Mineral County
Patrick Gallagher
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Mineral County Patrick Gallagher Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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PATRICK GALLAGHER, of Mason valley, Nevada, is one of the best farmers in this locality, where he has made his home for the past thirty-six years. He was born in Sandwich, Canada, July 8, 1841, and is a son of Michael Gallagher, who was born in county Mayo, Ireland, in 1805, and there married Miss Matilda Kelbourne, also a native of Ireland. One child, John, was born before the parents emigrated in 1839 and located in Michigan The father settled on a farm in that then new and undeveloped state, near Pontiac. He had a brother in Sandwich, Canada, and he went there, and Patrick was born at the home of his uncle. The family returned to Pontiac in 1846, and then to Wisconsin that same year where the father located on the present site of Kenosha and cultivated a good farm. From there the family removed to Monroe, Wisconsin, purchased a farm, and there the father lived until his death in 1879, aged sixty-four years. His wife died in 1876. They were the parents of eight children, six sons and two daughters. Patrick Gallagher is the only member of the family in Nevada. The education of Mr. Gallagher was received in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later he embarked in railroading and steamboating on the Mississippi river. In 1866 he crossed the plains to Nevada and after remaining there two years went on to California. His first employment was freighting at Virginia City for Jewett Adams between that place, Gold Hill and Dayton. In 1868 he located his farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and has another one hundred and sixty acres two miles from his homestead. He has redeemed it all from the sage brush, and made the land as good farming land as can be found in Lyon county. His home is a very comfortable one and a model to the other farmers in Mason valley, while his grounds are the pride of his heart. In February, 1873, he was married to Mary Raferty, a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, and six children have been born to them, namely: Ada, Katie, Mary, Peter, Paul and John. They are members of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Gallagher has always been a staunch Republican, although he now feels it his duty to espouse the cause of silver. He has served as school trustee and is a man of intelligence, integrity and ability.
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