Davidson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Gallimore, Ruth Wright September 20, 1912
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The Dispatch, Lexington, NC, September 1912
Ruth Wright 
Birth: 1 March 1810 in Silver Hill Township, Davidson, North Carolina 
Death: 20 Sep 1912 in Silver Hill Township, Davidson, North Carolina 

	
Ruth Wright Gallimore Obituary.  The following is information as printed in 
The Dispatch in Lexington, North Carolina 1912
  
She Passed Away at the Ripe Old Age of 102 – She Was Probably Oldest Woman in 
the State.
  
	Mrs. Ruth Gallimore of Silver Hill died last week after having lived 
on this earth for more than a century.  She was born March 1, 1810, when James 
Madison was president of the United States.  In her babyhood, the war of 1812 
was fought and the days of her childhood were fraught with perils from the 
wild beasts of the forest and the wilder Indians.
	Her father was Richard Wright, a Baptist minister.  In that day there 
were no Missionary Baptists or Primitive Baptists.  They were all Baptists – 
followers of a creed as stern and austere as that of the Pilgrim Fathers.  
Miss Kara Kittrell, mother of Mrs. Gallimore, was Mr. Wright’s second wife.  
It is interesting to note that each of his wives bore him twelve children, 
each bearing one pair of twins and each ‘set’ of children being divided alike –
 six sons and six daughters.
	Ruth Wright married Jesse Gallimore, a teacher and one of the leaders 
of the community, Nov. 13, 1828.  He died 34 years ago, after having lived a 
life of great usefulness.
	Sometime ago The Dispatch printed a remarkable photograph, showing the 
aged lady and four generations of her descendants.  In the picture were Mrs. 
Ruth Gallimore, 101 years old, Mrs. J. M. Prim, her daughter, 80 years old; 
Mrs. E. L. Stoner, granddaughter, 50 years old; Mrs. Will Apperson, great-
granddaughter, 22 years old; Master Vaughan Apperson, great-great grandson, 6 
years old.  The Charlotte Observer asked for this remarkable photograph and 
ran it in one of its Sunday issues.
	Of the nine children of Mrs. Gallimore, but three are now living.  
They are: Mrs. J. M. Prim, of Silver Hill; Mrs. W. K. Dickens, of Asheboro, 
and Mrs. S. A. Hamilton, who came from Denver, Col., a few years ago to live 
with her mother.  Mrs. Gallimore was undoubtedly the oldest person in Davidson 
County and probably the oldest in the state.



Additional Comments:
[Note:  Mrs. J. M. Prim is daughter, Celia; Mrs. W. K. Dickens is daughter, 
Caroline; and Mrs. S. A. Hamilton is daughter, Sarah.]... SG


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