White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-19
SUDDEN DEATH OF
v. c. GALLAGHER
PIONEER CITIZEN. Ex-COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, SENATOR AND
HIGH DEGREE MASON DIES OF
CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

Al Ills hOiliG oh blltei
half-past four o'clock Friday after
noon, May IT, as the result of cere-
bral hemorrhage, with which he was
stricken shortly after noon. Senator
Gallagher had been In his usual vigor-
GUS health. and after dinner Friday
had gone out to NOW his lawn. While
engaged In this. Alex Baird In pass
ing engaged In conversation with the
senator, and assisted him in making
er. Very soon after 1t was noticed
that he was Ill. and Mr.. Baird assist
cd him into the house. the aged man
having difficulty In walking DR..
Richardson came In response to an
immediate summons and everything
that could be done was done for the
relief of the patient. 10 was first
thought that the attack might not
prove serious, but the hemorrhags
continued to develop and the end
came with the waning hours of the
afternoon.
The death of Senator Gallagher
came al a profound shock to the COM
munlty wherein he had passed 30 long
and useful life. Expressions OF real
sorrow were heard on every side. for
his passing removes a strong and In
fluentiai character from White Pine
county. He will be missed and IL is
vet too early to realize the full sig
nlficance of the loss of enc who for
So many years has stood for the best
ideals of American citizenship. Par
ticularly TO thu older residents Of the
district Is the death of Senator Gal
iagher an Incident for sorrowfui con-
temptation To these his passing
sewers the ties of close friendship
rising through years of personal as
sociation that have developed 10 the
utmost the knowledge OF his sterling
principles. broad charity and wise
eounsels. These characteristics with
the loyable qualities that ehdeared
him TO all with whom he had dealing.
constitute an enduring monument
to is memory, and the influence OF
his life will long be felt.
william G. Gallagher. one Of the
pioneers of Eastern Nevada. was born
at Sackyille, New Brunswick, June
II, 1850. He received his=educa.ion
at the Mt. Allison Academy at Sack
vile and came west In APRIL. 1870,
locating In Hamilton, where he found
employment and clerled for Carpen-
ter and Company at Eureka. After
ward he entered the employ Of the
Eberhardt and Aurora Mining conn
pany at Eberhardt, where he remain
ed for three years. lie removed to
Eureka again and engaged in the
wood and draying business until
1875, when he went To Duck Creek
and engaged in ranching. which oe-
cupation he followed for nearly thir-
" years. or until 1904. when he re-
moved to Ely.
While ranching occupied most or
hie time and attention. he took an
active interest in the affairs OF White
Pine county, and in 1885 was elected
to the board of county commission
ers which office he retained for six
teen years. Republican In politics.
his advice and counsel was often
sought, and In 1904 he was elected
to the senate, where he served four
years with honor TO his party ana
the community In general.
Since making his home In Ely ana
practically retired from active busi-
ness pursuits. he has always been
busy man In every sense of the word
The affairs and associations OF ira
ternal bodies appealed to him strong
iy. and he had long been memher
OF the Masonic. Eastern Star, ODD
Fellows, Rebekah and knights Oh
Pythias orders. In the Masonic
bodies Senator Gallagher was par
ticnlarly active. He was made a
Mason at Cherry Creek, and was a
Fast master of the lodge OF Masons
at that place and now defunct. For
many years he had served as secre-
tary of Ely lodge No. 20 Of Masons.
He was also a member of Scottish
Rite Consistory No. ] of Nevada, o.
El Karak Mystic Shrine Of Reno, and
one of eight members Of the Masonic
order In Nevada and the only one In
White Pine county to receive the
thirty-third degree. having been cor
ronated to that degree at San Fran
cisco the past January. He was q
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