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Jonas Galusha (February 11, 1753 – September 24, 1834) was the sixth and eighth Governor of Vermont for two terms in the early 19th century. ==Biography== Galusha was born in Norwich, Connecticut, moved with his siblings and his parents, Jacob and Lydia Huntington Galusha, to Salisbury, Connecticut in 1769, then, in 1775, to Shaftsbury, Vermont. Galusha's father, Jacob, was a farmer and a blacksmith. Though their educations were limited and from the common schools, he and his brothers were leading men in the town and to some extent in the state. During the American Revolution his brother David was a colonel in the Green Mountain Boys, and Galusha was a captain, fighting in the Battle of Bennington on August 16, 1777.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.archive.org/stream/jonasgalushafift00whit#page/4/mode/2up )〕 In 1778, Galusha married Mary Chittenden, daughter of Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the independent Republic of Vermont. The couple had nine children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_galusha_jonas.html )〕 Their son, Truman Galusha (The Truman Galusha House), also married into the Chittenden family, and moved his family to Jericho, VT, near Burlington. His home there is also listed on the National Register. Another son, Elon Galusha was a well-known Baptist clergyman, and famous abolitionist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonas Galusha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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