Robert Edgar Gallagher, D.D.S. and Altha Edna Endres
Husband Robert Edgar Gallagher, D.D.S. 1 2
Born: 14 Oct 1865 - Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: William Gallagher (Abt 1833-1870) 1 2 3 Mother: Sophia Cornelia Coulson ( -1911) 1 2
Marriage: 21 Jun 1921 4
Wife Altha Edna Endres 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Jacob Endres (1850-Aft 1909) 6 Mother: Mary E. Teets ( - ) 5
Children
General Notes: Husband - Robert Edgar Gallagher, D.D.S.
He attended the country schools in Worth Township, Butler County, PA, until he was fifteen years old and then became a stu-dent at Witherspoon Institute, at Butler, following which he taught school for some five years. In 1895 he entered the Penn-sylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia, where he was graduated in the class of 1898 and then located in that city and practiced there for seven years. In 1905 he moved to Zelienople where his skill built up a large and lucrative practice. He was a member of the G. N. Peirce Dental Society and also of the Western Pennsyl-vania Odontological Society. He belonged to Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 433, Knights of Pythias, at Philadelphia, and to the Knights of Maccabee at Zelienople. Po-litically he was a Republican. He retained his college membership with Psi Omega fraternity. He was a member of the Episco-pal Church.
He grew up in Worth Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and attended the district schools. He later was enrolled at Witherspoon Institute and before taking up the study of dentistry he taught in the schools of Butler County. He then attended the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia and received his degree in 1898. He spent the following seven years in practice in that city before locating in Zelienople in 1905.
He was a Republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church, while his wife held membership in the English Lutheran Church. He was also affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a member of the Rotary Club and served as president from April, 1925, to July, 1926.
General Notes: Wife - Altha Edna Endres
She was a graduate of Slippery Rock State Normal School and before her marriage was a teacher in the county schools. She was active in the Women's Community Club.
1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 923.
2 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1132.
3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1262.
4 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1133.
5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1120.
6
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1119.
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