John J. Gallagher

1859 - 1940  (81 years)

• Name	John J. Gallagher  [1, 2]
  Birth	16 Jan 1859	Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Oct 1940	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan, Nov. 25, 1921 Page Five Thanksgiving Guests Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher entertained at Thanksgiving dinner, Mr. and Mrs. G.E. KRAPF and family, Mr. and Mrs. D.C ELLIOTT and family and Mrs. M.M. SCHWEGLER and Miss Adeline GALLAGER of Highland Park. Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan January 6, 1926 J.J. Gallagher was called to Shelburne, Ontario, on Monday by the death of a sister-in-law. Cass City Chronicle Vol. 35, Number 30 Friday, October 16, 1940 Prominent Elkland Farmer Passed Away Friday John J. Gallagher Supervised Building of Several State Reward Roads Here John J. Gallagher, who served Elkland Township as highway commissioner four years during which period many of the township's state reward roads were constructed under his supervision, passed away at the home of his son, Albert, on Friday morning, October 11. He had been confined to his bed for four weeks, his children being with him most of that time. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Henry G. Bushong in the Methodist Church here Sunday afternoon. Interment was made in Elkland Cemetery. John J. Gallagher was born January 16, 1859, at Adjilo*, Ont. He was the next to oldest of 11 children, six of whom are still living. At the age of 20 years, he came from Canada, walking from Port Huron to Cass City. He worked for the late Gene Morse on the present Gallagher farm each summer for four years and went north to work in the lumber camps in the winters. In 1885 he was united in marriage with Louise Krapf to which union seven children were born. One died in infancy and a daughter, Helena, died in 1913 at the age of 12. The first few years of their married life Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher lived on a farm a mile west and three and a half miles north of Cass City at which time they were members and attended the Bethel Methodist Church. In 1893, they purchased from Mr. Morse the farm Mr. Gallagher first worked on arrivign at Cass City, located one mile west and 1 1/2 miles north of town. Mr. Gallagher lived there the remainder of his life with the exception of 10 years which were spent in the Cass City home on West Main Street. Mrs. Gallagher passed away March 21, 1925. Since that time he has lived during the year with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gallagher, on the farm and with his daughter Miss Adeline Gallagher, when she was home during the summer months. Mr. Gallagher has been a member of the Methodist Church in Cass City ever since moving from the Bethel district and a regular attendant until recently when he when he was unable to be present because of ill health. He served as member of the board of trustees of the society. Mr. Gallager became an American Citizen soon after entering the United States and has been loyal ever since. Mr. Gallagher leaves two sons, Fred of Vancouver, B.C. and Albert of Cass City; three daughters, Mrs. P.H. Knight of Sterling and Mrs. Floyd Johnson and Miss Adeline Gallagher of Detroit; six grandchildren; four brothers, W.H. Gallagher of Vancouver, Herbert, Lorne and Thomas Gallagher, all of Shelburne, Ont.; and two sisters, Mrs. Jas Wallace of Cartwright, Sask., and Mrs. Wm. Perm of Vancouver, B.C. Friends and relatives from a distance to attend the funeral services included Mr. and Mrs. Bert Standerline, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. James Sizer, Henry Hegler, Miss Gladys Cahoon, Miss Beatrice Farnum, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray, son Bud, and daughter, Dora, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whale and son, Dick, Miss Elsa Spier, Mrs. F.C. Whitney, Mrs. Beatrice Lamont, Mrs. C. Southerland, Miss Eula Quakenbush, Mrs. Mary Graves and Mr. and Mrs. Howell Reid and daughter, Anne, all of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Archie Knight of Sterling; Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Peterson of Bad Axe; Herbert and Lorne Gallagher of Shelbourne, Ont., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hall and Mrs. Geo. Hall, Imlay City; Mr. and Mrs. Percy Knight and two sons, Sterling; Miss Adeline Gallagher and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson and two daughters, Detroit. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007) *Perhaps he was from Adjala-Tosorontio, in south central Ontario?
  Person ID	I11601	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Louisa Krapf,   b. 20 Jul 1865, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 21 Mar 1925, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1883
  Children	1. Arthur Gallagher,   b. 20 Mar 1883, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 3 Apr 1883, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 0 years)   2. Fred Gallagher,   b. 24 Mar 1885, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 15 Nov 1963, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 78 years)   3. Ethel Gallagher,   b. 15 Feb 1888, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 8 Jun 1976, Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan (Age 88 years)   4. Adelina Gallagher,   b. 1890, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 25 Oct 1975, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 85 years)   5. Lena Gallagher,   b. 12 Nov 1891, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. Jul 1982, Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Age 90 years)   6. Helena Gallagher,   b. 7 Oct 1899, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 25 Aug 1913, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 13 years)   7. Albert Gallagher,   b. 4 Nov 1903, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 30 Mar 1994, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 90 years)
  Documents		Krapf, John marriage to Eveline Fisher, October 1885 They were married in Tuscola County, Michigan by Pastor H. Voelker, with John J. and Louise (Krapf) Gallagher witnessing their vows.
  Family ID	F3048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 16 Jan 1859 - Ontario, Canada Death - 11 Oct 1940 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 138 (Reliability: 3). [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 5, September 1, 1941 (Reliability: 3).