Jane Brown Gallager

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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,