John Gallagher, Jr.

Immigrant after 1804

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John Gallagher, Jr. is not in my direct ancestor. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of James Gallagher Son of John Gallagher and Margaret Unknown

John Gallagher, Jr. was born in Ireland, County Donegal, in about 1783. He came with his parents John and Margaret Gallagher to Butler County, Pennsylvania around the turn of the century and lived with them in Muddy Creek township for some years. He subsequently settled on a farm near that of his brother James C. Gallagher in Franklin Township.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1783	Ireland
Marriage			To Frances Mains
Death	>1850	expect Franklin T., Butler Co. PA
Burial		United Presby., Prospect PA

Ancestry chart segment

        Generation 6          Generation 7
 
                              +-- John Gallagher
                              |   (176?-183?)
        John Gallagher, Jr. --+
          (1781-1863)         |
                              +-- Margaret [unknown]
                                  (????-????)
                       

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Children

(children with Frances Mains )
(Birth order unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Gallagher	M
Thomas Gallagher	M
Ellen Gallagher	F			Charles Gallagher
Margaret Gallagher	F	~1822
Mary Gallagher	F	~1824
Catherine Gallagher	F	~1826		John Cable

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Ireland	1783-~1800
Muddy Creek T., Butler Co. PA	~1800
Franklin Twp., Butler Co.	by 1850

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Franklin Township, Butler County, PA, Page 243, lists John Gallaher, 67, married to Francis, 69. They are listed as living with three daughters: Margaret Gallagher, 28; Mary Gallagher, 26; and Catherine Gallagher, 24. John is listed as a farmer , real estate valued at $1,000, and as having been born in Ireland. The remainder of the family is listed as born in PA. John is listed as unable to read or write.
2	1895 History of Butler Co., PA, Brown & Co., p. 1262 John Gallagher biographical sketch: "John Gallagher, Sr., one of the pioneers of Butler county, was a native of Down county, Ireland, and settled in Muddy Creek township, late in the Eighteenth or early in the present century. .." The biography says that with him came his wife and six children; John Jr. is listed as the second son.	(Complete text John Gallagher sketch, 1895 Hist. Butler Co.)
3	1895 History of Butler Co., PA, Brown & Co., p. 1262-63 John Gallagher Jr. biographical sketch: John Gallagher, Jr., second son of John Gallagher, Sr., was born in Ireland, and came with his parents to Butler county. He finally settled upon a part of the land entered by his father, who gave him 100 acres, and he resided upon the same down to his death in 1881. The farm is now in possession of his son Thomas, and the original log house is still standing. Mr. Gallagher married Frances Mains, a daughter of Thomas Mains, who lived in what is now Franklin township. To this union were born the following children: John; Thomas; Ellen, who married Charles Gallagher; Margaret; Mary; and Catherine, who married Jacob Cable, all of whom are dead excepting Thomas and Catherine. Mr. Gallagher and wife were members of the United Presbyterian church, and are interred in the cemetery at Prospect. He was a member of Captain Boston's company in the War of 1812.

Source Notes

• The Butler County Cemetery Inventory Vol. 2, with transcriptions for United Church of Prospect, does not show John & Frances Gallagher having stones in that cemetery; they may have been buried without markers, or they may be now illegible. They were not observed in June 2007 by E. W. Williams while transcribing stones in that cemetery.
• Page search of Franklin Twp in 1860 census gave no results for John or Frances, although a younger John Gallagher is on p. 15.