{"id":7026320,"date":"2026-08-04T05:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/the-life-and-times-of-charles-h-gallup\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T05:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T05:44:26","slug":"the-life-and-times-of-charles-h-gallup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7026320","title":{"rendered":"The Life and Times of Charles H. Gallup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color2);--awb-text-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\">\n<p><strong>By Bill Kleppel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most prominent citizens from Gilded Age Poughkeepsie was Charles H. Gallup. His photography studio was lauded by some as the best, not only in this city, but the entire Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoyed his business immensely. However, to think of Gallup as just another inquisitive tinkerer with a hobby and a dream would be grossly mistaken. His photos have survived to give us a glimpse of Poughkeepsie from over 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the frenetic life and times of Charles H. Gallup is a bit more complicated than that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-41625\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-CH-Gallup-1889-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27303%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20303%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27303%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-CH-Gallup-1889-4.jpg?resize=200%2C101&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-CH-Gallup-1889-4.jpg?resize=400%2C202&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-CH-Gallup-1889-4.jpg?fit=600%2C303&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The man had a past. To sum him up with one word is impossible\u2026 An academic, a machinist, a railroad employee, a librarian, a fireman, part owner of a sugar plantation in Cuba, a sailor of yachts and other seafaring vessels, an automobile enthusiast, a gun club member, and a renowned photographer with a wildly successful business would describe him better. Yet, he seemed more enigmatic than that.<\/p>\n<p>Charles was born in Monticello, New York, on November 17, 1852. His father, Henry Gallup, was the principal of the Monticello Academy, a private school in Sullivan County. Charles graduated from Monticello\u2019s schools. He excelled in mechanical engineering. He was also interested in railroads and sailing, and had a passion for navigating steamboats, sloops, and ice boats. One of his yachts participated in the first Poughkeepsie Yacht Club Regatta. He was also a member of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club.<\/p>\n<p>His early working career began on the railroads for the postal service as a weighing clerk. In 1877, he was accosted by a burglar in the mail car while the train was just outside of Rochester, New York. After the villain lunged at Gallup with a knife (cutting his arm and stabbing a book in his coat\u2019s breast pocket), he pulled out his service revolver and fired. It missed the robber but made him jump from the train just before his co-workers were about to grab him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41626\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41626\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41626\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1877-Buffalo-Weekly-Courier-28-Mar-1877.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1877-Buffalo-Weekly-Courier-28-Mar-1877.jpg?resize=200%2C75&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1877-Buffalo-Weekly-Courier-28-Mar-1877.jpg?resize=400%2C150&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1877-Buffalo-Weekly-Courier-28-Mar-1877.jpg?fit=600%2C225&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Buffalo Weekly Courier<\/em>; 28 March 1877<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Charles\u2019 life changed dramatically during the same year of 1877, when his sister, Ella Gallup, married a wealthy businessman from Cuba, Jose Manuel Godinez, who went by J.M. Godinez\u2019s family owned a 3000-acre sugar plantation in Calimete, Cuba, about 70 miles from Havana.<\/p>\n<p>Even though J.M. decided to move to Poughkeepsie (attending Eastman Business College), he was still very much in charge of supervising the production of sugar on the island. J.M. and Charles would forge a close relationship and become partners in the sugar enterprise. In the 1880 US Census, 221 Mill Street in Poughkeepsie would house Charles, his parents, his sister, Ella, J. M., and Charles nephew, Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>After working for two years as an assistant librarian at the Poughkeepsie City Library, Charles would put his background in mechanical engineering to good use. In September of 1879, Charles sailed from Brooklyn with what was called a beam engine, and a sugar mill that weighed approximately 180 tons! The device was necessary for refining massive amounts of sugar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41627\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41627\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41627\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/19th-Century-Beam-Engine-for-the-production-of-refined-sugar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27567%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20567%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27567%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/19th-Century-Beam-Engine-for-the-production-of-refined-sugar.jpg?resize=200%2C189&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/19th-Century-Beam-Engine-for-the-production-of-refined-sugar.jpg?resize=400%2C378&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/19th-Century-Beam-Engine-for-the-production-of-refined-sugar.jpg?fit=600%2C567&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">19th century beam engine to produce refined sugar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the next five years, Charles would spend most of his time living in Cuba. He\u2019d occasionally sail back to New York on steamships to spend time with family. His brother-in-law and sister, Ella, would spend their winter months in Havana with Charles, overseeing the work on the plantation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41628\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41628\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41628\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sugar_Plantation_Mill_Yard_Cuba_1853-Benson-Lossing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27327%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20327%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27327%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sugar_Plantation_Mill_Yard_Cuba_1853-Benson-Lossing.jpg?resize=200%2C109&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sugar_Plantation_Mill_Yard_Cuba_1853-Benson-Lossing.jpg?resize=400%2C218&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sugar_Plantation_Mill_Yard_Cuba_1853-Benson-Lossing.jpg?fit=600%2C327&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dutchess County Historian Benson Lossing\u2019s sketch of a Cuban sugar plantation; published by <em>Harper\u2019s Weekly<\/em> magazine \u2013 January 1853<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Charles and the Godinez family were involved in the final years of the most productive era for the Cuban sugar industry. Cuba was the world\u2019s largest exporter of sugar for much of the 19th century. The peak period spanned from about 1840 to 1880.<\/p>\n<p>The industry also relied heavily upon massive amounts of slave labor.<\/p>\n<p>During the 1840s alone, there were approximately 400,000 slaves in Cuba; about one third of the island\u2019s entire population. Slavery wasn\u2019t abolished in Cuba until 1886. The Godinez Plantation was in Matanzas Province. Matanzas was a hotbed for sugar production. It was also known for its reliance on, and brutality of, enslaved people.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the plantation owned by the Godinez family was complicit in this crime isn\u2019t known by the author at this time (there might be a future addendum to this post).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41629\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41629\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41629\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1884-292-A-Brave-Act-CH-Gallup-in-Havana-5-Apr-1884-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27307%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20307%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27307%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1884-292-A-Brave-Act-CH-Gallup-in-Havana-5-Apr-1884-2.jpg?resize=200%2C102&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1884-292-A-Brave-Act-CH-Gallup-in-Havana-5-Apr-1884-2.jpg?resize=400%2C205&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1884-292-A-Brave-Act-CH-Gallup-in-Havana-5-Apr-1884-2.jpg?fit=600%2C307&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Poughkeepsie Eagle<\/em> 5 April 1884<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When living in Poughkeepsie, Charles was a member of the Davy Crockett Hook and Ladder Co. located at 228 Main Street. In April of 1884, while still in Havana, Charles rushed toward a raging fire in a three-story building. He and others attempted to rescue as many occupants of the building as possible. A local news report praised the exploits of Mr. C.H. Gallup:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt the moment of going out for the last time from the burning house, having rescued a child, servant, and gentleman, the floor that he had just quitted caved in with a crash. We extend our congratulations to the brave American.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In July of 1884, months after his heroic exploits during the Cuban fire, Charles was mentioned in a news article, sailing the sloop yacht <em>Ma Belle<\/em>. It cruised from Long Island Sound to Block Island, and then off to New York City to greet nine friends including \u201cthree ladies\u201d \u2026 Gallup was very much the well-heeled young bachelor at this time, and others were taking notice.<\/p>\n<p>It was his mother, in 1885, who informed him that the Seeley Photograph Gallery at 292 Main Street was for sale (basically telling him to come home and settle down!). In June of that year, Charles purchased the store. The <em>Poughkeepsie Eagle<\/em> stated the operation under Seeley, \u201chad been practically run into the ground.\u201d The store had an interesting history behind it, having been owned at an earlier time by S.L. Walker, one of the first noted daguerreotypists (an early type of photographer) in the city (and a friend of Samuel F. B. Morse).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41630\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41630\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41630\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1885-C.H.-Gallup-Co.-Portrait-Artists.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27399%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20399%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27399%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1885-C.H.-Gallup-Co.-Portrait-Artists.jpg?resize=200%2C301&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1885-C.H.-Gallup-Co.-Portrait-Artists.jpg?fit=399%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 399w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">C. H. Gallup &amp; Co. Advertisement Card; circa 1885<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gallup added a large amount of capital to this project, as well as hiring some of the most talented photographers in the region. He quickly transformed the old studio into a success. He would eventually add other shops in Fishkill, New York; Holyoke, Massachusetts; and Danbury, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41631\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41631\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41631\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-Main-DCHS-PHC-Pou-Main-Garden-Liberty-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-Main-DCHS-PHC-Pou-Main-Garden-Liberty-009.jpg?resize=200%2C133&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-Main-DCHS-PHC-Pou-Main-Garden-Liberty-009.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/292-296-Main-DCHS-PHC-Pou-Main-Garden-Liberty-009.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">C.H Gallup Photographer; 292 Main St. during the late 1880\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At 41, Charles finally decided to settle down and get married. His wife-to-be was the 16-year-old Edna Eggleston. Edna was the daughter of the roadmaster of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, Orlando W. Eggleston. The pageantry of the wedding was described in detail within all the local newspapers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41632\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41632\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41632\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1893-Wedding-Bells-21-Sep-1893.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27563%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20563%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27563%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1893-Wedding-Bells-21-Sep-1893.jpg?resize=200%2C188&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1893-Wedding-Bells-21-Sep-1893.jpg?resize=400%2C375&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1893-Wedding-Bells-21-Sep-1893.jpg?fit=600%2C563&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gallup \u2013 Eggleston Wedding; 21 Sept 1893<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_41633\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41633\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41633\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orlando-W.-Eggleston.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27596%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20596%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27596%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orlando-W.-Eggleston.jpg?resize=66%2C66&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 66w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orlando-W.-Eggleston.jpg?resize=200%2C199&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orlando-W.-Eggleston.jpg?resize=400%2C397&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Orlando-W.-Eggleston.jpg?fit=600%2C596&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando W. Eggleston; C.H. Gallup &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Orlando would eventually get hired by Major George W. Goethals of the U.S. Army Engineers to help supervise in the completion of the Panama Canal\u2026 Orlando was three years younger than Charles.<\/p>\n<p>C.H. Gallup &amp; Co. would flourish well into the early 20th century. However, before the end of the 19th century, Charles and his in-laws, the Godinez family, were desperately embroiled in the Cuban Revolution of the 1890s. In late December 1895, the Godinez sugar plantation in Cuba was overrun and destroyed by rebels fighting Spanish forces.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41634\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41634\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41634\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Headline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27445%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20445%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27445%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Headline.jpg?resize=200%2C148&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Headline.jpg?resize=400%2C297&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Headline.jpg?fit=600%2C445&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Article from The <em>Poughkeepsie Courier<\/em>; 5 January 1896<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some of Gallup\u2019s photos were used by the <em>Poughkeepsie Courier<\/em>. They produced illustrations of the plantation and areas close by, to give the reader a better idea of what the battlefield looked like.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41635\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41635\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-41635\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Plantation-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27321%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20321%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27321%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Plantation-House.jpg?resize=200%2C107&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Plantation-House.jpg?resize=400%2C214&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1896-Cuban-War-on-Godinez-plantation-1-Jan-1896-Plantation-House.jpg?fit=600%2C321&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-41635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Godinez Sugar Plantation 1895<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rebels would be aided in their revolutionary cause by the United States during the Spanish American War, which started in April of 1898. Some of J.M. Godinez\u2019s sisters fled on the last steamship out of Havana (the <em>Saratoga<\/em>), the day before the United States declared war on Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Charles eventually sold the company to his long-time business partner, Frederick A. Smith, in March of 1914. After the sale, Charles\u2019 fascination with automobiles led to another short career at the Fiat Company.<\/p>\n<p>His vague and mysterious obituary on July 13, 1917, claims he died at age 64 after an operation for internal injuries received while employed at Fiat. It also references Gallup\u2019s suffering from, \u201cseveral years with chronic disease of the heart and lungs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are many questions that can be asked throughout the life story of Charles H. Gallup, including ones right up to his death. 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