Sullivan-Warren County PA Archives Biographies.....Gallagher, Francis W. 1862 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  FRANCIS W. GALLAGHER. - It is said that biography yields to no other subject in
  point of interest and profit, and it is especially interesting to note the
  progress that has been made along various lines of business by those of foreign
  birth who have sought homes in America; to note the readiness with which they
  adapt themselves to the different methods and customs of America; to recognize
  the advantages offered and utilize the opportunities which the new world
  affords. Mr. Gallagher, the genial proprietor of Hotel Gallagher, of Laporte,
  Pennsylvania, is a worthy representative of this class.
  
      He was born June 15, 1862, in county Fermanagh, Ireland, of which his
  parents, Dennis and Ann (Johnston) Gallagher, also were natives. The father
  followed the occupation of farming. When a young man he came to the United
  States and spent a few years in the south, but returned to his native land,
  where he followed agricultural pursuits until called from this life, in 1875.
  The mother is still living and continues to reside on the Emerald Isle. The
  family of this worthy couple consisted of eleven children, namely: James, now
  deceased; John, who conducts a livery stable in Potter county, Pennsylvania;
  Mary and Sally, both deceased; William, who is living in Texas; Hugh, a
  machinist in Boston; Francis, our subject; Dennis, a weaver in Boston;
  Catherine, also a resident of Boston; Patrick, who is still in Ireland; and
  Thomas, who is in Scotland.
  
      During his boyhood Francis W. Gallagher attended the common schools of
  Ireland to a limited extent, and when thirteen years of age went to England,
  where he worked as a glass-blower for five years. In June, 1879, we find him en
  route for America, and on reaching the shores of this country proceeded to
  Warren county, Pennsylvania, where he secured work in a tannery. Later he worked
  in several different tanneries in this state, and the spring of 1892 found him
  employed in the tannery at Laporte. It was then that he quit that business and
  opened a restaurant, and in 1896 he built an addition to his place and engaged
  in hotel-keeping. In the fall of 1898 he again rebuilt, and now has one of the
  largest and best hotels in Sullivan county.  He has proved a genial and
  accommodating host and now enjoys a large and lucrative patronage. He has ever
  taken an active and commendable interest in public affairs and has been elected
  to official positions of honor and trust, being tax collector one term and
  burgess seven years. He is also prominently identified with local politics and
  is now serving his second year as chairman of the Democratic county committee.
  
      On the 12th of May, 1885, Mr. Gallagher led to the marriage altar Miss
  Theresa, daughter of Charles Briger, of Thorndale, Pennsylvania, and to them
  have been born five children: Mary A., born October 12, 1886; Emma, born July
  15, 1889; Susan, who was born February 28, 1892, and died the same day; William
  P., who was born March 8, 1894, and died May 8, 1898; and Francis, born July 13,
  1897. The family hold membership in the Catholic church.
  
  
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              Extracted from: 
                  
                History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
                by Thomas J. Ingham
                  
                   Compendium of Biography
                  
             The Lewis Publishing Company
                Chicago: 1899
   
  
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