James Henry Gallagher

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Husband James Henry Gallagher ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1867 - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Maj.-Gen. Thomas Foster Gallagher (1822-1883) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Kerr McBride (1831-1898) 7

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General Notes: Husband - James Henry Gallagher

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He was educated in the public schools of his native town and graduated from Duff's Business College of Pittsburgh, in 1887. Afterwards he was engaged in the real estate business in Greensburg, and was deputy clerk of the Orphans' court and deputy register and recorder of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Gallagher was elected in the autumn of 1902, and, in January, 1903, sworn into office, as recorder of deeds. His nomination was accorded him without opposition, and he was elected by three thousand, three hundred and forty majority. He was renominated in April, 1905, by the Republican party, with no opposition, for another term of three years, and was elected by a majority of about six thousand. He was chosen chairman of the Republican county committee by acclamation in 1904, and did much work during the Roosevelt-Fairbanks presidential campaign, aiding materially in bringing about a majority of nine thousand two hundred and forty-eight for the ticket in his county, double that of any former election. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, a Knight Templar, and also belonged to various social orders.

For years his business was selling coal lands to various coal operating companies, and in 1914 he became an active coal operator.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 10.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 214.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 216.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 11.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 520.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 117.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 174.