Hammond D. Gallup
Aug. 3, 1819-Nov. 12, 1902
Niles Republican, Thursday, November 20, 1902, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
THE HAND OF DEATH
REMOVED THREE PROMINENT NILES CITIZENS TODAY
George Deuth[sic] Died Suddenly
Henry Weaver and H.D. Gallup Passed Away
From Thursday's Sun
. . .
Hammond D. Gallup died at his home at 8:30 Wednesday evening Nov. 12th, passing peacefully away trusting in his Saviour.
He was born at Sheldon, Vermont, Aug. 3, 1819. At the age of thirteen he removed with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio. Here his father died. In September 1834, he came with his mother to Michigan (then a territory) and settled on the east shore of Barron Lake, Cass County. Here he cleared away the forest and made a home. In 1851 his mother died. In 1846 he married Miss Sarah Smith and in 1863 his health having failed he sold the farm and moved to Niles where he engaged in the grocery business continuing in that line for nineteen years. In 1868 his wife died, leaving three children. The youngest son Elmer, died in 1879 at the age of 15 years. In 1873 he married Miss Cynthia M. Dexter, of Niles.
In 1850 he united with the First Baptist church of Niles, being baptized in the St. Joseph river by the pastor, Rev. Elder Miller.
He was a faithful and constant member, holding at different times a number of offices and was a constant teacher in the Sunday school. In later years he united with the Presbyterian church, of which his wife was a member.
Funeral services will be held from the house tomorrow morning at 10:30 with J.G. Lowrie, D.D., officiating. The interment wil be made in the family lot at Silver Brook cemetery.