Charles R. Galbrath, Jr. and Myra Julia Scott Splane

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Husband Charles R. Galbrath, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Nov 1880 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Charles R. Galbrath (1854-1932) 1 2
         Mother: Nancy M. "Nannie" Johnson (1858-1914) 1 2

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       Marriage: 10 Nov 1917 - Augusta, Richmond Co, GA 3

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Wife Myra Julia Scott Splane ³

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         Father: William Williams Splane (1859-1926) 3 4
         Mother: Minnie Elizabeth Ball (1868-1955) 3

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1 M Charles R. Galbrath ³

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2 M John William Galbrath ³

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General Notes: Husband - Charles R. Galbrath, Jr.

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He was associated with his father in the general insurance business in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Mr. Galbrath saw service overseas in the First World War and was twice cited for bravery.
He attended the local public schools, Kiskiminetas Springs School, Bucknell University and the University of Pennsylvania, and while in the University was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. After a period of two or three years in the West, Mr. Galbrath returned to Franklin and entered the general insurance business in association with his father.
During the First World War he saw active service overseas and was twice cited, as follows:
Citations For Gallantry In Action
(G. O. 11)
War Department,
Washington, March 12, 1921.
Charles Randolph Galbrath, Jr., first lieutenant, 112th Infantry, 28th Division. For gallantry in action near Fismes, France, August 9, 1918, while conducting a detachment of litter bearers from Fismette to Fismes under heavy enemy fire.
Residence at appointment: 1222 Elk St., Franklin, Pa.
(G. O. 15)
War Department,
Washington, April 5, 1923.
Charles R. Galbrath, Jr., first lieutenant, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry, 28th Division, For gallantry in action near Epiedes, France, July 25, 1918. Although suffering from the effects of an explosion of enemy shell fire, he reorganized the men of his battalion and despite heavy enemy fire carried important messages to the unit commanders of the battalion. Residence at appointment: 1222 Elk St., Franklin, Pa.
Mr. Galbrath was honorably discharged from the United States Army, March 10, 1919. He was a member of a number of Franklin clubs, among them the Franklin, the Kiwanis, and the Wanango Country Club, the Rockmere Boat Club, and the Elks Club. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Free and Accepted Masons, having been made a thirty-second degree Mason in 1904, and a member of the Shrine at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1905. His religious connections were with the Episcopalian Church.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 216.

2 David Vernon Burket, Bunce Family History (Location Unknown: Privately published, 2011).

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 217.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 641.