Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Jefferson
County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 561.

WILLIAM DAVIS GALLAGHER
Was born in Philadelphia, Aug., 1808; was brought by his mother, then a
widow, to Cincinnati, in 1816; learned the printing business, and in 1824,
while yet an apprentice, edited and published a small literary paper. 
Ever since, he has been throughly identified with the West, in her
literature, her history, and her press; has been sole or joint editor of
several magazines and newspapers (of the Cincinnati Gazette, 1839-50, and
of the Louisville Courier, 1854); edited, in 1841, an interesting volume
entitled "The Poetical Literature of the West;" since 1854, has made his
home in or near Louisville, must of the time holding office under the U.
S. government.  Some of his contributions to local history are valuable. 
He is the author of a number of minor poems of much power, and of one of
extended scope, "Miami Woods." [Note: Shown was "Song Of The Pioneer," and
"The Laborer."]

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