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      THOMAS L. DALY, general manager of the Gibsonton Mills, in 
development, growth and financial success of which he has contributed in no 
small degree by the exercise of business ability and close application, is a 
native of Philadelphia, PA, born on September 19, 1839, the sixth in a family 
of eight children of Thomas and Mary (Marr) Daly, natives of Dublin, Ireland, 
who after emigration to the United States located in the city of 
Philadelphia. In April, 1857, Thomas Daly (father) came to superintend the 
erection of the Gibsonton Mills and was killed there by falling through a 
hatchway April 7, 1858.
     
    	Thomas L. Daly acquired his education in the public 
and high schools of his native city, after which he went to Indianapolis, 
Indiana, where he was connected with the extensive flouring mills of William 
Winpenny & Company.  In April, 1857, he returned east and joined his father in 
Gibsonton, and since that time, a period of almost half a century, has been 
actively connected with the extensive distilling business established by John 
Gibson, and conducted under the firm name of John Gibsonıs Son & Co. In 1873 
he became general manager of the works, in which capacity he has served for 
the past thirty-two years. As a manager of enterprises of magnitude Mr. Daly 
has few equals. He is a man of strong personality, genial in his address, 
unassuming in manner, and a man  who wins the immediate confidence of the 
business men with whom he comes in contact. The Gibsonton Mills are located in 
Gibsonton on the Monongehela River, are now on the property of Joseph F. 
Sinnott, and are operated by the firm of Moore & Sinnott. They are distillers 
and exporters of fine rye whiskies, which have a worldwide reputation for their 
excellence. Mr. Daly was for some years one of the board of directors of the 
Monongehela Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, from which he resigned to 
take an active part in promoting the construction of the Monongehela division 
of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. Mr. Daly and Mr. S.F. Jones, of Belle 
Vernon, were pioneers in discovering the Bele Vernon-Maple Creek Natural Gas 
Field, that proved so rich in that wonderful fuel. They organized the Belle 
Vernon Light & Heat Co., which declared large dividends for many years. Later 
Mr. Daly organized the Daly Gas Co., which has proved very profitable. Mr. 
Daly was one of the founders of the Bank of Charleroi, which was organized in 
January, 1898, at which time he was elected its president and has served as 
such up to the present time(1905). He has served two terms as school director, 
but has never been an aspirant for political office, preferring to devote his 
time to his business interests. He is member of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church, the Charleroi Lodge, No. 615, F.&A.M., Monongehela Chapter, No. 249, 
R.A.M., McKean Commandery, No. 80, K.T., Pittsburgh Consistory, A.A.S.R., the 
Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, the 
Pennsylvania Society, and the National Geographic Society. Mr. Daly is a 
Democrat in politics, but takes no active part in political matters.  Mr. Daly 
married, September 19, 1860, Carrie W., daughter of Jonathan and Mary Ann 
Wilson, and their children were: Mary Emma, deceased; Harry C., M.D., 
assistant general manager of the Gibsonton Mills; Athalia H., widow of James 
S. McKean, who was postmaster of Pittsburgh, and one of Pittsburghıs prominent 
and public-spirited men, Mrs. McKean resides with her parents; Thomas 
L., deceased; and Kerfoot W., cashier of the Bank of Charleroi.

          HARRY C. DALY, M.D., assistant general superintendent of 
the Gibsonton distillery, was born in Gibsonton, Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania, December 5, 1865, son of Thomas L. and Carrie W. (Wilson) Daly, 
a sketch of whose parental history precedes this work.
Harry C. Daly was reared under the parental roof and 
acquired his education in the common schools, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 
graduating in the class of 1888. In the fall of the same year he entered the 
medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in the city of 
Philadelphia, which he attended two years, and in 1894 matriculated in the 
Miami Medical college of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in the 
spring of 1895.  During his vacations he was associated with his father in the 
management of the Gibsonton distillery, and in the latter named year was made 
assistant general superintendent of the same, in which capacity he has served 
up to the present time.  He is one of the well-known and public-spirited men of 
the borough, and is ever identified with all projects for the best interests 
of the community, whose esteem he enjoys in an eminent degree.  He is a member 
of the Episcopal church, and is an Independent in politics. He is actively 
affiliated with Charleroi Lodge No. 615, Free and Accepted Masons; Monongehela 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; McKean Commandery, No. 80, Knights Templar, of 
Charleroi; Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and 
Charleroi Lodge, No. 494, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Dr. Daly 
married, July 3, 1895, Frances B. Julian, a daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joseph V. 
Julian, of New York City.
     
     
     Extracted from "The History of Westmoreland County" Vol.  III.
 Written under the editorial supervision of John W. Jordan, L., L.D., of the 
Historical Society of Pa. Published 1905 by the Lewis Publishing Co., New York 
& Chicago. Pages 196 & 197.


 KERFOOT W. DALY, cashier of the Bank of Charleroi, 
with which he has been identified since January 24, 1898, is one of the rising 
men of the younger generation, who will doubtless attain considerable 
prominence in the banking business of Pennsylvania. He was born April 24, 
1874, at Gibsonton, Westmoreland County, PA., and is the youngest son of Thomas 
L. and Carrie W. (Wilson) Daly.
     Kerfoot W. Daly was reared at Gibsonton, and after a 
preliminary education received from a governess, pursued a course of studies 
at Trinity Hall, Washington, PA. He has been a resident of Charleroi since 
1898, when he accepted a position as assistant cashier of the Bank of 
Charleroi, which was opened for business January 24, 1898. Since 1900, he has 
been cashier of the bank, of which his father, Thomas L. Daly, is president 
and John C. McKean, vice-president.
     Mr. Daly is united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth 
Thompson, a daughter of John Thompson, of Finleyville, PA., and they have one 
daughter, Mary Violet. Mr. Daly is a director in the Monongehela Trust Company 
of Monongehela city, and is treasurer of the West Side Street Railway Company 
at Charleroi. He is treasurer of the Charleroi Lodge No. 615, F. & A.M., past 
exalted ruler of Charleroi Lodge No. 497, B.P.O.E., and is a member and 
vestryman of the St. Maryıs Episcopal Church.

     Extracted from "20th Century History of Washington & 
Washington County, Pa. And Representative Citizens" by James F. McFarland. 
Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., F.J. Richmond, President; C.R. 
Arnold, Secretary and Treasurer. Chicago, Illinois. 1910