Charles GOLLIHAR

                   Temple work done as "Drenny"

Family info from Shirley Raymond, 517 S. Alaska, Spiro, OK  74959.  "Served in
the Civil War for the Confederate.  Enlisted in Sebastian Co, AR in Co. D 34th
Ark Inf.  Later deserted."

Deed from Drewey W. GOLLAHER of Sebastian Co., AR for $50 to John S. COWAN of
Pike Co, AR.  Land in Clark County, AR:  NE quarter of the NE quarter of D#17
Twp 810 R 22 W, 40 acres.  Signed by his mark

1870 Census, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Name: 	Andrew Gallagher
Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1833
Age in 1870: 	37
Birthplace: 	Arkansas
Home in 1870: 	Center, Sebastian, Arkansas
Race: 	White
Gender: 	Male
Post Office: 	Greenwood
Household Members:
Name 	Age
Andrew Gallagher 	37
Martha Gallagher 	31
William Gallagher 	11
Jane M Gallagher 	3
John C Gallagher 	2

Cannot find in 1860 or 1880.

By Terry Cowan:  April 2008

8. Drury "Drewey"2 Gollihar (Charles1). Drury was born circa 1832 at Terre Noir Township, Clark County, AR. He married Martha Cowan, daughter of William M. Cowan and Mary Briant, circa 1860. He died at Le Flore County, OK.
Martha Cowan. Martha was born in 1839 at Coffee County, TN.

Martha Gollihar, wife of Drury Drewey" Gollihar is believed to be a daughter of William M. Cowan and Mary M. Briant Cowan. The family's absence on the 1850 census presents difficulties in proving this. A Doshier family researcher stated that the Cowans had a daughter named Martha. The death certificate for a son of Drury Gollihar and wife Martha, lists her maiden name as "Gowan." The Cowans and Gollihars lived close together in Clark County, Arkansas in the 1850s. Here, Drewery's sister, Nancy Jane Gollihar, married John S. Cowan.
In 1854, Charles Gollihar and wife, Margaret Hoofman Gollihar, conveyed 40 acres to their son Drury W. Gollihar, in Clark County. In December of 1857, "Drewry Gollahare" conveys this 40 acres to John S. Cowan, who is, of course, his brother-in-law.
By 1860, John S. Cowan and Nancy Jane Gollihar Cowan, along with his parents, had moved to Sebastian County, Arkansas. A daughter, Martha, is not listed with William M. Cowan and Mary M. Cowan on the 1860 census, which indicates that she had already married. But Drewery and Martha cannot be found on the 1860 Arkansas census, nor on the Texas census of that year, as his parents had relocated to that state.
In the Spring of 1862, "Drew Gollihire" was drafted into Co. D, 34th Arkansas Infantry. This indicates that he was probably in the Sebastian County area, as well. For that was the same company in which John S. Cowan and Abner J. Wilson (Mary's husband) served. There would seem to be no reason for Drewery to be in Sebastian County, as all the Gollihars were either still in Clark County, or in Texas. If he was married to a Cowan daughter, however, his presence there would make perfect sense. On December 27, 1862, Gollihar deserted the Confederate Army, at about the same time as did his brother-in-law, John S. Cowan. Drewery Gollihar may have followed them to Texas, though there is no proof. At the very least, he probably hid out in the Indian Territory until the end of the war.
Interestingly, years after the war, Gollihar presented a claim for corn confiscated by Federal troops during the war. The date given was the fall of 1863. In his petition, Golllihar claimed he was living in Polk County, near Waldron. The Cowan farm in Sebastian County was only two miles from the Polk County line.
In January 1868, "Drury Galaher" applied for 80 acres of government land, in Sec. 8, T 5 N, R 30 W. This land lay 2 miles due north of the Cowan place. In compliance with the homestead laws, Gollihar presented an affidavit in 1873, testifying to his residency on the land. The document records that he had built a dwelling house, two stables and cribs, and had set out an orchard.
In December 1877, the Gollihars sold 40 acres of their land to George Cook. They were still living in Sebastian County, Arkansas at the time of the 1880 census. By the mid 1890s, their children had started moving into nearby Choctaw Nation. It is unknown when Drewery and Martha died, or where they are buried, though it seems that they were deceased prior to 1900.
                  

                   marriage from ancestry.com tree.
Horton Hears a Who
Judith Horton.  rhorton3@houston.rr.com

Cannot find in 1860, 1870, or 1880 census.

By Terry Cowan:

9 ii. Isham Crittenden Gollihar. Isham was born circa 1834 at Terre Noir Township, Clark County, AR. He married Leoma Colbath on 9 May 1858 at Gillespie County, TX.

The marriage of Isham Crittenden Gollihar to Leoma Colbath in May, 1858 is the first record we have of the Gollihar family in Texas. Gillespie County is in the Texas Hill Country, west of Austin. The Colbaths were old neighbors in Clark County, Arkansas so these families may have migrated together. Isham was also listed as a signer of a petition in nearby Bell County prior to 1860. Neither Isham nor Leoma are listed in the 1860 or any subsequent censuses, of any state or territory. It is presumed that they died as young adults.
                  

                   Grave marker:  N.J. COWAN, born 17 Nov 1836, died 3 July 1908.  Heaven now
retains our treasure, earth the lonely casket keeps, and the sunbeam long to
linger, where our sainted Mother sleeps.

Katie Alice Cowan Campbell, her granddaughter, said "she always wore black when she visited us.  She had a satchel with peppermint candy & cinnamon bark.  She seemed old."
                  

                   Cannot find in 1860, 1870, or 1880 Census.
                  

                   Cannot find them in 1880 or 1900 Census

15 viii. Grandison D. Gollihar. Grandison was born circa 1843 at Terre Noir Township, Clark County, AR. Grandison died in 1864 at TX. He was buried at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX.

Grandison D. Gollihar enlisted on July 1, 1862 in Company D, 2nd Regiment of Texas Cavalry. He enlisted in San Antonio, Texas. In November, 1863 Gollihar was absent with leave, in Oakwood, Texas. This town is in Leon County, which is adjoins Falls County. This may indicate that his parents were still in that area at that date. Young Gollihar was on the muster rolls as late as February, 1864. He died later in 1864, and is buried with other veterans in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Corpus Christi, on the South Texas Gulf Coast. If he were a Protestant, he would have been buried in the adjoining Protestant cemetery. Either the Gollihars had remained nominal Catholics (which is hardly likely on the Kentucky and Arkansas frontiers in the late 1790s and early 1800s), or as is more likely, young Grandison Gollihar converted to Catholicism in the short time he was in Corpus Christi prior to his death.
                  

                   Nueces Co, Corpus Christi, TX 1880 Census:  15/46.  Charles GOLLAHER 34 AR,
Martha 29 TX, William 12 TX, Eliza 10 TX, Helen 8, Charles 6 TX, John 4 TX,
Edward 1 TX, 1 boarder

Nueces Co, TXs 1900 Census:  Charles GOLIHAR Dec 1848 51 AR, Martha Aug 1849
50 TX, Helen Jan 1873 27 TX, Charles Apr 1874 26 TX, John Oct 1876 23 TX,
Edward Dec 1878 21 TX, Martha Feb 1881 19 TX, Margaret Apr 1883 17 TX, Henry
Aug 1885 14 TX, Nelli June 1889 10 TX

Death Certificate gives father John GOLLIHAR, birth AR, informant Nellie Grant

Letter from Nora Gollihar, 625 Gregory #86, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 (now
deceased) 6 May 1977.  She went to the cemetery and got information on children
of her grandparents Charles A. GOLLIHAR & Martha Jane RAINS.

From Terry Cowan, April 2008
"Funeral rites for Charles A. Gollihar, 94, pioneer South Texas rancher, who died Wednesday afternoon, will be held Friday morning at St. Patrick's Cathedral. He came here with Green's Brigade at the close of the Civil War. Many years prior to establishing his own ranch south of here, Gollihar was active manager of a large tract of acreage on the famous King Ranch, and was well known throughout South Texas. Tall, gaunt and leather-skinned, he was a familiar figure on the streets of Corpus Christi several years ago when he drove through downtown traffic in a light buckboard behind a spirited bay mare. His sons only recently coaxed him into riding in automobiles. He considered them rattly, treacherous and too close to the ground. He retired from ranching several years ago and moved into town to live with his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant."
Charles A. Gollihar enlisted in the Confederate army on October 10, 1862 in San Antonio.
                  

                   Cannot find in 1880 census

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: 	L Snider
Home in 1900: 	San Antonio Ward 1, Bexar, Texas
Age: 	50
Birth Date: 	Feb 1850
Birthplace: 	Arkansas
Race: 	White
Ethnicity: 	American
Relationship to head-of-house: 	Head
Father's Birthplace: 	Arkansas
Mother's Birthplace: 	Arkansas
Mother: number of living children: 	3
Mother: How many children: 	3
Marital Status: 	Widowed
Residence : 	San Antonio City, Bexar, Texas
Household Members:
Name 	Age
L Snider 	50
Maggie Snider 	22, Jan 1878, Wd., TX, TX, AR
Silas Snider 	19, Jun 1881, TX, TX, AR
Henry Snider 	17, May 1883, TX, TX, AR

CAnnot find in 1910 census or 1920 census.


1930 United States Federal Census
about Laura Snider
Name: 	Laura Snider
Home in 1930: 	San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Age: 	75
Estimated Birth Year: 	abt 1855
Birthplace: 	Arkansas
Relation to Head of House: 	Mother-in-law
Race: 	White
Household Members:
Name 	Age
Joseph M Boyd 	31, Head, m. 24, TX, IL, TX
Margaret Boyd 	44, wife, m. 15, TX, TX, AR
Edward R Boyd 	2 8/12, son, TX,TX,TX
Laura Snider 	75, mother-in-law, Wd, Arkansas, Ireland-Dublin, PA
Harman M Boyd 	83, father, Wd, IL, IL, IL
Silas N Snider 	22, brother-in-law, Wd, TX, TX, TX

I don't know what to make of the unusual ages for Laura and Silas.
                  

                   LaVaca, Texas 1870 Census
Clare, Thomas, 45, Frmer, MO
Ann e., 34, NC
James C., 10, TX
Lee S., 7, TX
Mary E., 4, TX
Ada C., 1, TX
Gollihar, Abner, 18, works on farm, AR
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