Biography of B C Gallup, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 137

B. C. Gallup, proprietor of the City Bakery and Confectionery Store,
Paragould. In this city are found quite a number of prosperous establishments, and of
none can mention be made with more pleasure than of the bakery of B. C. Gallup-Mr.
Gallup was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 12th of August, 1840, and is the son of
Henry and Elizabeth Gallup, the father a native of Massachusetts, of French descent,
and a fluent speaker of three different languages. He was a carpenter by trade, and
after his removal to Quincy, Ill., in 1841, he built the first Methodist Episcopal
Church on Vermont Street. He died in that city, as did also his wife, leaving B. C.
Gallup, who was then but an infant. A guardian was appointed for the little orphan,
but, after growing up, his relations with his guardian were not of the most pleasant
nature, and consequently he took French leave of him. and engaged as cook on a
Mississippi steamer, serving in that capacity for about five years. During this time
he learned the turner's trade, but did not put it to immediate use, for in 1857 he
engaged in the bakery business in Quincy, Ill., where he remained until the breaking
out of the Civil War. He then left the bakery to shoulder a musket, and in 1861
enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Infantry, and served three years. He was at the
battles of Belmont, Tiptonville, Shiloh, Farmington, Corinth, Iuka, Nashville,
Chattanooga, and at Atlanta, being under fire for three months. He was at Missionary
Ridge, Resaca, Dalton, etc., but never received anything but a flesh wound. He was
mustered out in 1865, and returned to Quincy, Ill., where he continued until 1868.
From there he went to Kansas City, remained there a few years, and then went to
Missouri, but only tarried in that State a short time, and then went to Kansas,
Colorado, and thence to Texas, where he was engaged on journey-work. After residing
in that State for six or seven years, he came to Greene County, Ark., in 1884, and
located in Paragould, when there were but few business men in town. He bought a
little property, and immediately embarked in business for himself. He has built up a
good trade, and by his upright and honest dealings has won the confidence of his
patrons. He has bought considerable town property, and is doing well. While in Kansas
City he married Miss Katie Lightman, who bore him four children, all deceased. Mr.
[p.137] Gallup's second marriage was at Jacksonport, Ark., in December, 1881, to Miss
Hannah E. Bickel, a native of Ohio. One child, now deceased, was born to this union.
Mr. Gallup is a member of the G. A. R., and also belongs to the I. O. O. F.