Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 1 December 2004

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JOHN GALLAHER (deceased), a native of Pennsylvania, was born Jan. 19, 1788, and was of Irish Extraction; he came to Ohio about 1808, and, on the 16th of April, 1809, was married to Elizabeth Nye, who was born in Rockingham Co., Va., and was of German descent. In 1812, he opened and settled upon the farm, then in the woods near Green Tree, upon which he resided until his death; he was, perhaps, the most successful farmer of Warren County; by industry, prudence and strict attention to business, he accumulated a goodly share of this world’s goods; he devoted much attention to raising of hogs, in which he was very successful, and from this branch of business he derived much of his wealth. Unlike many men who rise from poverty to affluence, he was generous in the support of the church and benevolent causes. In 1836, he and his wife and other members of his family became members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Red Lion, during the ministry of Rev. David Reed and Rev. John W. Steel. He was a modest and retiring man, a kind and obliging neighbor, an affectionate husband and father and a sincere Christian; his wife died on the seventy-eight anniversary of his birthday; in his old age, he lost about $30,000 by the failure of Boake & Hunt, bankers, in Lebanon; he had, however, more than a competency left, and his children were all settled and comfortably provided for by his own generosity. Mr. Gallaher lived to be one of the oldest men in Warren County; he died June 17, 1881, of paralysis, aged 93 years 4 months and 28 days; he had by his marriage eleven children, nine of whom survived him; one died in infancy and one daughter had died before him, leaving a husband and three children. Mr. Gallaher left children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.