Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameEdward Detlar GALLAGHER 
1495, p 1
1495, p 1Birth13 Oct 1887, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan2736, p 2; date only,1600, p 4; date only,1610, p 3; “South Saginaw”
Death9 Feb 1954, San Francisco, San Francisco, California2736, p 2,1610, p 9; month, year & place only Age: 66
Occupationteacher2736, p 2
FatherEdward Wallace GALLAGHER (1855-1927)
MotherLaura Katherine WILDE (1858-1910)
Individual Notes
• Little Edward Gallagher, tortured for years with a malignant knee infection, had his leg amputated, raffled off a barrel of oil and bought an artificial one. At 17 he was teaching school in a backwoods district in Alger and wound up with a PhD at Palo Alto [Stanford]. He taught in the San Francisco schools until his retirement. As president of the California Teachers’ Union he was responsible for many of the benefits which have accrued to the teachers of that state. Ed and his wife, Myrtle, were interested in rose culture and had a beautiful garden. Edward was a past president of the San Franciso Rose Society.1600, p 25
Census
• 1900 Census: Bridgeport, Saginaw, Michigan. Age 12, b Oct 1887, MI.2735
Spouses
Individual Notes
• Yes, Myrtle was married first to a Pickerall.1611
Marriage1915, Indiana2737, marriage only,2736, p 2; date only,1610, p 6
ChildrenJohn Wallace