Sullivan-Lackawanna County PA Archives Biographies.....GALLAGHER, John E. 1865 - living in 1899
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  JOHN E. GALLAGHER, a young and enterprising business man of Muncy Valley,
  Sullivan County, holds the responsible position of bookkeeper of the Union
  Tanning Company, the duties of which he has performed faithfully and in a manner
  such as to gain the hearty approval of his employers. He was born at Dushore,
  Sullivan County, January 15, 1865, and is a son of James and Mary (Brown)
  Gallagher.
  
    His paternal grandfather was Michael Gallagher, who was born in County Mayo,
  Ireland, and immigrated to America, locating on a farm which he purchased at
  Dushore, Pa. This he cleared and resided upon until his death, at the age of
  sixty-five years. His wife was Sarah Dougherty, who died at the age of eighty
  years. Their union was blessed by eight children: Michael; James; Anthony;
  Sarah; Mary; Catherine; Bridget; and Ellen.
  
    James Gallagher, father of our subject, was also born in County Mayo, Ireland,
  and immigrated to this country with his father. He succeeded to the ownership of
  the family estate at Dushore and there has since followed farming. He is one of
  the substantial citizens of the community and is held in high esteem by a large
  circle of acquaintances. He was united in marriage with Mary Brown, a daughter
  of Patrick and Mary (O'Donald) Brown, by whom he had seven children: Martin;
  Michael P.; John E.; James J., and William, deceased; Thomas H.; and Mary E.
  
    John E. Gallagher attended the public schools of Dushore, after which he took
  a course at the Mansfield Normal School, and finally at Rochester University,
  from which he graduated in 1889. Previous to that time he taught for seven years
  in the public schools. After leaving college he moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where
  he was employed as a bookkeeper for two years. He then returned to his home at
  Dushore, where he accepted the position of clerk to county commissioner in 1894,
  and continued as such for three years. In 1898 he accepted his present position
  with the Trust or Union Tanning Company, and is located at their Muncy Valley
  office. He has had years of experience in that line of work, and his record
  since assuming the duties of bookkeeper stamps him as a man well qualified to
  bear its responsibilities. He is of a genial disposition, is a pleasant
  companion and is very popular with his fellow-citizens.
  
    Mr. Gallagher was joined in matrimonial bonds with Catherine Kennedy, a
  daughter of Jeremiah Kennedy of Laporte, Sullivan County, whose biographical
  record appears elsewhere in this volume, and they became the parents of the
  following children: James F.; Thomas E.; Margaret; and Agnes. Politically our
  subject has always supported the Democratic party and has held numerous local
  offices. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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