TN
Lawrence Lorando Saffels, the son of Elijah H. and Sarah Caroline Morgan,
was born 3 Oct 1862 in Monroe County, Tennessee and died 11 Dec 1932 in DeKalb
County, Alabama. He and his wife Margaret Emma Moses, the daughter of James and
Martha Doolin Moses, were married 6 Sep 1883 in Tellico Plains, Monroe County,
Tennessee and were members of the Beulah Baptist Church in DeKalb County, Alabama.
Lawrence and Margaret are both buried in the Beulah Cemetery in DeKalb County, Alabama.
Their children are:
- George Anderson Saffels, b. 5 May 1884 TN/d. 11 May 1952 AL//marr. Sarah Jane Chandler, AL
- Lillie Mae Saffels, b. 14 Jun 1886 TN/d. 15 Sep 1975 AL//marr. James Jesse Chandler, AL
- James Lawrence Saffels, b. 5 Feb 1889 TN/d. 18 Aug 1964
- Lavada Adelaide Saffels, b. 24 Jun 1891 TN/d. 23 Aug 1965 AL//marr. Ezell White, AL
- Birdie Verdie Saffels, b. 18 Oct 1893 TN/d. ?? AL//marr. John C. Adams, AL
- Dovey Saffels, b. 1895 TN/d. Jan 1896 TN
- Emma Alma Saffels, b. 8 Oct 1897 AL/d. 15 May 1961 AL/marr. Nathan White, AL
- Willie Beatrice Saffels, b. 11 Apr 1900 AL/d. 17 Jul 1945 AL//marr. Charley Coleman, AL
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