Sears Elias GALUSHA
Harriet A. WEEKS
Husband: Sears Elias GALUSHA
Birth: 1 Nov 1831, Wheatland, Monroe Co., New York
Death: 14 Jul 1863, (Civil War) Falling Waters, Washington Co., Maryland
Burial: Jul 1863, Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan
Father: Hiram Daniel GALUSHA
Mother: Freelove BASSETT
Marriage: 23 Nov 1856, Loraine Co., Michigan
Wife: Harriet A. WEEKS
Birth: 13 Oct 1835, Loraine Co., Ohio
Death: 31 May 1903, Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan
Burial: Jun 1903, Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan
Father: Solomon WEEKS
Mother: Emily GILLETT
Children:
1. Jennie Lynn GALUSHA, b: Mar 1858, Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan
2. Daisy Evelyn GALUSHA, b: Dec 1862, Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Michigan
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Notes:
1860 Federal Census Data (M653_560, Page 767), Owosso Ward 1, Shiawassee Co.,
Michigan,
Enumeration Date: 19-Jun-1860, Family #627
NAME |
Age |
Sex |
Col. |
Occupation |
Real Estate |
Pers. Estate |
POB |
In Sch. |
Marr |
D, D, B, I, I, P, or C |
GALUSHA, Sears E |
28 |
M |
W |
Joiner |
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NY |
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Harriet W |
24 |
F |
W |
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OH |
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Jenny |
2 |
F |
W |
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MI |
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Sears served and was killed in the Civil War. His service record
shows:
Name:
Sears E. Galusha
Residence: Owosso, Michigan
Occupation:
Enlisted as a Private on 3 September 1862 at the age of 30.
Enlisted in Company G, 6th Calvary Regiment Michigan on 11 October 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 24 November 1862. Promoted to Sergeant on 1
May 1863.
Killed in Company G, 6th Calvary Regiment Michigan on 14 July 1863 in Falling
Waters, MD.
Harriet received a pension for both herself and then her minor daughters for Sears' service in the Civil
War (Image #2238).
Name: Sears E. Galusha
Widow: Harriet A. Galusha
Minor: Harriet A. Galusha
Pension Class:
Widow
Minor
Application Date:
1864 Apr 14
1867 Mar 30
Application #:
49,653
144,742
Certificate #:
32,168
93,830
After Sears' death, Harriet married his brother
Hiram Edwin Galusha.
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Sources:
1) Death - Wife: Shiawassee County Michigan Vital Statistics - Deaths,
Cert. #0495