Jonas Galusha
| Jonas Galusha | |
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Frontispiece of Volume V of Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. 1877.
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| 6th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office October 14, 1809 – October 23, 1813 |
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| Lieutenant | Paul Brigham |
| Preceded by | Isaac Tichenor |
| Succeeded by | Martin Chittenden |
| 8th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office October 14, 1815 – October 23, 1820 |
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| Lieutenant | Paul Brigham |
| Preceded by | Martin Chittenden |
| Succeeded by | Richard Skinner |
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February 11, 1753 Norwich, Colony of Connecticut, British America |
| Died | September 24, 1834 (aged 81) Shaftsbury, Vermont, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Chittenden |
| Profession | Judge / Politician |
Jonas Galusha (February 11, 1753 – September 24, 1834) was the sixth and eighth Governor of Vermont for two terms in the early 19th century.
Galusha, born in Norwich in the Colony of Connecticut, moved with his siblings and his parents, Jacob and Lydia Huntington Galusha, to Salisbury in 1769. In 1775, his family then moved to Shaftsbury.
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.
In 1778, Galusha married Mary Chittenden, daughter of Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the independent Republic of Vermont. The couple had nine children. 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.
The imposing home known as The Gov. Galusha Homestead on Rt.7A in Center Shaftsbury, Vermont, is famous as one of Vermont's architectural treasures. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The magnificent Palladian window over the front entrance, and many other details are the result of design by Lavius Fillmore, the famous colonial architect from Connecticut who also designed some of Vermont's finest churches in Bennington and Middlebury. The house is also well known for several beautifully-preserved early wall paintings, rare examples of the colonial practice of using murals to imitate wallpaper, which was often unavailable in early Vermont. They are featured in a book called "Early Vermont Wall Paintings" by R. L. McGrath: "Probably the earliest example in Vermont of the technique of painting on plaster in 'distemper' (i.e. tempera) occurs in the Gov. Galusha House in Center Shaftsbury. The house was completed in 1809. The Galusha House overmantel ... is the work of a highly skilled artist whose bold floral designs fill the entire surface of the chimney breast and extend as well to the adjoining walls of the room. The elegant floral pattern is executed free hand in dark outline against a dull green background."
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