. Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware . e, No. 22,I. O. IL, of Wilmington. On January 11, 1870, in Caroline county,!Md., Charh-s W. Diggans was nian-ied toEmma A., daughter of William E. and Emily(Kent) ]\rason, of (^uecn Anne county, ]\ children are: I. Charles II.; II. EarlC.; III. Howard E., deceased. Mr. Diggansis a member of the Union M. E. church and aclass leader in that denomination. JOHN J. GALLAGHER, Wilmington,Del., son of George ^l. and Elizabeth (Wat-son^i Gallagher, was liorn in Wilniingtcm,Del., August 12, 1842. His great-grandfather, John Gall
. Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware . e, No. 22,I. O. IL, of Wilmington. On January 11, 1870, in Caroline county,!Md., Charh-s W. Diggans was nian-ied toEmma A., daughter of William E. and Emily(Kent) ]\rason, of (^uecn Anne county, ]\ children are: I. Charles II.; II. EarlC.; III. Howard E., deceased. Mr. Diggansis a member of the Union M. E. church and aclass leader in that denomination. JOHN J. GALLAGHER, Wilmington,Del., son of George ^l. and Elizabeth (Wat-son^i Gallagher, was liorn in Wilniingtcm,Del., August 12, 1842. His great-grandfather, John Gallasher,was a native of Ireland. lie married Susanna]\IcElwce, who came to this country morethan a century ago. He died in 1808. Theyhad two children, John and Alice Anne, whomarried Evan C. Stotsenburg, iron founder ofWilmington, Del. His son, John, grand-father of John J. Gallagher, was born in Mif-flinburg, Pa., in 1795, and settled in Wil- -i . i l>:i ,1 , ? ?•\: ? : .,,)< 1. , ,1 - .•! I,: ,(i|.J, , ,? •.•.;ir y vr- .•, ,r \. 0^ ^.ifR^ STATE OF DELAWAIUJ >43 iiiiiigton in 1S19. He was au iron uiaiiied J\Iargaret, daughter of Cliristo-phcr Stotsenburg. She was born in Wliite-luaiah, Pa., March 8, 17^5, died FebruaryG, 1SC5. Their children were: I. George M.;II. John, 3, died young; was lieutenant inthe Tiiird and Seventh Delaware Kegiinents,in the ^\Ulr of the Ivebellion; III. Alice ( Ivoberts), of Xorristown, Pa., widow;IX. William J., married Sarah lUioades, ofIhoenixville, Pa., died August lU, lb04; H., a captain in the war of the Re-bellion, married Eebecca Wilson, died Febru-ary 10, ISDS. John Gallagher, 2, died inWilmington, October 2, 1825. George M. Gallagher, eldest son of John,2, and Margaret (Stotsenberg) Gallagher, wasborn in Philadelphia, November 19, 1817. Inthat city he spent his boyhood, and afterwardslearned the iron foundry business in W^il-mington, Del. He worked at this trade inPhiladelphia and Wil
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