. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. n. JOHN C. GALBRAITH, one of thethree Galbraith Bros., plasterers, ofMount Union, was born on May 17,1S59 at Shade Gap. His early life wasspent in that section. he havinglearned his trade, with his father, Galbraith, when he wasquite young. Some years were spentworking with his other two brothersin town, James and Thomas, respec-tively, after which John went to TTed-ford county, where he spent 2 also started to leara the machin-ist business in the Altoona Shops. Inaddition to this, he worked on the O. R. R. fo
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. n. JOHN C. GALBRAITH, one of thethree Galbraith Bros., plasterers, ofMount Union, was born on May 17,1S59 at Shade Gap. His early life wasspent in that section. he havinglearned his trade, with his father, Galbraith, when he wasquite young. Some years were spentworking with his other two brothersin town, James and Thomas, respec-tively, after which John went to TTed-ford county, where he spent 2 also started to leara the machin-ist business in the Altoona Shops. Inaddition to this, he worked on the O. R. R. for a short time. Becauseof ])0or health, Mr. Galbraith wascompelled to spend 5 years in Flori-da, residing in Pensacola, West Palm]!each and various other places,Vv-here he continued work at his trade,that of plastering, and st the sametime took advaiiced work along thisime. such as the artistic finishing ofbuildings, ornamental , etc. The Galbraith well known throughout this sec-tion for the efficiency of their work. 495. John Galbraith most every building in-Mount Unionfor the ])ast 30 years having l5eenplastered by them. FERDINAND GALBRAITH. the youngest of the Galbraith Bros., isalso a native of Shade Gap, liavingbeen born Aug. 7, 1868. Ferdinandis the youngest of a family of 10children, and has worked about 18years at the plastering business. Ofthe Galbraith family, there are »girls and 5 boys, of which there are,respectively, in addition to the 3 men-tioned in this sketch: J-ames of 496
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