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Note: THOMAS LAWRENCE GALLIGAR WAS BORN JUNE 20, 1896 IN FIELDER (FAIRBANKS) SOUTH DAKOTA. HIS PARENTS WERE JOHN T. GALLIGAR AND MARRY E. MCDERMOTT. ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM FREEMONT GALLIGAR AND 1 POSSIBLE SISTER , (SIOUX INDIAN WHO LIVED AT THE CHEYANNE RIVER TRIBE),PHOTO'S TAKEN OF THOMAS IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, SHOW HIM TO HAVE SOME INDIAN IN HIM. (HIGH CHEEK BONES, LIPS, ETC....) ACCORDING TO THOMAS DEATH CERTIFICATE,AND HIS LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, HE WAS BORN IN FIELDER, SD, BUT ON HIS APPLICATION FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, HE PUT HIS BIRTH PLACE AS FAIRBANKS, SD. THOMAS HOMESTEADED NOVEMBER 21, 1921. TITLE TRANSFER, LAND OFFICE PIERRE, SD. U.S RESERVATION YES: MINERAL RESERVATIONS: YES. ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD ENTRY WAS DECEMBER 29, 1916. 643.33 ACRES. ON FILE ALSO LAND PATENT 643 ACRES IN MERIDIAN SOUTH DAKOTA NOV 21, 1946 THOMAS SERVED IN WW1. HE WAS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. THOMAS WENT INTO THE SERVICE ON JULY 14, 1917 AND WAS DISCHARGED MAY 23, 1919. BAT C 147 F.A. SERIAL # 2313812. TRAINED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE BEING SENT ACROSS SEAS, TO HELP THE ARMY. THE 147TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT (75 MM GUNS) WAS PART OF THE 41ST DIVISION AND ORGANIZED AT CP. GREENE, NC IN OCTOBER 1917. THEY SOON MOVED TO CP MILLS NY (OCT 17) AND HOBOKEN FOR EMBARKATION (JAN 18), IT SERVED IN FRANCE UNTIL SAILING BACK TO CP DIXON, NJ (MAY 19) DEMOBILIZED AT CP DODGE, IA MAY 19,1919. WHEN THOMAS WAS SENT TO FRANCE, THE ARMY AND THE NATIONAL GUARD MERGED TOGETHER TO BECOME 1 ARMY. THOMAS WAS WOUNDED AND RECIEVED MANY MEDALS. ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, THOMAS CLAIMS TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A GERMAN PLANE WITH A .45 PISTOL, WHICH ONE OF HIS SONS, NOW HAS IN THEIR POSSESSION. THE 41ST DIVISION WAS DESIGNATED A TRAINING, REPLACEMENT, AND DEPOT DIVISION AND SO DID NOT SEE COMBAT AS AN ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, FROM JULY TO NOV 1918 THE 147TH F.A. REGIMENT (LESS BATTERY F) WAS DETACHED AND SUPPORTED AT VARIOUS TIMES THE 32ND DIV. 28TH DIV. FRENCH MOROCCAN DIVISION, 79TH DIV, AND 89TH DIV. IN FIGHTING . NATIONAL GUARD: ORGANIZED OCT 3, 1917 AT CAMP GREENE, NC AS COMPONENT OF 41ST DIVISION (66TH F.A. BRIGADE) (75MM GUN) FORMED FROM ELEMENTS 4TH INFANTRY, SD NG). MOVED OVERSEAS JAN 1918. RETURNED TO THE US MAY 1919 AND DEMOBILIZED AT CAMP DODGE, IA. ALL 4 OF THOMAS SON'S WERE IN THE SERVICE. THOMAS OLDEST SON, THOMAS JOHN GALLIGAR WAS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD WHILE HE WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN HE GRADUATED, HE JOINED THE ARMY. JOHN, WILLIAM AND JAMES ALL FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR. YOUNGEST SON, GEORGE, FOUGHT IN THE VIETNAM WAR. ONE OF THE MEDALS BELONGING TO THOMAS IS IN THE POCESSION OF HIS SON, WILLIAM. THE MEDAL IS A BRONZE MEDAL. ON THE MEDAL IT HAS A RAINBOW RIBBON. THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION. FRANCE, ITALY, SERVIA, JAPAN, MONTENEG (MONTENCO) RUSSIA, GREECE, GREAT BRITIAN, BELGUM, BRAZIL, PORTUGAL, RUMANIA, CHINA. ON ONE SIDE OF THE MEDAL IT HAS THE FOLLOWING WRITING. AISNE - MARNE OISE - AISNE MEUSE - ARGONNE DEFENSIVE SECTOR. IT HAS A SWORD AND SHIELD. THE OTHER MEDALS HAVE BEEN LOST OR MISPLACED OVER THE YEARS. AFTER THE SERVICE, THOMAS RETURNED HOME TO SULLY COUNTY, AND HOMESTEADED HIS LAND, NEAR HIS BROTHER, AND FATHER'S LAND. HE MARRIED ABT 1927 TO HARRIETT MARIOM TANNER. THEIR FIRST CHILD WAS BORN IN NEBRASKA. MARY ROXIE GALLIGAR. THEY RETURNED TO SOUTH DAKOTA AND HAD 7 MORE CHILDREN THERE. SON WILLIAM GALLIGAR, WAS BORN AT HOME IN OKOBOJO. WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THE FIRST 3 CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL IN THEIR TOWNSHIP, HAD GOT ON FIRE, SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL RIGHT AWAY. THOMAS MOVED HIS FAMILY INTO TOWN (ONIDA) SO THAT JOHN AND ROXIE COULD ATTEND SCHOOL. HELEN WAS ALSO READY FOR SCHOOL AT THIS TIME, BUT THOMAS AND HARRIET DIDN'T WANT TO SEND ALL 3 CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME TO START FIRST GRADE, SO THEY WAITED AND SENT HELEN THE NEXT YEAR. DEPRESSION WAS SPREADING THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA, AND TIMES WERE HARD. THE WINTERS WERE VERY COLD. COAL WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE AND DUMPED INTO THE BASEMENT TO KEEP THE HOUSE WARM. AT THIS TIME, ABT 1937 THOMAS GOT PNEUMONIA AND WAS TAKEN TO THE VETERINS HOSPITAL. THOMAS WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INVENTORS. THIS WAS THE LARGEST ORGANIZATION FOR INVENTORS AT THIS TIME. THE ORGANIZATION STARTED AROUND 1928 AND CLOSED AROUND 1942. THOMAS GALLIGAR WAS GIVEN A MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE THAT WAS SIGNED BY CHARLES BEARD (SECRETARY)SEPTEMBER 11, 1937. THOMAS BECAME A MEMBER, WE DO NOT KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE HE INVENTED SOMTHING OR JUST THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN NEW TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE. WE DO KNOW THAT THOMAS HAD A HIGH INTEREST IN AUTOMOBLES AND MUSIC. BOTH OF WHICH WERE PART OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INVENTORS. THOMAS LOVED MUSIC. HE PLAYED DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTUMENTS. ONE BEING THE HARMONICA. ANOTHER LOVE OF THOMAS'S WAS CARS. ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, HARRIETT, HE ALWAYS HAD TO HAVE THE NEWEST CAR AVAILABLE. HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM ALSO HAD A FACINATION WITH CARS. OMAS WORKED FOR F.H. HOGUE AS A NIGHT WATCHMAN IN PAYETTE, IDAHO.. DURING THE DAY HE WAS A FARMER. WHILE WORKING FOR HOGUE CANNERY, THOMAS APPLIED FOR HIS FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. OCTOBER 18, 1939 THOMAS GOT HIS SOCIAL SECURITY # 519-14-262. THOMAS DIED IN BOISE, IDAHO AT THE VETERINS HOSPITAL. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA AND ENPHYCIAMA. OBITUARY FOUND IN THE BOISE STATESMEN, SAYS THE FOLLOWING: PAYETTE: THOMAS LAWRENCE GALLIGAR 71, A PAYETTE RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS DIED MONDAY MORNING AT A BOISE HOSPITAL. BORN JUNE 20, 1896 IN OKABOJA, SD. HE HAD LIVED IN THE PAYETTE AREA, WHERE HE FARMED, SINCE 1939. HE WAS A VETERIN IN WORLD WAR 1. SURVIVING ARE FOUR SONS. THOMAS J OF FAIRFAX, CALIF. WILLIAM OF PAYETTE, JAMES E. OF ONTARIO, OREGON, AND GEORGE GALLIGAR OF OKINAWA: FIVE DAUGHTERS, MRS DALE (ROXIE) HUNT OF SALEM, OREGON. MRS. RICHARD (HELEN) PARKER OF EUGENE, OREGON. MRS GENE (HARRIET) HALE OF PAYETTE, IDAHO. MRS LAWRENCE (ROSE) NOEL OF NYSSA AND MRS VES (JUNE) KRAMER OF SPOKANE, WASH: AND 26 GRANDCHILDREN. ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM DIED TWO YEARS AGO. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT THE PAYETTE CHAPEL OF THE ROSES. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT ROSEDALE MEMORIAL GARDENS IN PAYETTE. THOMAS WAS A CATHOLIC, BUT DIDN'T HAVE A CATHOLIC FUNERAL. HIS DAUGHTER, HARRIET, ABOUT A WEEK AFTER HIS DEATH, HAD A PRIEST FROM PAYETTE, GO DOWN TO THE CEMETARY, AND ADMINISTER HIS LAST RIGHTS TO HIM. MOST OF THOMAS'S BELONGINGS WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD THAT PAYETTE HAD, MANY YEARS AGO. AMONGST THE PHOTOS FOUND WITH THE PHOTO OF JOHN THOMAS GALLIGAR, IS A PHOTO OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST, TAKEN IN LAWRENCE, MA. A PHOTO OF ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, TAKEN IN MASS. AND A PHOTO MADE OUT OF A TIN TYPE MATERIAL OF A MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE IN MAYBE HIS 20'S. ALSO IS A PHOTO OF A GIRL AND HER NEW HUSBAND. ON THE BACK OF THE PHOTO IT SAYS. DEAR UNCLE. HERE IS A PICTURE OF NELLIE AND HER NEW HUSBAND. LET ME KNOW IF YOU GET THIS. YOUR NIECE. MRS F. W. WEISS 152 RUGBY ST. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. ALSO FOUND IS A POLICY FROM AMERICAN GAURANTEE THAT STATES THAT THOMAS MOTHER IS NAMED MARY E. MCDEVIONOTT. BORN IN MASS. Fairbanks is listed as birth place for Thomas on his SS# registration. Other records say Fielder, SD and other records show Okobojo, SD but he lived in the same place since birth. FIELDER. Sully county. A p o 17 miles n w of Pierre on the C & N W Ry the banking and shipping point. Stage tri-weekly from Pierre, fare $1.50. W C Gowdy P M. FAIRBANK. Sully county. A p o 24 miles w of Agar on the C & N W Ry the shipping and banking point. Stage tri-weekly from Blunt, fare $2.50. Last Name First Name Business Spencer W. H. General Store OKOBOJO Postoffice in Sully county, 20 miles southwest of Onida, the county seat, and 21 miles north of Pierre, the railroad point. Principal industries, farming and stock raising. Population 30. Last Name First Name Business Bunch see McGannon & Bunch Glessner J. W. notary public and justice peace Green W. H. editor, Okobojo Times Lathrop J. H. auctioneer McGannon H. A. postmaster McGannon & Bunch genl mdse and real estate Okobojo Times (w) W H Green editor Last Name First Name Business Gowdy W. C. Cattle and horse breeder Land records Sully Co., SD Aliquot Parts Sec./ Block Township Range Fract. Section Meridian State Counties Survey Nr. NESW 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully SWSE 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully NESW 18/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully NENW 18/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully SENW 18/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully SESW 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully 1 6/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 1 OF SWSW 2 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 2 OF N HALF OF SE 3 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 3 OF SWNE 5 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 5 OF NWNW 6 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 6 OF SWNW 7 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 7 OF NWSW 8 7/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 8 OF SWSW 1 18/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 1 OF NWNW 2 18/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 2 OF SWNW 3 18/ 115-N 81-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 3 OF NWSW 1 1/ 115-N 82-W No 5th PM SD Sully Remarks: LOT 1 OF SESE
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