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Below is a family biography included in Biographical Record of Oakland County, Michigan published by Biographical Publishing Company in 1903. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Edward Galligan, one of the foremost agriculturists of Independence township, Oakland County, resides on his well improved farm of 80 acres situated in sections 17 and 18. He was born February 15, 1848, in Oakland County and has resided here ever since. He is a son of Patrick and Julia (Gaffing) Galligan.
Patrick Galligan, who was a native of Ireland, came to America in 1846, and settled in Clarkston, Independence township, Oakland County, Michigan, where he bought of the United States government a tract of timber land, which he cleared and placed under cultivation after many years of hard work. He walked to Clarkston from Detroit, and at once began to make his fortune; his success was due to his hard and industrious work of many years. His death occurred in 1861 at the age of 54 years. He was a Catholic and a Democrat. Before coming to this country he was married to Julia Gaffing, a native of Ireland, and they were the parents of seven children, namely: Margaret (Machoir); Rosa (Kearl), deceased; Sarah (Baldwin), of Independence township, Oakland County; Mary Jane (Campbell), a resident of Bay City, Michigan; Henry, a resident of Saginaw, Michigan; Edward, whose name heads these lines; and James, of Brandon township, Oakland County.
Edward Galligan purchased his present farm in 1876 and has been very successful; starting at the date of his marriage, he has secured such excellent results from his general farming operations that he has an exceptionally good farm, provided with good, substantial buildings and well stocked. Politically, he is a Republican, but takes only a good citizen’s interest in political affairs.
Mr. Galligan was married October 28, 1871, to Emeline Cross, who was born in September, 1848, in Independence township, Oakland County, and is a daughter of Moses and Esther Cross, natives of England and Ireland, respectively. Our subject and wife are the parents of two children, namely: Ada (Herce), a resident of Independence township, Oakland County; and Louis C., who was married to Alpha Stafford and has one daughter, Norma. Our subject has provided a home for a boy, Harry S. Cross (now 21 years of age), since he was six months old.
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