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Samuel Walter Gallaher
SAMUEL WALTER GALLAHER, junior member of the firm of Hoey & Gallaher,
proprietors of a foundry and machine shop at Kittanning, was born in 1874 in
Butler county, Pa., son of Hugh and Annie (Hepworth) Gallaher.Hugh Gallaher was born in Ireland, and was brought to Armstrong county by
his parents when a boy. He was educated in the public schools here, and when
he attained maturity went into the oil and coal business. This he Followed in
various parts of Pennsylvania until his retirement, having met with a fair
measure of success.Samuel W. Gallaher was educated in the public schools of Armstrong and
Forest counties, Pa. In young manhood he was apprenticed to learn the trade of
machinist, in the Ford City shops, and after mastering it learned that of
toolmaker, at the Daugherty typewriter Works. For five years he worked to
master the details of these trades, and became very expert in both. For a time
thereafter he was with the well known Baldwin Locomotive Works, at
Philadelphia. In 1907 he became a partner in the present firm of Hoey &
Gallaher. The company was incorporated in 1910, with a capital stock of
$50,000. The plant is thoroughly up-to-date, being equipped with modern
machinery, and a specialty is made of all kinds of repairing. When working at
full capacity employment is given to from twenty to twenty-five men.Mr. Gallaher is a member of the Episcopal Church at Kittanning, and serves
as a vestry-man. He takes pride in the fact that he is able to belong to the
Sons of Veterans because his father served during the Civil war. The record of
Mr. Gallaher’s life is a history of earnest, persistent, honest effort,
intelligently directed, and judging the future by the past his prospects are
very bright. .Source: Page 468-496, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J. H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed May 1999 by Michael S. Caldwell for the
Armstrong County Beers Project
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