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W.C. Galloway was born in Butler County, Alabama 25 Oct 1856 and died
in a Temple hospital 29 Dec 1936.
Mr. Galloway moved to Texas in 1878, first settling in Blanco County. In
1882 he moved to Burnet, and with the exception of a short interval was
a citizen of this county until his death. On July 1st, 1885, he was
united in marriage to Mary Beaugard Clark, who preceeded him in death by
about one and a half years. They are survived by the following children:
W.C. Galloway, Jr., Evergreen Alabama; Harry H. Galloway of Burnet; and
Miss Clark Galloway of Burnet.
Dating almost from his arrival in Burnet, a period of about 54 years,
Mr. Galloway was an important and leading factor in the business life of
burnet. He served Burnet County as Tax Collector and made an unusually
efficient officer. Since the organization of the First State Bank of
Burnet in 1908, and until his death, Mr. Galloway served as Cashier. For
several years prior to his death, he had been mayor of Burnet, and took
merited pride in the things that had been accomplished during his term
of office, the greatest of which was the installation of the city water
works system. It was during his tenure of office in which several miles
of city paving was secured. During the dark days of the depression, Mr.
Galloway took as much interest in city affairs as he did in his own
business and the town's growth and development was a source of great
pride to him.
When the present editor took charge of the Bulletin 37 years ago, Mr.
Galloway was the first new subscriber added to its list, and during all
the years our families have remained steadfast friends.
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