Person

John S. Gallagher (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman)

b. 1833-02-04 d. 1912-05-11

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and policeman. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Gallagher. Married to Maria Jane Ridge Gallagher in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 2, 1858. Father of Marshall Gallagher. Clerk in Louisville in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Policeman in Louisville from 1857 through 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, p. 352A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 7, p. 864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 735.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 642A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Marriages.

"Police Court," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 7 July 1857, p. 1.

"Important Arrests," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 22 Aug 1859, p. 3.

"Seizure of Contraband Articles," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 31 July 1862, p. 3.

"Taken Up," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 14 Jan 1863, p. 2.

"Burglary," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 16 Dec 1864, p. 3.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 68.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 96.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 312.

"Capt John S. Gallagher (1833-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 110474344 , accessed June 5, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110474344 .

Citation

Gallagher, John S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205636 (November 12, 2026).

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