Tanya Gaskins Hardy

The Gaskins family has attended Galloway United Methodist Church since it was founded (1871).

In 2007, served on the Falls Church Sesquicentennial Civil War Trails Committee and collected documentation to have Galloway United Methodist Cemetery included in the Civil War Trails Historical Program in the State of Virginia.

Established a historical museum in the lower level of the Galloway Church Fellowship Hall that chronicles the history of the Church, as well as the Falls Church community.

Has traced her mother’s ancestry back to the early 1800’s. After collecting stories from family members, she wrote her first book, entitled From Buckingham to Ballard, that tells the story of her great great grandfather’s journey from Buckingham, Virginia, at the time of emancipation.