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Note: Kerr or Kier? son: father info:
General Thomas F. Gallagher & Eliz Kier McBride had James Henry
JAMES HENRY GALLAGHER, the present recorder of deeds, for Westmoreland county, was born November 23, 1867, at New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of General Thomas F. Gallagher and Elizabeth Kier McBride Gallagher, his wife. She was daughter of Henry and Elizabeth McBride, of Loyalhanna township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
IV. James H. Gallagher was educated in the public schools of his native town and graduated from Duff's Business College of Pittsburgh, in 1887. Afterwards he was engaged in the real estate business in Greensburg, and was deputy clerk of the Orphans' court and deputy register and recorder of Westmoreland county. Mr. Gallagher was elected in the autumn of 1902, and in January, 1903, sworn into office, as recorder of deeds. His nomination was accorded him without opposition, and he was elected by three thousand, three hundred and forty majority. He was renominated in April, 1905, by the Republican county committee by acclamation in 1904, and did splendid work during the Roosevelt-Fairbanks presidential campaign, aiding materially in bringing about a majority of nine thousand two hundred and forty-eight for the ticket in his county, double that of any former election. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, a Knight Templar, and also belongs to various social orders.
Elizabeth Kerr McBride
Birth: 17 Oct 1831 in Westmoreland County,Pa
Death: 27 Mar 1898 in Westmoreland County,Pa
Sex: F
Father: Henry McBride b. 16 Aug 1800 in Westmoreland County,Pa
Mother: Elizabeth Kerr b. 14 Mar 1805 in Westmoreland County,Pa
Burial: Westmoreland County,Pa
Changed: 29 Sep 2002 01:00:00
Spouses & Children Thomas F. Gallagher (Husband) b. 17 Jan 1822 Marriage: 18 SEP 1849 in Westmoreland County,Pa
Children:
Elizabeth Gallagher b. Infant
Anna Maria Gallagher b. Infant
Sarah Agnes Gallagher b. Infant
Margaret McBride Gallagher b. About 1860
Isabella Gallagher b. 1862
James H. Gallagher b. 23 Nov 1867
BIOGRAPHY: Westmoreland County Genealogy Project Biography Board
JAMES HENRY GALLAGHER
Posted By: Biography Date: December 25 1999
JAMES HENRY GALLAGHER, the present recorder of deeds, for Westmoreland county, was born November 23, 1867, at New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of General Thomas F. Gallagher and Elizabeth Kier McBride Gallagher, his wife. She was daughter of Henry and Elizabeth McBride, of Loyalhanna township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
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