March 10, 1885, Marseilles, Illinois -------. . . . ."Packed my valise in the morning to go West. . . . . Started . . to Ottawa and there took the fast train"---------------------from the daily journal of George William Gallaher
George W. Gallaher did go west, all the way to Kansas! He worked as a carpenter in Newton, surveyed the area, bought some land, and then returned to Marseilles. He married Phebe Estella Story, a Marseilles school teacher, 26 July 1888. They were the parents of one child, Estella Bernice Gallaher. George worked for the Adams Plant in Marseilles and for the John Deere Spreader Works of Moline, Illinois. George was a capable and skilled employee, a pattern maker. He received a pension from Deere & Co., in 1931.
-------He bought his daughter a fine piano for her 16th birthday and she played it for many years.
--------------- "She could really make it sing !"
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George W. Gallaher did go west, all the way to Kansas! He worked as a carpenter in Newton, surveyed the area, bought some land, and then returned to Marseilles. He married Phebe Estella Story, a Marseilles school teacher, 26 July 1888. They were the parents of one child, Estella Bernice Gallaher. George worked for the Adams Plant in Marseilles and for the John Deere Spreader Works of Moline, Illinois. George was a capable and skilled employee, a pattern maker. He received a pension from Deere & Co., in 1931.
-------He bought his daughter a fine piano for her 16th birthday and she played it for many years.
--------------- "She could really make it sing !"
==
March 10, 1885, Marseilles, Illinois -------. . . . ."Packed my valise in the morning to go West. . . . . Started . . to Ottawa and there took the fast train"---------------------from the daily journal of George William Gallaher
George W. Gallaher did go west, all the way to Kansas! He worked as a carpenter in Newton, surveyed the area, bought some land, and then returned to Marseilles. He married Phebe Estella Story, a Marseilles school teacher, 26 July 1888. They were the parents of one child, Estella Bernice Gallaher. George worked for the Adams Plant in Marseilles and for the John Deere Spreader Works of Moline, Illinois. George was a capable and skilled employee, a pattern maker. He received a pension from Deere & Co., in 1931.
-------He bought his daughter a fine piano for her 16th birthday and she played it for many years.
--------------- "She could really make it sing !"
==
George W. Gallaher did go west, all the way to Kansas! He worked as a carpenter in Newton, surveyed the area, bought some land, and then returned to Marseilles. He married Phebe Estella Story, a Marseilles school teacher, 26 July 1888. They were the parents of one child, Estella Bernice Gallaher. George worked for the Adams Plant in Marseilles and for the John Deere Spreader Works of Moline, Illinois. George was a capable and skilled employee, a pattern maker. He received a pension from Deere & Co., in 1931.
-------He bought his daughter a fine piano for her 16th birthday and she played it for many years.
--------------- "She could really make it sing !"
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