William Gallagher and Amanda J. Marshall

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Husband William Gallagher ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Jul 1845 - Wayne Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: James H. Gallagher (1819-1908) 1
         Mother: Rebecca Williamson (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Jun 1876 2 3

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Wife Amanda J. Marshall ^{3 4}

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         Father: James G. Marshall (1821-1881) 5 6
         Mother: Nancy Blair (      -      ) 4 6

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Children

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1 M Charles Blaine Gallagher ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1878 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Gallagher

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He attended public school in his native township and the Dayton Academy, leaving the latter institution in 1868. Following this he taught school for three terms, one in Wayne township, one in Boggs township, and one in Beaver township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The next year he clerked at Echo, for Frank Martin. Having by this time prepared himself, he embarked in a general merchandise business on his own account at Oscar. After two and a half years there, in 1873, he located at Bryan, Pennsylvania, where he was the pioneer merchant. This was his home and place of business for twenty-two years, when, tiring of business life, he bought a farm of one hundred eight acres in Cowanshannock township, operating it a few years. He then sold his property, and coming to Dayton in 1898 he established himself in a real estate and implement business. Mr. Gallagher was agent for the Frick machinery, including engines, threshers, and sawmills, placing new ones, as well as those which were second hand, repairing and rebuilding where practicable. He also dealt in real estate, mills and stores, buying, selling and exchanging, specializing in building lots. A ten-acre tract which he owned with others, adjoining the borough, he platted and developed into a desirable suburb. In addition he bought a third of forty-four acres in the borough and township, and twenty-two houses, which he was selling to homeseekers. Mr. Gallagher was also interested selling automobiles. He was a charter member of the Pine Creek Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which he served as president, treasurer and secretary.
Mr. Gallagher was a Republican, and being very active in the ranks of his party was called upon to support its principles in public office, having served as tax collector and member of the city council. On several occasions he was sent as delegate to the State conventions. For years he was a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, which his father assisted in founding, and served it as vestryman, but after moving to Dayton he attended service at the Methodist Church, and was the teacher of the Bible class of that organization. Live, progressive, a man of tireless energy, Mr. Gallagher was a power in his community.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 666.

2 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 58.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 667.

4 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 57.

5 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 56.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 538.