William C. Gollaher Notes

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§ = Denotes ancestor of Michael Monroe Gollaher

Born:......16 Jan 1807 /Washington, Wilkes, Georgia
Baptized:..11 Oct 1967 /SLAKE (LDS)
Died:......06 Dec 1867 /Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Father:....James GOLLAHER
Mother:....Francis 'Fanny' CULBERTSON
Buried:....0 8 Dec 1867 in Tooele City Cemetery
Endowment: 25 Dec 1845 /NAUVOO
Sealed to
Spouse:....25 Dec 1845 /NAUVOO
Sealed to
Parents:...29 Nov 1949 /Ancestral file 4/93

Occupations: Blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, gunsmith, musician, mayor

+ Married:

ORTON, Elizabeth /03 Oct 1828 /Clinton Co, Illinois (some list 30 Aug)
Born:......23 Oct 1809 /Breson, Rowan Co, North Carolina
Died:......07 Aug 1854 /Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Father:....ORTON, James /b 1775 /Rowan, North Carolina
Mother:....RENSHAW, Elizabeth /b 1776 /Rowan, North Carolina

+ Married:

CRANSTON, Betsy Robbins (Widow Howe) /1858 /Tooele Co, Utah
Born.......30 Dec 1825/ Lenox, NY
Death......03 Jul 1883 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Buried.....05 Jul 1883 /Tooele City Cemetery
Father:....CRANSTON, Alvin
Mother:....Sylvia

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 CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH & WILLIAM:
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(1)........Mary Ann GOLLAHER
Born:......24 Jul 1829 /Clinton, Dewitt, ILL
Died:......18 Aug 1906 /Hagerman, Gooding, ID
Buried:....Tooele, Tooele, Utah abt 2 weeks later
Married:...TOBIAS, Henry Oren to GALLIHER, Mary Ann /Adams Co /30 Jul 1844
...........Source: Illinois marriage records archives
Married:...ROWBERRY, John W /31 Jan 1853 /Utah

(2)........Elizabeth GOLLAHER
Born:......30 Dec 1832-31 /Dewitt, Clinton Co, ILL
Died:......04 May 1904 /Wellsville, Cache, UT (buried in Logan, UT)
Buried:....Logan, Utah
Married:...04 Jun 1853 /BENSON, Ezra Taft /Salt Lake City, UT

§ (3)......James Monroe Sr. GOLLAHER
Born:......25 Mar 1833 /Dewitt, Clinton, ILL
Died:......13 Feb 1900 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Married:...11 Jun 1856 /BRACKEN, Catherine Bell
...........B. 30 Apr 1839 /Killingworth, Longbenton, Northumberland, England
...........D. 07 Aug 1864 /Tooele, Tooele, UT

Married:...1865 /Lucy M.
...........B. Abt 1833-6 /Clinton Co, ILL.
...........This is a very mysterious person.

(4)........Nancy Jane GOLLAHER /GOLLAGER <?>
Born:......11 Jul 1837 /Far West, Caldwell Co, Missouri
Died:......11 Oct 1846 /Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, Iowa / cause of death unk)
Buried:....Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, Iowa
Married:...unmarried

(5)........Harriet Francis GOLLAHER
Born:......20 Jan 1837 /Far West, Caldwell, MO
Died:......20 Feb 1928 /
Buried:....Grantsville, Tooele Co
Married:...28 Nov 1856 /ROWBERRY, John /Tooele, UT
...........One source gives birth as 1839, and her death as 20 Feb 1929. Another gives her birth place as 20 June 1839 in Rockefort, Missouri. Mary Etta PARKINSON, 105 Graf Street Bozeman MT 59715-6104.

(6)........Harriet Laura GOLLAHER
Born:......20 Jun 1838 /Far West, Caldwell, MO
Died:......24 Jun 1838 /Far West, Caldwell, MO
...........During this period the family was being driven from Missouri to Illinois by anti-Mormon mobs.
Buried:....unk
Married:...unmarried

(7)........Elizabeth 'Eliza' Angeline GOLLAHER
Born:......20 Feb 1841 /Burton, Adams, IL
Died:......15 Jan 1921 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Buried:....
Married:...16 Feb 1857 /SKELTON, Robert Hodson /Tooele, Tooele, UT
...........B: Apr 1824 /Carlisle, Cumberland, England
...........D: 01 Feb 1895 /Tooele City Cemetery

(8)........Sarah Jane GOLLAHER
Born:......07 Jan 1844 /Burton, Adams, IL
Died:......11 Aug 1849? /
Buried:....unk
Married:...unmarried
...........If she died in 1849, she died either in Iowa, or along the Mormon Trail somewhere.

(9)........Samantha O. GOLLAHER
...........The O may have been for ORTON
Born:......07 Jan 1847 /Keosauqua, Van Buren, IA
Died:......03 Feb 1925 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Buried:....
Married:...WHITE, Joseph /01 Mar 1875 or 07 May 1865 /UT
Married:...PICKETT, Matthew
Married:...PICKETT, James /1881

(10).......William Culbertson GOLLAHER
Born:......14 Mar 1850 /Keosauqua, Van Buren, IA
Died:......17 Jan 1921 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Buried:....
Married:...unmarried
...........Wm. was a sheepherder in Skull Valley, Utah. A William GOLLAHER shows up in the Nevada census of 1900 and 1910 in Elko County, Lecoma Precinct and Montello Precinct respectively.

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 CHILDREN OF BETSY & WILLIAM:
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(1)........Joseph Tyson GOLLAHER
Born:......16 Mar 1859 /Tooele Co, UT
Died:......30 Jun 1941 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Buried:....
Married:...Annie Eliza HOOK /3 Feb 1885
...........b 14 Jun 1861 /Tooele, UT
...........d 13 mar 1940 /Tooele, UT

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 WILLIAM:
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BIRTH: Conflicting records exist concerning his birth, either in 1806 or 1807.

OCCUPATIONS: Existing diaries and records list William as a blacksmith, wheelwright, gunsmith and carpenter. He was known to have an association with John BROWNING of Browning Rifles who settled in Ogden, Utah; his mother's father was also married to a Sarah BROWNING (see note below under BROWNING Genealogy). Wm. built several buildings in early Tooele, including the courthouse. He was also cited as an "accomplished musician," but I have been unable to determine the instrument he played, although there is a tradition of a fiddle in our family, as well as other Gallaher /Gallagher lineages.

PARENTS: Father, James GOLLAHER, died in Livingston, Kentucky abt 1812, when William was about six years old. His mother, Fanny, remarried in 1813 to a James DYES and they moved shortly thereafter to the vicinity of St. Clair County, Illinois. We may have James Dykes to thank for some of the excellent trades William seemed to have acquired, such as being a gunsmith, especially since many of the DYKES served in the military. James apparently died in 1842 in Nauvoo, and Fanny reportedly married again to a Joseph HARTSHORN, who died vic of Winters Quarters in 1847. I am currently unsure what happened to Fanny, but believe she did make it to Utah.

DEATH: Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 6, states that William was the first man to be buried in the Tooele City Cemetery.

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MARRIAGES:

 ELIZABETH:

Marriage records of Clinton County, Illinois list his name as GOLLIHER, as do early census and land records. He was endowed and sealed in the Nauvoo temple, but these LDS ordinances were performed again in 1949 by proxy by relatives.

 BETSY CRANSTON:

• He married the 'Widow Howe' in 1858 after Elizabeth died, fathering a son, Joseph Tyson GOLLAHER by her. She came to Utah in Capt. Sessions Co. with 1 yr dau Gertrude. At one point the family was known to be living in a cave in Garfield, Utah, according to descendant Gregg Gollaher. Other husbands of Betsy CRANSTON were:

McCUSTION, Oliver Porter /abt 1854 /
Born:......
Died:......abt 1861 /vic Placerville, CA
Buried:....

HOWE
Nothing is known about him. Apparently Betsy left him after she joined the Church of Jesus Christ according to Gregg Gollaher.

BETSY'S OTHER CHILDREN:

PARKER, Gertrude B. Howe
Born:......27 January 1851 /Illinois
Died:......13 February 1941 /Tooele, Tooele, UT
Buried:....Tooele, Tooele, UT
Married:...

McCUSTION, Alvin J.
Born:......24 December 1856, Tooele
Died:......25 January 1953 /Tooele
Buried:....Tooele, Tooele, UT
Married:...
NOTE: I am not sure about him; he is listed in the history of Tooele several times, and may have had a son named Oliver P. McCustion born in 1883 and died in 1975 and buried in the Tooele Cemetery.

• There was evidently at least two William GOLLAHERs in Illinois as the Illinois marriage records ELDER, Rebecca H. married GOLLAHER, William on 30 Dec 1847 in Hancock County, Illinois. In 1847, however, our William was in Iowa. A GOLLAHER, William married THOMPSON, Betsey on 18 Apr 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and a GOLLEHER, William married WALLER, Elizabeth on 05 Feb 1829 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.

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HISTORY:

William moved to Illinois before 1816 with his mother, Fanny, and step father James DYKES. He met and married Elizabeth ORTON in 1828, whose family was also early settlers of Clinton County. The 1830 Illinois census list him and his brother, James GOLLIHER, and state they were between 20 and 30 years old at the time. Included in William's household is a 15-20 year old female, which would likely be his younger sister Mary Ann. In 1832 he purchased 40 acres of land for $1.25 an acre in Clinton County.

The exact date William and his family converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founded in 1830, is not clear. Prior to this a large body of evidence suggests the family was likely Presbyterian. An article published in May of 1997 reported that "The Gollaher family was originally from Georgia, moving to Illinois when they joined the LDS church. They later migrated to Utah." ('Gathered in Time: Utah Quilts and Their Mothers.' Published by the University of Utah Press.

The headquarters of the church in the early 1830s was moved to Kirtland, Ohio, but the locals never accepted them well, and the church was obliged to look further on the frontier for a place to establish themselves. Prior to the 1834 "Zion's Camp" exodus of Mormon's from Kirtland, a group of "Saints" traveled through the vicinity of St. Clair County (St. Clair was broken up into several counties which included Clinton County) on their was to settle in Jackson County, Missouri, where Joseph Smith proclaimed the church would eventually build the "New Jerusalem." If the family hadn't joined the church earlier, it is a good bet that William's family joined the church about this time.

William and his older brother James moved to Caldwell County, Missouri (just north of Jackson County), after leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ called for the Saints to settle there. In 1838, both William and James purchased land in Caldwell County, but anti-Mormon sentiment had become to fierce that they were driven from the state the next year. In 1839 they were in Quincy, Hancock County, Illinois, where they both signed a "petition of redress" for property lost against the state of Missouri in the amount of $1,000 each for life and property lost by anti-Mormon mobs. James explicitly stated in his that he lost a daughter due to exposure during that fierce Winter while being driven from the state. William also lost an infant daughter there, Harriet Laura, who was born 20 June 1838 and died four days later, but it is unclear if the extreme tensions between the "gentiles" and Mormons had anything to do with her death.

Database: Gospel Library /Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833–1838 Missouri Conflict /Chapter 4: Individual Affidavits from the LDS Historical Department.

• GOLLAHER, William C.

Illenois May th 28 1839

a bill of Damages a gainst the State of Missouri for Being unlaufully Driven from it
     first for moove[ing] into the State $50.00
     for Loss of propperty and time and Damage while in the
     State 800.00
     for Loss of time and Damage of mooveing out of the
     State 150.00
     [Total] $1,000.00

I certify the a bove a count to Be Just and true a cording to the Best of my Knowledg

William C. Gollaher
[Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 29 May 1839.

• GOLLIHER, James

Quincy Ilenoy May 18th 1839

Damage receivd by the inhabit[ants] of Missourie & expences
in Mooveing $1,000.00

also expo[s]ed to the weather in which sickness followed & the loss of one of my Children othr sickness also occasioned by the same

James Golliher

I certify the a bove to be true according to the best of my knowledge

J Golliher
[Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 18 May 1839.]

William moved to Burton, Illinois south of Nauvoo in Adams County where he established a blacksmith shop as recorded in the Wm Foote diaries. His brother James is recorded as volunteering to go on a mission to Kentucky in January of 1839, and it is not clear what happened to him, although there are some tax records of a Charles GOLLAHER in Nauvoo in 1842, as well as some marriages in Hancock County to some James GOLLIHERs, which could be his sons.

Sometime shortly after anti-Mormon mobs martyred Joseph Smith and sacked the city of Nauvoo in February 0f 1846, William and his family left Illinois, crossed the frozen Missouri River and went to the vicinity of Winters Quarters, Nebraska near Council Bluffs, Iowa. There he busied himself repairing wagons in preparation for the westward trek across the plains. A daughter, Nancy Jane, took sick and was buried in Van Buren County, Iowa, probably near "Richardson's Crossing" of the Des Moines river at Bonaparte, or the Locus Creek camp, further up the trail in late 1846. There is no record of James or his family with William.

They are recorded as leaving Kanesville (Council Bluffs) in July of 1847 and arriving in Utah more than two years later, which is too long a time period for the journey's requirements. Ezra Taft Benson, ordained an apostle at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on July 16, 1846, was the captain of the second company of ten in Brigham Young's July 1847 pioneer company. He returned to Winter Quarters in the fall of 1847 with Pres. Brigham Young, and was appointed to preside over the saints in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with Orson Hyde and George A. Smith. Since the Gollahers are recorded as being members of the Ezra Taft Benson company, it is fairly certain that they left sometime in the early Spring of 1848, not July of 1847 as reported in the reference below. William's daughter, Elizabeth, married Ezra Taft Benson in June of 1853.

PIONEERS OF 1849
Database: Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 10 pgs 441-472 (pub. by Daughters of Utah Pioneers)

Name....................Age...Date of Birth...Place of Birth
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GOLLAHER, Elizabeth O...41....Oct 06, 1808....North Carolina
GOLLAHER, William C.....42....Jan 06, 1807....Georgia
GOLLAHER, Harriet F.....10....Jan 20, 1839....Nauvoo, Ill
GOLLAHER, Mary Ann......
GALLACHER, William C....
GALLACHER, Elizabeth O.........................Adams Co, Ill
GALLSCHEF, Eliza A......08

Departed From:..........Kanesville, Iowa
Departure Date:.........4 July 1847 (more likely Spring 1848)
Company:................Ezra T. Benson (5)
Arrival:................About 28 Oct 1849

NOTES:
• Winter Quarters was originally known as Florence, not far from Omaha, Nebraska.
• Kanesville: Originally known as Miller's Hollow, the name was changed to Kanesville by the Latter-day Saints in honor of Gen. Thomas L. Kane, an influential ally during their darkest years in Nauvoo. Following the departure of the Saints, it was renamed Council Bluffs in 1853.
• If William was actually 42 years in 1849, then he would have been born in 1807.
• I cannot account for the rest of William's children, though we know they came. Neither have I found his mother, Fanny, yet. I strongly suspect the GALLACHER entry is a duplicate of William's under a different spelling, though we know that some GALLACHERs from Scotland were early Mormon pioneers to Utah in 1848.

William was one of the founders of Tooele, Utah, and several accounts list him as the first mayor of the city, though others insist Bishop ROWBERRY was.

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The Ortons were amoung the earliest settlers of Clinton County, Illinois, according to census information given below. This is where William most likely met her, marrying her in 1828.

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Early letters in Tooele indicate all the "Gollaher Girls" had red hair.

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 James Monroe Sr.
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MONROE as a traditional family name: Here begins the tradition of naming the eldest son MONROE which has lasted until the present generation. The original reason is a mystery, but it has persisted now for seven generations, to wit:
• James Monroe Gollaher, senior, first son of William Culbertson Gollaher;
• James Monroe Gollaher, junior, first son of James Monroe;
• James Monroe, first son of James Monroe, junior, but who died young before he could marry and father children. James' second son, John David, evidently felt strongly enough about the tradition by this time that he named his only child
• Monroe Lenard, whose first son was
• Monroe Calvin, whose first son is
• Michael Monroe, whose first son is
• Monroe Michael Earl.

Monroe is not an uncommon surname in the U.S., and seems to be a popular place name throughout the United States, but as a given name it is very uncommon. The name is not found in any line of Gollaher, Golliher, Galliher or even Gallagher that I am aware of. The president James Monroe served in office quite a few years before the birth of James Monroe, senior, all but ruling out the possibility William named his first son after the popular U.S. president. Interestingly, David BROWNING named a son James Monroe in 1833, the same year James Monroe Gollaher was born, and James Monroe BROWNING also named a son James Monroe, junior. David's sister, Sarah BROWNING, married a John GALLIHER, at Nauvoo, Ill., in 1844, and it is very possible that John is the son of William's older brother, James. The relationship to the Brownings extend back into North Carolina, as Fanny CULBERTSON's father, David CULBERTSON, married a Sarah BROWNING. James Monroe BROWNING became a very influential man in the vicinity of Hancock County, Illinois, and John BROWNING became the founder of Browning Rifles. William was a gunsmith in addition to being a blacksmith and wheelwright.

The meaning of the name itself is a bit muddy. Most etymologies give its meanings as mòine-ruadh, mòine being a moss, a mossy place, peats, or turf, and ruadh meaning red or red haired, giving a meaning of "man of the red earth," perhaps.

But some experts say the -roe refers to the river Roe in Ireland. As it turns out, the ancestors of the Clann Munro originally came from Ireland, but returned to settle a place at the foot of the River Roe in Derry, Ireland, whence the name Mun-rotha. In Gàidhlig a Munro is always Rothach or 'a Ro-man' (i.e. man of the Ro). The name appears in the 15-16th century as de Munro showing that it was local or territorial in origin.

The Scottish pronounce the name Mac-an-Rothaich, roughly "Mus-in-row-g." In Gàidhlig (Gaelic) roth means "wheel." It is certainly interesting and intriguing that William, who was a wheelwright, named his first son the Irish equivalent of 'wheel!'

• The tradition of given names in Ireland was:
- Oldest son named after the Father's father. (In this case, James)
- 2nd son named after the Mother's father.
- 3rd son named after the Father.
- 4th son named after the Father's oldest brother.
- Oldest daughter named after the Mother's mother.
- 2nd daughter named after the Father's mother.
- 3rd daughter named after the Mother.
- 4th daughter named after the Mother's oldest sister.
- 2nd wife's oldest daughter named after the first wife, using her full name. Regional differences exist, for example, in West Cork, the oldest daughter seems to have been named after the father's mother, not the mother's mother.

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 Elizabeth Angeline:
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BIOGRAPHY of SKELTON, ROBERT: son of Thomas SKELTON of Carlisle, Cumberland county, England, born 1824 in Carlisle. Came to Utah in 1849, Ezra T. Benson Company. Married Eliza Angeline Gollaher February, 1857, at Tooele, Utah (daughter of William Culbertson Gollaher and Elizabeth Orton of Adams county, ILL, pioneers in 1849, Ezra T. Benson Company). She was born Feb. 20, 1841. Their children: Elizabeth, m. George RIMINGTON; Adelia, m. Andrew RUSSELL; Robert, m. Sarah GEE; James Patrick, m. Eliza BEVAN; William C.; Oren, m. Luella HENWOOD; Thomas, died; Polly, m. Joseph Lee; Mary, m. Frank WHITEHEAD; Pamelia; Alma; Olive, died. Family home in Tooele. - Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah.

Robert SKELTON is an ancestor of the famous and lovable comedian, Red SKELTON.

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 Samantha:
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MARRIAGE: A Joseph WHITE is listed in the Clinton Co census of 1820 who has three boys and three girls under age 21.

BIO: WHITE, JOSEPH -- son of Jonathan WHITE, born Nov. 11, 1809, Tealby, Lincolnshire, England, and Elizabeth DODD, born Aug. 1, 1813, Billingga, Lincolnshire, England and married Nov. 3, 1835. He was born Dec. 26, 1840, Yorkshire, England. Came to Utah 28 Oct 1849, Ezra Taft Benson Company. Married Samantha Gollaher 7 May 1865 (daughter of William and Elizabeth Gollaher), who was born January, 1847. Their children: Jonathan b. April 6, 1866; Joseph b. Aug. 1869, m. Elizabeth TANNER 1894. Family home in Tooele, Utah. -- Pioneers and Prominent Men of UT)

He wrote a letter to an editor in 1841, signing it "Joseph White, Minister of the Gospel," and giving his address as: No. 12, Ratcliff-Crescent, Bristol, Sept. 21, 1841

As a Missionary in England:
Brother Joseph White writes from Cheshire, near Audlum, under date Nov. 9th,(1841) as follows: "Dear brother Pratt, — The last time I wrote to you it was rather a melancholy story; but I thank the Lord that he has blessed us abundantly of late. When we first set off upon our mission we had to lodge in fields, but now the Lord is blessing us with the blessings of heaven and of earth. There is a very large field for the gospel in this region of country. "We have baptised five persons this last week, and two more are coming forward in another neighbourhood this evening. There are many more who believe in the truth, in this region of country. The work has but just commenced here, but it is making rapid progress."

Brother Joseph White writes again under date of December 4th, as follows:—"Dear Brother in the Lord, I take the liberty of informing you of the progress of the work of the Lord, since I wrote to you before. We have more preaching places than we are able to fill at present, both in Shropshire, and in Cheshire. We have baptized 18 in all, 9 in Rees, and 9 in Audlum, Cheshire."

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WILLIAM C GOLLAHER referred to as GOLLIHER
Writings of Early Latter-day Saints /Samuel W. Richards,
Journal Book 2 of Travels to Nauvoo, BYU Special Collections

Next morning returned to Father Myers eight miles, from there to Burton where we held a meeting in the evening, and spent the night at Brother GOLLIHER's. Next morning being Tuesday, we went to Liberty where we held a meeting in the evening and spent the night at Father Foots with Brother Furgason. Wednesday morning went to Brother Stephens in Liberty and in the evening held a meeting at Brother McClure two miles from Liberty, tarried with him that night and Thursday morning, went to Kingston, got out an appointment for Friday evening, and from there went to Brother Browers in Pike County four miles from Perry. In the evening held a meeting at the schoolhouse in Brother Bowers neighborhood, tarried that night with him and sent an appointment to Perry for Saturday evening.

Friday morning, returned to Kingston. Arrived there about 3 p.m., being eleven miles after searching for a place to spend the night until after sundown, and not succeeding on account of prejudice, we returned nine miles towards Perry and spent the night with Mr. Benson, whose wife was in the Church, leaving them at Kingston without any meeting. Next morning went to Brother Browers and spent the day, being the first of February.-In the evening went with them to Perry four miles and held a meeting in the Campbellite meetinghouse. Was opposed by Senator Herrington which continued the meeting for about four hours, and truth was more than triumphant to the astonishment of many. After meeting, returned to Brother Browers and spent the night.

The next morning being Sunday, we went to Clayton being about twenty miles, and spent the night with Brother ORTON. Next morning went into C. [Clayton] and tried to get a place to preach but received strong opposition in the streets. Left a paper and went on to big neck, being about twelve miles and stayed at Brother Daleys, ten miles from Columbus.

Left Brother Daley's Wednesday morning, and went to Burton nineteen miles by way of Columbus. Held a meeting that evening to a crowded congregation. We preached the first principles of the gospel and received some opposition. Spent the night with Brother Golliher and the next morning went to Quincy, it being nine miles, where we expected to meet others who went out with us, but found they had returned to Nauvoo, hence we proceeded on to Father Curtiss and spent the night with him. Left there the next morning for home, went as far as Father Morley's settlement where we spent the night with Brother D. Carter, and the next day being Saturday, we arrived at home in the city of Nauvoo, having had a pleasant mission with the blessing of the Lord upon us for good.

February 7th, 1845. Immediately after my return, I reported in writing to the authorities of the Church the success of my mission and resumed my usual labors in the shop and elsewhere on newly erected houses, as circumstances required, both for my own benefit and the building up of the city.

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 CENSUS EXTRACTS

1809 ILLINOIS Kaskaskia District: GALLAHER, Phillip (31 Dec)

Note: The U.S. Congress donated one hundred acres of land to each militia man enrolled and doing duty in Illinois on 1 Aug 1790, within the district of Kaskaskia. The claims under this act were made mostly by French settlers, as they constituted the greater part of the militia force at that date.

1820 ILLINOIS State Census: GOLAHER, John Sr, Crawford Co
1820 ILLINOIS State Census: GOLAHER, John, Crawford Co
1820 ILLINOIS State Census: GALAHER, John Sr, Crawford Co

1820 Illinois Census of Washington County
(Clinton County shredded from Washington on 27 Dec 1824)

Name.............Free white |Free white |Females |Blacks |Total
.................males <21y |males <21y |........|.......|.....
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ORTIN, John M....1...........0...........1........0.......2
ORTIN, James.....3...........1...........3........0.......7
OUTHOUSE, Peter..2...........2...........3........0.......7
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1824 Clinton Co, IL Census
First census taken after Clinton became a county on Dec. 28, 1824:

Head of ............|Precinct.........|Remarks
Household...........|.................|..........................
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OUTHOUSE, James......Sugar Creek.......Member of legislature
OUTHOUSE, Meredith...Sugar Creek..................................
OUTHOUSE, Turner.....Sugar Creek..................................
OUTHOUSE, John.......Sugar Creek..................................
OUTHOUSE, Joseph.....Crooked Creek................................
OUTHOUSE, Peter......Sugar Creek.......Father of James. Soldier in
.......................................Revolutionary war (private),
.......................................Maryland line - pensioned
.......................................August 13, 1828.
ORTEN, James.........Sugar Creek.......This may be Elizabeth's brother,
.......................................for she had one named James.
ORTEN, Wm. Reed......Sugar Creek.......this is Elizabeth's brother
.......................................B: 19 Mar 1802 /Rowan Co, NC
.......................................D: 25 Jun 1889 /Tabor, Fremont, IA
ORTEN, John M........Sugar Creek...................................

Source: 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties, published in 1881
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Name...............|Males..........|Females.......|Family #
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GOLLIHER, James.....000010000000....100100000000...305
GOLLIHER, William...000110000000....100010000000...303
ORTEN, James........000110010000....000000000000...327 *
ORTEN, John M.......220001000000....010001000000...321
ORTEN, William R....100010000000....200010000000...32
OUTHOUSE, Turner....100001000000....110010000000...306
* Likely this is Elizabeth ORTON's father

1830 CLINTON COUNTY CENSUS
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OUTHOUSE, Turner....0210001000000....2111010000000
ORTEN, J. M. T......1121101000000....0101000000000
ORTON, James R......1100010000000....1100100000000
ORTON, Joseph.......1100100000000....1000100000000

1830 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GALLIHER, Thomas, Tazewell County
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GOLLEHER, William, Adams Co, State or colonial census
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GOLLAHER, John, Iroquois County
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GOLLAHER, Sarah, Iroquois County
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GOLLAHER, Stephen, Iroquois County
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GALLAHER, James, F., Hamilton Co,
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GALLAHER, James, A., Jo Daviess County, Galena Twnshp
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GALLAHER, Martin, La Salle County
1840 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GALLAHER, Richard, La Salle County

1842 Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index: GOLLAHER, Charles, coord. 4N9W, pg 193

1850 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GOLLEHER, Rebecca, Clinton County, 68th District
1850 ILLINOIS CENSUS: GOLLAHER, Thomas, Macoupin County, Carlinville (5 Aug)
......................A 23 y/o immigrant laborer from IRELAND

1850 INDIANA Orange Co Census
Paoli Township:

FAMILY....|NAME............|AGE...|JOB....|WORTH...|BORN:
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729—730....SCOTT, Isaac.....62.....Farmer..4000.....VA
..................Ruth......34......................KY
..................John L....07......................IN
..................Thurston..02......................IN
........GOLLAHER, Bluford...17.....Laborer..........IN
..........BISHOP, Osker M...20.....Laborer..........IN
...........LEWIS, Malinda...20......................KY

Orleans Township
175—176...WRIGHT, Newton....25.....Farmer..1,500....IN
..................Margaret..25......................KY
..................William T.02......................IN
..................James H...01......................IN
........GOLLAHER, Sarah.....21......................TN

176—177 GOLLAHER, William...56.....Farmer...........VA
..................Sarah.....45......................NC
..................Charles B.19.....Farmer...........TN
..................Letty.....18......................TN
..................Catherine.15......................TN
..................Frederick.13......................TN
..................Polly A...10......................TN
..................John C....06......................TN
..................Paul......05......................TN
..................Amanda....04......................TN
..................Manervy...02......................TN
..........BISHOP, Ansker....22.....Farmer...........NC

232—233.....WEBB, Joseph....64.....Farmer..4000.....PA
..................Mary......52......................VA
..................Samuel....22.....Farmer...........KY
...............Elizabeth R..10......................IN
..........VENTES, Isaac.....14......................IN
........GOLLAHER, Penelope..23......................KY

256—257 GOLLAHER, Calvin....25.....Farmer...........IN
..................Sarah.....20......................KY
..................Minah.....01......................KY
........GOLLAHER, Enoch.....25.....Farmer...........TN

* These records, though not part of William's family, are interesting because they show immigration patters. For instance, in the Calvin GOLLAHER family above, it is apparent that Calvin was born in Indiana, probably to one of the families listed above, and that Enoch GOLLAHER, aged 25, is not a son or brother, because he was born in Tennessee. This makes a good case for family ties between the Gollaher's in Tennessee with the Gollaher's in Indiana. Sarah Gollaher, living with the WRIGHT family, is probably Enoch's sister. But Penelope, age 23 and living with the WEBB family, was born in Kentucky, so she is not a sibling of Enoch or Sarah, but probably near kin from the family in Kentucky. I am also struck with the commonality of the name Sarah for women in the family.

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 LAND SALE RECORDS

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Illinois Land Patent Details
Accession/Serial #: IL0200__.037
State: ILLINOIS
Patentee Name: WILLIAM C GOLLAHER
Issue Date: October 25, 1834
Acres: 40 /Land Office: EDWARDSVILLE

ALIQUOT.Sec/..TWNSHP...RANGE...MERIDIAN...STATE...COUNTY
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SWSE....10/...1-N......5-W.....3rd PM.....IL......CLINTON
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Patentee Name: JAMES F GALLIHER
Issue Date: July 28, 1838
Acres: 40 /Land Office: SHAWNEETOWN

NESW....11/...6-S......6-E.....3rd PM.....IL......HAMILTON
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Patentee Name: BENJAMIN N GALLIHER
Issue Date: November 1, 1839
Acres: 40 /Land Office: DANVILLE

NENW....11/...18-N.....10-E...3rd PM.....IL......CHAMPAIGN
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State: MISSOURI
Patentee Name: JAMES GALLAHER
Issue Date: August 2, 1838
Acres: 80 /Land Office: LEXINGTON

W½NE....32/...56-N.....29-W...5th PM.....MO......CALDWELL

ILLINOIS PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND TRACT SALES
http://www.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/archives/land.s
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html

Purchaser:.....GOLLAHER WILLIAM CULBERTSON
Date:..........10/31/1832........Record ID:.......198221
Acres:.........40................Price:...........$1.25
County:........14 CLINTON
Section:.......10................Section Part:....SWSE
Township.......01N...............Range:...........05W
Meridian.......3.................Purchaser Res:...Clinton

Patentee:......GALLAHER, WILLIAM
Date:..........10/01/1839
Land Office: ..GALENA
Acres:.........94.74
County:........PUTNAM

Purchaser:.....GOLLAHER, HUGH
Date:..........11/10/1845........Record ID:......8046
Acres:.........40................Price:..........$1.25
County:........81 ROCK ISLAND
Section:.......20................Section Part:...NENW
Township.......18N...............Range:..........02E
Meridian:......4.................Purchaser Res:..unk

Purchaser.......GALLAHER CHARLES
Date............08/28/1847
Acres...........146.98
Price...........$1.25
COUNTY..........HANCOCK
Section.........05...............Section Part.....NWSUBNW
Township........03N..............RANGE............09W
Meridian........4................Purchaser From...unk

Patentee:.......GALLAHAR, CHARLES
Date............11/03/1840
Land Office: ...QUINCY
Acres:..........40
County:.........PIKE

Purchaser:......GALLAHER PATRICK
Date:...........03/30/1872
Acres:..........80.00............Price:.........$14.00
Type of sale:...RR
County:.........JODAVIESS
Section:........14...............Section Part:...
Township........28N..............Range:..........03E
Meridian........4

Purchaser:......GOLLIHER, ELLEN
Date:...........09/10/1849
County:.........JACKSON
Acres...........40 ..............Price.......$6.00 /acre
Description.....NESW ............Township....09S
Section.........14 ..............Part........
Range...........03W .............Meridian....3
Purchaser from:..................unknown

Purchaser.......GOLLIHER WILLIAM
Date:...........02/10/1849
County:.........JACKSON
Acres...........40 ..............Price.......$1.25 /acre
Description.....NWNE ............Township....09S
Section.........24 ..............Part........
Range...........02W .............Meridian....3
Purchaser from:..................unknown

Patentee:.......GALLAHER, WILLIAM
Date:...........10/01/1839
Land Office:....GALENA
Acres:..........94.74
County:.........PUTNAM

CALDWELL COUNTY, MISSOURI TAX FORFEITURE LISTS (extracted)
List of Owners of Lands and Lots in Caldwell county forfeited to the State in October, 1862 for Taxes of 1860. These are the tax lists found in the Caldwell County Banner newspaper of 1864 for Caldwell County. The lists range from 1855 to 1863. There are several of the earliest pioneers of Caldwell county listed in them along with several of the Mormon settlers. Not given in this list with the names are the acres of each lot, parts of section, section, township, range, state tax, county tax and military tax on land and lots.

COWDRY, Oliver
CULBERTSON, Robert
GALLAHER, Wm.
GALLAHER, James
OUTHOUSE, John

" Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, collector for the county of Caldwell, and State of Missouri, will make application to the County Court of Caldwell County, and State aforesaid, at the October term thereof, to be held on the first Monday of October, 1864 at the court house in said county, for an order to sell all or so much of the foregoing list of lands and town lots as shall be sufficient to satisfy the taxes, interest and costs due thereon. And that on the first Monday of November, 1864 all of said lands and lots for the sale of which an order shall be made, will be exposed to public sale at the court house in said county of Caldwell, for the satisfaction of the taxes, interest and costs due thereon."
Jonathan Sackman
Collector of Caldwell County, Missouri
August 26, 1864

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 HISTORY OF CLINTON CO.

Clinton County was erected from Washington, Bond and Fayette counties, and was named in honor of the distinguished statesman, DeWitt Clinton, of New York. It had become the home of permanent and bona fide settlers as early as 1814, when the first land entries were made. At the time of the organization of the county, December 27, 1824, some 33,000 acres had been entered, three-fifths by actual settlers, the balance by speculators. The names of the actual settlers appear in the county census of 1825.

Land entries were made in all congressional townships of the county during said period of time, 1814 to 1824. All lands entered at that early date were timber land: the value of prairie land was evidently not understood nor appreciated. The population of the county in 1824 was about 1,100 all told, consisting chiefly of Americans from southern states and Pennsylvania, with a mixture of some English and Irish, who had settled in the vicinity of Carlyle.

There were 184 families residing in the county, numbering 1,106 souls in all; 220 of whom were white adults, voters. The colored population consisted of 19 free Negroes and five slaves, owned by Charles SLADE of Carlyle.

The principal if not the only, pursuit of the population, was agriculture. These 184 families owned about 20,000 acres of land, averaging fully 100 acres per family.

A similar report was made in 1830 by Commissioner Benjamin Bond. The population had increased over one hundred per cent. In those five years, it numbered now 2,375, among whom were 394 voters, and 391 men subject to military duty (militia men). The colored population had quadrupled (95), all free, however. The manufactures had increased by a carding machine and a "hattershop" at Carlyle. Commissioner James J. Justice reports in 1835 a population of 2,648, 84 of whom were free colored people. The increase in population, scarcely 12 per cent, was small in comparison with that of the previous five years. The last-mentioned report contains a few German names, the first ones met in this county.

• Burton - The little village of Burton is located in Burton Township and was platted in 1836. A Post Office was located at Burton from 1840 to 1910.

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Possible Relationship to the GALLAHER who shot Joseph Smith:

Joseph Smith was martyred while in the jail at Carthage, Illinois. Most accounts give a William GALLAHER one of the men who actually shot Joseph. I have seen the name spelled GOLLIHER and GALLAGHER as well in different accounts.

Mike Connors has a Patrick GALLAHER who married Elizabeth MURRAY in Rock Island, IL on Aug. 8, 1844. The marriage certificate lists John GALLAHER as the father of Patrick and gives his location as Warsaw, Hancock Co. IL. A William Gallaher of the Warsaw militia was one of the mob who shot the prophet Joseph Smith. Patrick is also listed on the muster rolls of the Warsaw militia. I notice a Hugh GOLLAHER purchased land in Rock Island in 1845.

From:......GolliBull@aol.com
...........11/3/1998 4:07 P
Subject:...Henry David Golliher
To:........GALLAGHER-L@rootsweb.com

Hi everyone:

I'm in great hopes that someone can help me knock down the brick wall that my grgrgpa built for himself. I'm having the most awful time getting any leads on this man. I almost have reason to believe he might have been part of the Mormon group that separated and possibly changed the spelling of his name, yet did not wander too far from his original home. Family stories say that he rode into town in the dead of night and never did talk about his family. I've tried connecting using the adage that his first name was for his Father's Father, and middle name for his Mother's Father....it still has me stumped.

Henry David GOLLIHER b. Aug 11, 1850 d. Apr 21, 1881 from typhoid ... death cert. claims birth was in IL. He's buried in the Adams Cemetery, a family cemetery in Schuyler Co., IL. He married Solena Elvira ADAMS on Aug 5, 1876. They had 2 boys ... William James GOLLIHER (my grgpa) b. Aug 1, 1880 IL d. Feb. 14, 1965 Rushville, IL and Buford Adams GOLLIHER b. Mar 28, 1877 IL and d. Oct 28, 1940 Quincy, IL

Anyone with any information, help, ideas or thoughts, I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks so much,
Cindy

From:......Mel & Maggie Beckstead <mmranch@inquo.net>
...........6/11/1998 9:31 A
Subject:...Golliher
To:........ogollaher@bigfoot.com

I've been collecting Golliher info. for several years now and have numerous family group sheets. I would like to add these plus my own lineage to your site. How do I proceed?

I'm pleased to see this site. It presents nicely although I've had a difficult time getting around. As I don't always come in on your home page there are no buttons to press to move from page to page.....or is there?

Look forward to hearing from you. My Gollihers are from the Nauvoo area, Warsaw, Ill about 12 miles from Nauvoo. No, we do not belong to the L.D.S. church and yes it was one of the Golliher/Gollahers that was part of the mob who murdered the Mormon prophet. He was Charles Golliher/Gollaher who went to Oregon.

'Nuff said. Maggie

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On BENJAMIN AUSTIN GOLLAHER:
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Evidently my gggrandfather John David somehow believed William C. was a brother to Benj., and included him in a family group sheet, plus some interesting information on Benj. "Auston." (as he spelled it). In his handwriting he notes of Benj. Austin:

"Auston GOLLAHER lived for 92 years. Died Feb 23, 1898. He married Polly PRICE, a local girl, and had six children, three boys (Tom, Jim and George) and three girls. Sons Tom and Jim GOLLAHER were drafted into Union forces [during the Civil War]. Tom was later released from service, having 12 children. Jim died in camp with yellow fever. George moved to Missouri. Auston's great grand son lived in Louisville, Ky. Austin's granddaughter, Mrs. Naneibelle EDLIN, lived in Louisville, Ky. When Austin was in his 70s his wife, Polly, died."

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WILLIAM GOLLAHER & BROWNING RIFLES ASSOCIATION NOTES:

William was a gunsmith as well as a blacksmith, and was known to have an association with Jonathan Browning of Browning Rifles. Here are a few more notes on possible connections:

BIO of Jonathan BROWNING
(Church of Jesus Christ historical sources)

JONATHAN BROWNING. Jonathan BROWNING was born 22 October 1805, in Sumner County, Tennessee. He became interested in gunsmithing at an early age and learned soldering, brazing, welding, hand-forging, and tempering.

At the age of nineteen, he was a competent gunsmith. On 9 November 1826, he married Elizabeth STALCUP. As people moved west, Jonathan's business grew. In 1834 he himself moved to Quincy, Illinois. While in Quincy, he was elected justice of the peace and made acquaintance with Abe LINCOLN. His business prospered. During this time Jonathan invented one of the earliest repeating rifles.

By 1840, the Mormons had already begun to settle the nearby town of Nauvoo. A Mormon came to the Browning shop with a repair Job and introduced Jonathan to the gospel. Jonathan became keenly interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after reading the Book of Mormon and was soon baptized. In 1843, he moved to Nauvoo and on Main Street set up his business of repairing guns.

After the assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, the Mormons began leaving Nauvoo. In 1846, Jonathan moved to Council Bluffs along Mosquito Creek. When a U.S. Army officer arrived in July of the same year wanting volunteers to help in the war with Mexico, Jonathan stood in line with other volunteers who later became known as the Mormon Battalion. But Brigham Young would not let him go, knowing that his talents for gunsmithing were needed to help the pioneers as they moved west. Later Jonathan wanted to move west with the first scouts picked to explore the trail, but once again he could not be spared.

Jonathan Browning advertised in the Frontier Guardian of Kanesville, Iowa, on 19 September 1849: "The subscriber is prepared to manufacture, to order, improved Fire-arms, viz: revolving rifles and pistols; also slide guns, from 5 to 25 shooters. All on an improved plan, and he thinks not equaled this far East. (Farther west they might be.)"

Genealogy of the BROWNINGS in America from 1621 to 1908
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Author: Edward Franklin Browning
Call Number: R929.2 qB885

Genealogy of Nathaniel BROWNING, of Rhode Island Line, and the Brownings whose ancestors
settled in Virginia. Bibliographic Information: Browning, Edward Franklin. Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908. Newburgh, N.Y.: (Journal Print), n.d.

(page 586)
JAMES MONROE BROWNING.

Son of David BROWNING and Vashti WEST.
Born April 13, 1833, in Tennessee.

Married Eliza MATHEWS, Oct. 12, 1856.

They had five children, namely:

Alice,.............b. Aug 21, 1857 /died Jan 9, 1860, aged three years.
Etta,..............b. Jan 31, 1859
David Milton,......b. Jul 28, 1861
Clara Eliza,.......b. Jun 22, 1865
James Monroe, Jr...b. Aug 08, 1875
Mr. James Monroe BROWNING resided in Hancock County, Ill., and was a man of distinction there. In 1867, he was elected County Treasurer and remained so for several terms. He held many important offices. Administered more estates, and was guardian of more minors than any other man in the county. He purchased the "old jail" at Carthage, which was noted as the place where Joseph Smith, the Mormon, met his death. In 1896 he was in feeble health, but still resided in Hancock County, Ill.

(page 590)
SARAH ANN BROWNING.

Sarah Ann BROWNING, daughter of Jonathan BROWNING and Elizabeth STALCUP. 1859
Born Aug. 4, 1827, in Davison County, Tenn.

Married John GALLIHER, at Nauvoo, Ill., March 2, 1844.
They had thirteen children, namely:

Richard GALLIHER,.....b. 1845.
Mary GALLIHER,........b. 1846.
Lehi GALLIHER,........b. 1847.
Barbara GALLIHER,.....b. 1850.
Sarah GALLIHER........b. 1851.
Teresa GALLIHER,......b. 1853.
Asenath GALLIHER,.....b. 1853.
Martha L. GALLIHER,...b. 1857.
John GALLIHER,........b. 1860.
James A. GALLIHER,....b. 1862.
Julia E. GALLIHER,....b. 1865.
Charilla GALLIHER,....b. 1867.
Frank GALLIHER,.......b. 1875.

They moved to Iowa.

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From:.......Mark Gallacher <gallacher_iroc@yahoo.com>
............12/3/1998 1:49 P
Subject: History
To: the OGollaher <OGollaher@BigFoot.com>

I really appreciate what you have done so far with your website. I know that several of my brothers and I have really enjoyed the information that you have. My family does have several generations of our family and I would love to share this with everyone else. Let me know how I would go about that.

If I remember correctly, my great grandfather William Gallacher came across the plains with the pioneers in the trek to Utah. It is a story that would likely have a good place in your myths/legends section.

If there is anything I could do to help out, feel free to let me know.
Thanks again!

Mark

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