BIO: Patrick GALLAGHER, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 810.
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  PATRICK GALLAGHER, who for thirty consecutive years has served in the office 
of justice of the peace at Osceola Mills, Clearfield county, Pa., came to this 
borough in 1873 and has been one of the public spirited and successful business 
men.  He was born in North Ireland, March 17, 1834, and is a son of Edward and 
Mary (O'Donnell) Gallagher.
  Patrick Gallagher was about fifteen years old when he came to America and in 
1849 joined his older brother, Bernard Gallagher, who was already established as 
a lumberman near Clearfield Bridge, in Boggs township, Clearfield county, Pa.  
He remained in Boggs township until 1870, when he moved to Wallaceton, and from 
there, in 1871, to Houtzdale, and to Osceola Mills in 1873.  He had previously 
been engaged in both lumbering and merchandising and after settling at Osceola 
Mills, established a general store which he conducted until 1909, when he 
retired.  He was one of the original stockholders in the Osceola Silica and Fire 
Brick Company, of which he is vice-president.
  Mr. Gallagher was married first to Miss Mary Ann Stone, a daughter of 
Alexander Stone, of Stoneville, Clearfield county.  Two children were born to 
them:  Edward, who died when aged one year; and John Alexander, who is a 
resident of Osceola Mills.  The latter married Martha Taber.  Mrs. Gallagher 
died in 1863.  In 1870 Mr. Gallagher married Mary W. Cross, who died in August, 
1909.  Judge Gallagher is nominally a Democrat, but he has independent 
tendencies.  In the capacity of justice of the peace, he has been of 
incalculable aid to his fellow citizens and business men as the borough has no 
regularly elected attorney.  He has a wide acquaintance and is universally 
esteemed.  He has been a witness to the remarkable advance made by this borough 
and has been identified to a considerable extent with much that has added to its 
material progress.