DR. WILLIAM A. GALLOWAY
Dr. William A. Galloway, a life member
of the Ar-
chaeological and Historical Society, a
scholarly gentle-
man long interested in the local
history of his section of
the State, a public-spirited citizen
and prominent physi-
cian, died at his home in Xenia early
in the afternoon of
November 7, 1931. He had been ill for
almost a year as a
result of ptomaine poisoning which left
him with a weak-
ened heart. He seemed to rally from the
attack in the
early autumn. This buoyed the hopes of
his friends for
a time, but later a sudden change for
the worse took
place, followed by a relapse from which
he did not re-
cover.
For some years past, Dr. Galloway was
engaged in
writing the Pioneer History of Greene
County and
Southern Ohio. His great-grandfather,
James Gallo-
way, Sr., came to Ohio from Bourbon
County, Ken-
tucky, and settled about six miles
north of Xenia in 1791.
He established friendly relations with
the Indians and
was acquainted with the great Shawnee
Chieftain Te-
cumseh. Shortly before his death Dr.
Galloway con-
cluded his history which later will be
published. It will
include much in regard to the Shawnee
Indians not pre-
viously published. In his research for
this work he con-
sulted many original manuscript records
and traveled
far to glean authentic materials. He
made a journey to
Oklahoma to visit Thomas Wildcat
Alford, the great-
grandson of Tecumseh, and was there
inducted into the
Shawnee tribe by ceremonies similar to
those accorded
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