BIO: Samuel Galbraith, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XLIV.

                           DICKINSON TOWNSHIP.

460 	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  SAMUEL GALBRAITH (deceased), of Scotch descent, was born in County 
Antrim, Ireland, in 1767, and came to the United States while quite a 
young man.  There were four brothers - Robert, Samuel, Joseph and John.  
The subject of this sketch was a contractor on public works, and as 
such was closely connected with the early development of the country.  
In 1794 he settled in Cumberland County, buying, with his brother 
Robert, a tract of land in Dickinson Township, to which he moved when 
he retired to private life.  He married a daughter of Squire Moore 
(John Moore), who died in 1813, leaving six children - John, Eleanor, 
Samuel, Maria, Matthew and Thompson Moore.  He died in January, 1851.