Source: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio12inbeer Scan label: 635 OCR: uncorrected; verify against page image. 638 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Frances Oliver, a daug:hter of Rev. D. Oliver. She died in 1847. To this union four children were born: Charles is a member of the firm of Tower & Lyon, Chamber street, N. Y. ; Leona married B. S. Pelton, of ]Meriden, and is now deceased ; Marie Louise died in 1896; and William G. is our subject. For his second wife James Gallager married Jane Brown, who resided with our subject, and died at his home ; she is buried in West cemetery. William G. Gallager removed to Ohio with his father, and after the latter's death returned to Meri- den, where he attended the common schools, much of his education being acquired in later life. At the age of fourteen years, he entered the Britannia shop of L C. Lewis, and worked there for four years. During the Civil war, although still a youth, he responded to the call for defenders of the flag, in March, 1864, enlisting in Company F, 15th Conn. V. L, under Col. Upham and Capt. R. Waterman. He was transferred with other jecruits to the 7th Regiment, and his discharge bears date August, 1865. Previous to his enlistment Mr. Gallager had attempted to join the army several times, but was rejected on account of his youth. Returning to work in the shop, for eleven years Mr. Gallager continued in the metal business, and then opened up a business of his own in partnership with George Pelton. The firm conducted same successfully for twenty years, dealing in meats in Meriden and vicin- ity, both partners gaining the high regard of th€ community on account of honest dealing. In 1896 Mr. Gallager retired from activity in the business. Throughout his life Mr. Gallager has been an active Republican, and for many years has been a hard worker for the Republican party, both in local and national affairs, enjoying the full confidence of its best elements. In 1896 he^ was elected to the State Legislature, which body he served faithfully, being chairman of the committee on the Putnam Memorial, and also had the honor of presenting the name of Senator Piatt for his fourth term in the U. S. Senate, to which he was unanimously elected. In 1900 he was appointed a Messenger of the United States Senate, which position he fills with ability. In 1870 William G. Gallager was married_ in Meriden, to Clara E. Savage, a daughter of Elliott Savage, and to this union six children have been bom: James P., ,3. civil engineer, resides in Okla- homa; he married Effa Wickerson, of Meriden. Charles Durang is engaged in the meat and poultr\' business ; he married Lydia McCormick, of Meriden, and has one child, William Charles. Elliott Savage is in the United States navy. William died in in- fancy. Leona and Horace are at home. Mrs. Gallager possesses both domestic and social graces ; she is prominently identified with the Woman's Re- lief Corps. Mr. Gallager is a member and past commander of Meriden Post, G. A. R., and is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and the A. O. U. W. The religious connection of the family is with the Universalist Church. Mr. Gallager's standing in this locality, whether in social or business cir- cles, is high, and he is justly regarded as a truly representative citizen. GEORGE T. BRADLEY needs no introduction in the business world of New Haven. As a mem- ber for over twenty years of the firm of Benedict &; Co., coal merchants, and in other important com- mercial relations, he has commanded a wide ac- quaintanceship in the city, and his reputation is without a blemish. Mr. Bradley has sustained the good name of his ancestors, who have been identi- fied with New Haven for many generations. We extract the following from a paper now in the pos- session of the subject proper of these lines : "William Bradley, who took the oath of fidelity in New Haven, Conn., in 1644, was the ancestor of this branch of the Bradley family. Tradition, con- firmed by research, according to the Hon. Charles W. Bradley, who was at one time secretary of the State of Connecticut, and a resident of New Haven, states that William Bradley came from the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. "(I) William Bradley married Alice Prichard, daughter of Roger Prichard of Springfield, Mass., and Milford, Conn., Feb. 18, 1645. His will was recorded in the New Haven Records, Vol. II, page no. He died probably in 1690. She died, as it is thought, in 1692. They had issue: Joseph, bap- tized Jan. 4, 1646, died Jan., 1705; Martha, Oct., 1648, died Jan. 9, 1707; Abraham, born Oct. 24, 1650, died Oct. 19, 1718; Mary, born April 30. 1653, died Oct., 1724; (II) Benjamin, bom April 8, 1657, died 1728 ; Esther, bom Sept. 29, 1659, died ; Nathaniel, born Feb. 26, 1661, died Aug. 17, 1743; Sarah, born June 21, 1665. - "(II) Benjamin Bradley, called sergeant, mar- ried Elizaibeth, daughter of John Thompson, of New Haven, Oct. 29, 1677. She died Nov. 3, 1718. His will was recorded in the New Haven Probate Records in Vol. V, page 446. Their issue: Eliza- beth, bora Sept. 11, 1678; Sarah, bom June 7, 1680; Hannah, bom April 18, 1682 ; Susanna, bom July ID, 1684; Mary, born April 15, 1687; Benjamm, born Oct. I, 1692; Desire, born 'April 29, 1690; Abner, bom March 6, 1695; (HI) Caleb, bom 1700. "(Ill) Caleb Bradley married Dec. 30, 1731. Thankful Gilbert, of New Haven. He died prob- ably in 1783. Their issue: (IV) Jonah, bom Oct. 26 1732, died March 6, 1814; Elizabeth, born May 3/1737, died Feb. 8, 1815; James, born Nov. 9, 1739. "(IV) Jonah Bradley married Aug. 12, 1759, Rachel, daughter of James Atwater, born April 26, 1737, died Oct. 2, 1809. Their issue: Caleb, born Julv 20, 1760; Lvdia, born Dec. 29, 1761, died Oct. 12,' 1847; Phebe, born Jan. 9, 1764; Esther; Huldah; Betsey; (V) Justus, born Jan. 20, 1772, died Dec. 28, 1857; Sarah. "(V) Justus Bradley married April 12, 1797,