The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPALDIA.
that early day. He embarked for a time in mercantile pursuits, but was unfortunate. I-le next commenced the study
of the law at Canton, Stark county, Ohio, in ISII. After
his admission to the bar he practised at Steubenville, Ohio.
He was elected to Congress in 1829, but before the close
of the first session he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme
Court. Owing to ill-health he was compelled to resign.
In the spring of I832 he removed to Cincinnati, where, in
I833, he was appointed President Judge. He died July
20th, 1838, leaving a disconsolate widow and two daughters
to mourn his loss. As a lawyer he was well-read, skilful,
quick, and adroit in seizing a point of law and ill confusing
his antagonist, and he was an able jurist. He was twice
married, leaving one daughter by each union.
the call of t his chu rch, and was ordained and installed as
pastor by Miami Presbytery on Octobl-er 3d, I832. October
9th, I832, he married Belinda Gardner, of Chillicothe,
Ohio. H is charge at Springfield was his only pastoral
charge, an.JHd was one of the most useful in the history of the
Presbyterian Church. Brother Galloway was among min -
isters " the beloved' discip le." Though highl y impulsive
and~ emotional, he was never knoa n uinder the influence of
evil passion. The cross and life of Christ was the constant
theme of his effective ministrations. Ie never took part in
controversy in the spirit of a partisan, yet was ever rea dy to
take a decided stan d on all important questions. The
church of Spring fie ld wa s hed t ogether during th e disruption of I837-38 by his wisdom, the prudence of his cou r se,
and the power of his personal influence. He wa s an industrious and unifo rm laborer. His church a t Springfield h ad
a con stan t increase. The addition s from year to year,
mostly on examination, amount e d in all to 553 during his
pastorate. Before he resigned the charge in Springfield he
had felt hims elf seriously disabled in his m inis try by impaiored hea ring, which con tinued to the end of his life.
This, however, did not hinder his labors or usefulness to
any great extent. Soon after the pastoral rel at i on was dissol ved he accepted an agency f or the American Bible
Society, and ente red this s ervice at the beginning of the
year I85w, in w hich he co ntinued with great zeal and succes s for e leven years. A mor e accep table an d unblamable
public servant for such a field could not be found. About
a year before his decease he t ook charge of Cooper Female
Academy, at Dayton, Ohio, and in his first year he had
made substantial pi-ogress in restoring the patronage and
character of the institution to its former high degree, when
he was suddenly called away from his labors. He died
August 25th, I862, and his mortal remains were taken to
Springfield Ohio, and buried in the cemetery at th a t place,
with four of his children who preceded him and one since;
leaving a beloved wife and three children to mourn the loss
of a devoted husband and father. Dr. Thomas E. Thomas,
lately deceased, wrote of him as follows: " Brother Galloway was a man of strong natural sense, of an a.miable
temper, and warm affections. He was distinguished by
simplicity of character, purity, frankness, and earnestness
of purpose. His piety was unquestioned, uniform, consistent, ardent. Modesty, humility, and love were among
his characteristic Christian excellencies. As a preacher he
was simple, sincere, scriptural, practical, and affectionate."
ce ALLOWAY, REV. JOHN SMITI C, the s on of
li John an d Marga ret (Smith) Galloway, was born
b in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, August 5th, I8O6.
He belonged to a good old Presbyterian stock.
His father was a ruln le ing elder in the ch urch o f
-tr Gettyswburg, under the pastorates of Rev. Drs.
William Paxton n i Mu ng y, an d McConaughy, and his ancestors
on the maternal side for three generations were also ruling
elders in the Presbyteriao. Chutrc h t in thi s country and in
Ireland, from whence they emigrated to the United Colonies early in the eighteenth century, and werec then recognize(d as connected with that portion of the people usually
designated as "Scotch-Irish." The character of their ancestors nay be learned by the coa t of arms which is to be
seen engraved on the ancient marble which covers their
graves in the beautiful cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennisylvania. With such a lineage it was reasonable to expect
correspondin g results. The sulject of t his sketch, after a
carefu l academ ic t raininlg, ent ered Jefferson College, at
Cannonsl)urg, Pennsylvania, then under the Presidency of
Rev. Dr. Brown, and graduated in I826. During his col-lege course he was led to seek the Saviour, and his parents'
hearts where gladdened by his giving himself. to Godl in the
work of the ministry. To this holy work they had dedicated him from his infancy. He entered the Theological
Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, under the Presidency
of the elder Dr. A. Alexander, and graduated in I829. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle in I828. After
leaving the seminary he preached for a time in Chambersburg and Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, and also at Frederick,
Maryland; and then leaving the home of his nativity and
turning his face westward, took charge of the united congregations of Newton, in Muskingum county, and Somerset, Perry county, Ohio. Instead of settling in these
churches, as he was desired to do, he accepted an appointment as agent of the Board of Education, in which he
continued until invited to the church of Springfield, Ohio,
where he began his labors in April, I832. Ile accepted
REED, W. J., Manufacturer, the son of A. D.
Breed, and a member of the firm of Crane,
Breed & Co., was bornl in Fairhaven, Massachu setts, in I835, and received a thorough common
school education in New England. He was
nearly prepared for a regular collegiate course at
Phillips' Academy, Andover, but impaired health prevented
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