GAFFKIN John
21 years
d. 13 August 1899 at Coney Island; run over by a Brooklyn Rapid Transit Car; “it
is supposed that he had fallen into Coney Island Creek, and after crawling out had
been overcome and laid down upon the track”; resident of Huntington
GAFFNEY Thomas
found dead 25 August 1898 at Oyster Bay; a fall “contributed to by alcohol”;
wood chopper with one arm who lived in a hut with his son James Gaffney; “the
father and the son were often seen in a druken condition on our [Oyster Bay’s]
streets .... the men went by the name of Gaffney, but the son said that their real
name was Ward”
GAINES Stephen W.
82 yrs 9 mos
d. 1 December 1894 at Huntington; son of Dr. Samuel and Mary Gaines; grandson
of Thomas Woodward; brother of Royal Gaines; m. first 1838, Elizabeth Collins,
who d. 1841; by her he was father of Samuel C. Gaines (d. 1878) and Mary
Elizabeth (who d. young); m. second Martha R. Griffin (Mrs. Woodward) who
d. March 1883; by her he had Stephen W. Gaines, Elizabeth W. Gaines (d. ca.
1885) and Henry Gaines; m. third ca. 1888 Mary Fowler; b. 4 February 1812;
grew up in Huntington; studied real estate law in New York City; into practice in
1837; lived in New York City until 1861; afterwards he lived summers in
Huntington and winters in New York City 1861-1866; resident of Huntington
since 1866; Democrat who voted for every Democratic candidate for President
since Andrew Jackson’s second election; trustee of Huntington Rural Cemetery;
member of Huntington Board of Education; president of Huntington Public
Library Association; President of Long Island Bible Society; trustee of Second
Presbyterian Church, Huntington; amateur astronomer; long obit in 8 December
1894 paper
GALER Mrs. Daniel
funeral 22 November 1894 at Brooklyn; Oyster Bay item
GALLAGHER George
72 years
d. 15 April 1891 at Huntington; sexton of St. Patrick’s R. C. Church, Huntington
GALLIENNE child
1 month
d. 11 July 1892 at Lloyd’s Neck; child turned over on its face and was smothered
in its bed; child of James Gallienne
GALLOWAY Elizabeth
78 years
d. 27 April 1892 at Jericho; interment at Highland Mills, Orange County, N.Y.;
mother of William A. Galloway and two daughters; mother-in-law of Samuel
Underhill; Jericho resident “for the past twenty-five years”
GALOW Mrs. Elizabeth
96 years
d. 8 August 1900 at Ozone Park; “old age”; mother of Fred W. Galow of
Huntington, Mrs. August Giese of Ozone Park, two sons in Wisconsin, and three
deceased daughters; a native of Germany, who “came to this country many years
ago”
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