An excerpt from the Sullivan Review, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania dated June 15, 1978 (Streby wrote this in 1903): BEGIN A History Of Sullivan County As Recorded By George Streby A Continuation of the History of Laporte Borough and Laporte Township Installment No. 119 Francis W. Gallagher Was born in County Fermanaugh, Ireland, June 30, 1862. He was a son of Dennis Gallagher, also a native of County Fermanaugh, Ireland, and who when 10 years of age came to America, locating in Jacksonburg, Fla., where he remained until he had accumulated a fortune, when he returned to Ireland and wedded Ann Johnson, and remained in his native land. F. W. Gallagher came to America in 1879, and worked at the tanning business at Stoneham, Brockton, Sterling Run, Muncy Valley, Hillsgrove and Laporte. In 1893 he purchased the King property at Laporte and conducted a restaurant, which was later transferred into a hotel. In 1898 Mr. Gallagher built the large three-story hotel which he now conducts. He has held numerous borough offices and is a member of the borough council at present. Mr. Gallagher married Tressa Breger, a daughter of Charles and Frances (Kelly) Breger. To Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher have been born: Mary Ann, Emma, William, who died at the age of four years, Francis and John. END From Simon Alan Brieger (1.726) March 12, 2007: BEGIN Tressa Anne Brieger was born in December 1871 in Obernburg, Sullivan County, New York. On 12 May 1885 in LaPorte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania she married Francis W. Gallagher, born 15 June 1862 in Galvery Fermanaugh County, Ireland as the son of Dennis Gallagher and Ann Johnson. Francis died ca 1908 in Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Tressa died February 1947 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Both are interred in the Sacred Heart Cemetery of LaPorte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. END