Galimore Generations
First Generation
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1. Silas GALLIMORE. Born 6 June 1819 in GA. Died 31 July 1899.
He married Kiziah Ann "Missy Ann" DAVIS, daughter of Robert DAVIS & Elizabeth POLLARD,
18 June 1846 in Owen Co., IN by W. J. Sparks, M.G (Source: Owen County Historical
and Genealogical Society). She was born 3 May 1827 in KY. She died 27 June 1900 in Lafayette
Twp., Owen Co., IN. Buried 28 June 1900 in Cuba Cem., Owen Co., IN.
Kiziah was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. She was adopted when she was small by Robert
DAVIS and Elizabeth POLLARD. She died of organic heart disease.
They had the following children:
i. Mary Jane GALLIMORE (Never married); Born 15 April 1847.
Died 2 February 1911.
2 ii. William GALIMORE
iii. Robert W. Davis GALIMORE; Born 11 March 1852. Died
7 May 1856.
3 iv. Edward Jerrymiah GALIMORE
v. Lucindy M. GALLIMORE; Born 25 April 1856. Died 1863.
vi. James GALLIMORE; Born 1858. Died 1860.
4 vii. Hannah E. GALLIMORE
viii. David GALLIMORE; Born 20 March 1864. Died 6 November 1889.
He married Susan PRICE.
Second Generation
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2. William GALIMORE. Son of Silas GALLIMORE & Kiziah DAVIS. Born 20 February 1849.
Died 16 October 1919 in Spencer, Owen Co., IN ?
He first married Mary E. BARNES, daughter of John BARNES & Martha McNAUGHT.
They had the following children:
5 i. Melvin Cox GALIMORE
ii. Ida E. GALIMORE; Born 4 March 1874. Died 26 August 1875.
iii. Calvin D. GALIMORE; Born 9 November 1875. Died 28 June 1932.
He married Maud PHILLIPS.
iv. William Walker GALIMORE; Born 10 October 1879. Died
July 1954.
He first married Gertrude PHILLIPS.
He second married HICKS.
6 v. Silas Edward GALIMORE
He second married Hester A. ELLETT, daughter of Thomas ELLETT & Margaret BARNES.
Born 30 December 1863 in Owen Co., IN. Died 9 March 1911 in Owen Co., IN.
Buried in Newmeyer Cem., Owen Co., IN.
Hester died of pulmonary consumption.
They had the following children:
7 i. Celesta Belle GALIMORE
ii. Claude Thomas GALIMORE; Born 16 March 1892. Died 26 February 1894.
8 iii. Iris Oliver GALIMORE
9 iv. Hester Gertrude "Gertie" GALIMORE
v. Bura Margaret GALIMORE; Born 19 July 1899. Died 12 October 1901.
10 vi. Olive Leona GALIMORE
11 vii. Sara Thelma GALIMORE
12 viii. Howard Fenwick GALIMORE
3. Edward Jerrymiah GALIMORE. Son of Silas GALLIMORE & Kiziah DAVIS. Born
8 March 1854. Died 19 October 1906.
He first married Alice PHIPP.
They had the following children:
i. Ada GALIMORE; Born 23 July 1884.
He second married Jane FISCUS.
They had the following children:
i. Ella GALIMORE; Born 27 June 1893.
She married BONNEWELL.
4. Hannah E. GALLIMORE. Daughter of Silas GALLIMORE & Kiziah DAVIS. Born
19 May 1861. Died 21 April 1936.
She married James Irvin TAYLOR, 24 December 1888.
They had the following children:
i. Viola TAYLOR; Born 2 February 1890. Died 21 February 1920.
She married John PRICE, 1910.
Viola and John had five children.
ii. James E. TAYLOR; Born 28 September 1891.
He married Gladys McCAULY, 27 April 1917.
Third Generation
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5. Melvin Cox GALIMORE. Son of William GALIMORE & Mary E. BARNES. Born
1 August 1872. Died 19 August 1950.
He married Hattie LEONARD, April 1900.
They had the following children:
i. William Ward GALIMORE; Born 7 May 1901. Died 30 May 1901.
13 ii. Edna Gladys GALIMORE
14 iii. Minnie Marie GALIMORE
15 iv. Nellie May GALIMORE
16 v. Martha Hester GALIMORE
vi. Charles Melvin GALIMORE; Born February 1912. Died
February 1912.
6. Silas Edward GALIMORE. Son of William GALIMORE & Mary E. BARNES. Born
1 September 1877. Died 1 April 1955.
He married Ida Elizabeth BARNES, daughter of William Landrum BARNES & Cynthia
WORKMAN. Born 19 January 1882. Died 26 April 1966.
They had the following children:
i. Lois GALIMORE; Born 24 January 1906. Died 2 February 1980.
7. Celesta Belle GALIMORE. Daughter of William GALIMORE & Hester Ann ELLETT. Born 10
July 1890. Died 5 February 1963.
She married Paul WALLACE, 9 December 1916.
They had the following children:
i. Wesley WALLACE
ii. Earl WALLACE
Lives in Marion, IN.
8. Iris Oliver GALIMORE. Son of William GALIMORE & Hester Ann ELLETT. Born
29 April 1894. Died 26 June 1946.
He first married Gretchen MILLER.
They had the following children:
i. Wilma Jean GALIMORE
She married ?? SIMON.
He second married Leah NEIDIFER.
9. Hester Gertrude "Gertie" GALIMORE. Daughter of William GALIMORE & Hester
Ann ELLETT. Born 25 September 1896. Died 6 December 1978.
She married Donald GRAHAM, 6 July 1918.
They had the following children:
17 i. Helen GRAHAM
18 ii. Loren GRAHAM
iii. Donna GRAHAM;
iv. Robert "Bob" GRAHAM
10. Olive Leona GALIMORE. Daughter of William GALIMORE & Hester Ann ELLETT. Born 10
February 1901. Died 14 November 1969. Buried in Riverside Cem., Spencer, Owen Co., IN.
She married Horace Wesley JOHNSON, son of Ross H. JOHNSON & Anna Belle BEAMER, 27 August
1922. Born 6 December 1902. Died 7 July 1975. Buried in Riverside Cem., Spencer,
Owen Co., IN.
They had the following children:
19 i. Joy JOHNSON
20 ii. Ross JOHNSON
21 iii. Anna Marie JOHNSON
22 iv. Betty JOHNSON
23 v. James JOHNSON
24 vi. Silas JOHNSON
vii. Oran JOHNSON (Never married); Born 22 February 1941.
Died 25 October 1975. Buried in Riverside Cem., Spencer,
Owen Co., IN.
Oran died in an automobile accident.
11. Sara Thelma GALIMORE. Daughter of William GALIMORE & Hester Ann ELLETT. Born
29 May 1905. Died 25 May 1972 in Boggstown, Shelby Co., IN. Buried in Boggstown
Cemetery.
She married Lester Arthur FINECY, son of Eugene Ellsworth FINECY & Dollie Jane HARTMAN,
before 1924 in Polk Co., NB. Born 17 August 1894 in Polk Co., NB. Died 5 October
1966 in Greenwood, Johnson Co., IN. Buried in Beulah Cem., Polk Co., NB.
They were divorced 1944/1945.
They had the following children:
i. Phyllis I.FINECY
ii. Howard E. FINECY
iii. Theda Joyce FINECY
iv. Patrica J. "Pat" FINECY
v. Gary W. FINECY
(see FINECY page)
12. Howard Fenwick GALIMORE. Son of William GALIMORE & Hester Ann ELLETT. Born
8 August 1908. Died 9 January 1999 in Spencer, Owen Co., IN. Buried 13 January 1999.
He married Donna PATTERSON. Born 1926.
They had the following children:
i. Michael O. GALIMORE.
ii. Linda Sue GALIMORE (Stillborn.
iii. Terry L. GALIMORE.
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