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Ray Galbreath, one of the
younger generation of the business and
professional men of
Moberly, who owns and manages a drug store at 550
West Coates street, is a
native of Missouri, born in Audrain County, Jan.
22, 1892, the son of Lee
and Miriam (Owings) Galbreath, both of whom
now reside in Moberly,
and Their biography appears in this volume. Ray
Galbreath attended the
public schools of Clark, Mo. and after graduating
from the high school,
entered the pharmacy department of the college at
Brunswick, Mo. He
completed the required college course and in 1916
passed the examination of
the State Board of Pharmacy and was ad-
mitted to practice, He at
once secured a position with the H. & H. drug
store in Moberly and was
working there when war was declared against
Germany.
Ray Galbreath enlisted
July 3, 1917 in the medical department of the
110th Engineers, 35th
Division, and as soon as his training was over
was sent overseas where
he served in France for 30 days with the British
forces. He then was
assigned to the French army for 60 days, when he
was transferred to the
American First Army. Mr. Galbreath was doing
first aid work with the 35th
Division and on Sept. 29,. 1918 the 110th
Engineers were ordered to
the front line trenches where Mr. Galbreath
served with them. This
division was under fire from the enemy from
Sept. 26th to Oct. 2nd and
saw some of the most severe fighting of the
war. From this location in
the first aid stations, he was continually
under shell fire and was
most fortunate to escape without injury and with
his life. He was gassed on
Sept. 30, 1918. He made an enviable record
in the danger zone by
bravely attending to his duties in the advanced
lines and upon the battle
field. He was at Luniville, France, when the
armistice was signed. He
returned to the United States April 4, 1919
and was honorably
discharged and mustered out of the service May 3,
1919, after almost two
years of service in a foreign land.
Mr. Galbreath returned to
Moberly and purchased the Mangus drug
store on Coates street,
This is now both owned and managed by the
young druggist who has
continued to carry on the same line of business
as his predecessor,
handling all lines of high class drugs and all the allied
lines which the public has
come to expect and demand today. Mr. Gal-
breath is a popular
business man and has an extensive trade.
On Jan. 27, 1918, Mr.
Galbreath married Miss Nadine Marshall, of
Moberly, the daughter of
M. M. and Hattie (Kimbrough) Marshall, the
latter now deceased and
the father lives in Moberly, Mr. Galbreath is a
charter member of
Theodore Bazan Post, American Legion, of Moberly
and also belongs to the
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