Evening star., 1929-07-01
w. T. GALLlHER is DEAD
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS;
DIES TALKING TO SON

AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS;
DIES TALKING TO SON
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his way home from Montauk last sun
day . week ago in order to attend an
Odd Fellows committee meeting.
An Active Methodist.
The funeral will be held at 8 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at Wesley Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Connecticut
avenue and Jocelyn street, where Mr..
Galliher was an active member. Inter
ment win be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
News Of Mr.. 0alliheEs death caused
distinct sorrow at the White House. The
74-year-old banker served Is treasurer
Of the Hoover-Curtis inaugural COM
mittee and before that was chairman
Of the Coolidge-Dawes inaugural COM
mittee. He long had been q leader
in. District Republican activities. He
was chairman of the Republican COM
mittee for the District of Columbia
from 1916 to 1924 and was o dele
gate to the Republican national con-
vention in Cleveland in 1924
One CT his chief civic interests OF
recent years was In aiding the cam.
paign for the enfranchisement of Dis
trict citizens. At the time OF his death
Committee on National REPRESENTATION
for the District Of Columbia and was
furthertng plans for the financing of q
renewal CT the crusade for suffrage for
the District.
Advocated Friends Nomination.
Mr.. Galliher was chairman Of the
nominating committee at the recent
bankers convention and In fervent
address he placed before the bankers
the name Of his old friend and bank
ing associate. w. J. waller, vice presi-
dent OF the Federal.American Bank.
MIR. Waller was elected unanimously to
the presidency OF the local association.
Mr.. Gailiher was taken Ill at the
annual banquet which followed the
nominating session. Refusing to take
has attack seriously, he left the fol-
lowing day In company with Mr.. Waller
ment In Baltimore with the Odd Fel-
lows. He was . prominent worker for
the order.
The bankers sudden death brings to
O. close q long career filled with re-
mafkable achievements in the realm of
business and finance. He came to
Washington early In life and forged his
success as lumber merchant, He was
stili president Of w. T" dalliiler q Bro,
Inc, lumber merchants, at the time Of
his death, although he left active man.
agement OF the firm to his brother,
Charles T.. Gailiher. oo-founder Of the
business. a.
Born in Port Deposit. Cecif County.
Md, on July 20, 1856. Mr.. Gaiiiher
moved TO washington as boy with his
parents, Joseph wesley and Agnes
Thompson Galliher. He was educated
in the public schools. graduating from
the old Jefferson School. In Southwest
washington.
Married I'm 1877. &
He was married october 2, 1877, to
Miss A. Laura McIntire, and about this
date entered the employ Of Reuben S.
Clark, ship chandler, In Southwest
Washington. Later he assisted George
A. Shehan in Q lumber business.
In 1889 he and his brother estab-
ished the firm Of w. r. Galliher 81
Bro, Inc. The concern prospered
from the first and became one Of the
leading lumber supply firms of the
Capital. Mr.. Galliher's business In
terests soon widened extensively. He
lean National Bank in 1908, became
its vice president in 1908 and served
as president from 1910 until 1922,
when the bank merged with the Fed
eral National Bank to become the Fed.
eral-American National Bank. With
the consolidation Mr.. Galliher was
made chairman Of the board. He also
was chairman of the board Of the Fed
ral-American Co., q subsidiary Of the
bank.
Mr.. GaIliher was president of the
since then had been q director and
member OF the executive committee. He
was president Of the District Of CO.
lumbia Bankers Association In 1916
and Of the Lumber Exchange Of the
District from 1902 to 1912.
Had Many Interests.
He was president Of the Home Build
ing Association, vice president of the
National Union Fire insurance Co,
treasurer Of the Rossiyn Steel d Ce-
ment Co., and on the board of the
Washington Railway d Electric Co., the
Washington Title Co. and the wash
ington Hotel Co.
Long active in fraternal work, Mr..
GAlliher was . thirty-third degree
Mason, past grand master of the local
Knights Templar, honorary member of
Temple-Noyes Ledge, r. A. A. NJ; a
member OF the Odd Fellows and past
chief patriot of Mount Nebo Encamp-
ment.
Church, philanthropic and educa-
uonal activities also claimed much of
his time. He was treasurer and a
trustee Of the Board of Temperance,
Prohibition and Public Morals of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, a trustee
OF American University and the Swart-
! zell Home for Children and o member
Of the Board Of Charities of the Dis
| trict.
Nine Children Survive.
Mr.. Gallil1er is survived by his wife,
four sons, five daughters and his
brothsr. The sons are: Charles H
and William G., composing the local
real estate firm of Charles H. Galliher
d Co.; Merrill P, in the lumber busi-
ness at sAsheville, N. c., and Herbert
p, local lumber broker. The daughters
are Mrs. l.. Perry West, Mrs. Watts T.
Estabrook and Mrs. Albert w. Ayre, ali
OF this city; Mrs. John r. Clifford OF
| Elizabeth, N. j., and Mrs. Joseph n
Seibert Of Williamsport, Pa.
Notices Of the death Of Mr. QalliheY
were sent out today to the 90 members
OF the Republican state committee OF
the District by T. Lincoln Townsend,
secretary OF the Republican state COM
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