Henry LeGalley was born near Bowling Green on August 20, 1862. He is a son of John H. and Mary S. White LeGalley.
The grandfather of our subject, William LeGalley came to Wood County from Huron County, Ohio, in 1853, and purchased 220 acres of land in Plain Township, which is now one of the principal gas and oil fields in the county, and where he is still living at a good old age, having been born in 1815. His parents were French extraction, and died near Sandusky city when William was quite young. He was apprenticed to the tanner's trade with a man by the name of Terry, whose daughter Maria, he afterward married.They had six children: Fanny, who died in childhood; Myron, a farmer near Bowling Green; J. H. the father of our subject; William T., residing near Bowling Green; Celia, who lives with her parents; and Charles, who is still at home.
The father of our subject was born in 1838, and was 17 years of age when his father came to this country. He was married to Mary White, who was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1841, and settled at once on a farm in Plain Township, where the family have lived ever since. He has three oil wells on his farm, which is adjoining that of his father, for which he derives a good income. He is a staunch Democrat, an ardent temperance man, and a member of the Baptist Church. The paternal family consists of three sons: Henry W.; Marion E.; and Myron E. who is still in dental college at Indianapolis, Indiana. The sons are of the same political and religious belief as a father.
Dr. LeGalley has spent his entire life in his native town, where he attended the public schools; he began the study of dentistry in 1885, and, after obtaining his diploma, located in Bowling Green in the month of July, 1887. He is a self-made man, and has become an expert dental surgeon. He is the first dentist in the County to make use of the "Cataphoric Appliance," (an electric current) for the painless filling of teeth. There are hundreds of people throughout Wood County who would testify to the merits of the doctor's professional ability. His wife is a valued assistant in the operating room, and is becoming an apt worker in the gold crown and bridge work department of the office.
The Dr. and his esteemed family, consisting of his wife, and their charming daughter, Alma, take an active part in church and Sunday school work in the Baptist Church and give liberally of their means to the maintenance of organizations that are founded upon the idea of the uplifting of humanity, and they have a host of friends among the people of the county. Fraternally, the doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Biography in Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio; Beers, 1897,P. 1349 Contributed by Lavidaloca
The grandfather of our subject, William LeGalley came to Wood County from Huron County, Ohio, in 1853, and purchased 220 acres of land in Plain Township, which is now one of the principal gas and oil fields in the county, and where he is still living at a good old age, having been born in 1815. His parents were French extraction, and died near Sandusky city when William was quite young. He was apprenticed to the tanner's trade with a man by the name of Terry, whose daughter Maria, he afterward married.They had six children: Fanny, who died in childhood; Myron, a farmer near Bowling Green; J. H. the father of our subject; William T., residing near Bowling Green; Celia, who lives with her parents; and Charles, who is still at home.
The father of our subject was born in 1838, and was 17 years of age when his father came to this country. He was married to Mary White, who was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1841, and settled at once on a farm in Plain Township, where the family have lived ever since. He has three oil wells on his farm, which is adjoining that of his father, for which he derives a good income. He is a staunch Democrat, an ardent temperance man, and a member of the Baptist Church. The paternal family consists of three sons: Henry W.; Marion E.; and Myron E. who is still in dental college at Indianapolis, Indiana. The sons are of the same political and religious belief as a father.
Dr. LeGalley has spent his entire life in his native town, where he attended the public schools; he began the study of dentistry in 1885, and, after obtaining his diploma, located in Bowling Green in the month of July, 1887. He is a self-made man, and has become an expert dental surgeon. He is the first dentist in the County to make use of the "Cataphoric Appliance," (an electric current) for the painless filling of teeth. There are hundreds of people throughout Wood County who would testify to the merits of the doctor's professional ability. His wife is a valued assistant in the operating room, and is becoming an apt worker in the gold crown and bridge work department of the office.
The Dr. and his esteemed family, consisting of his wife, and their charming daughter, Alma, take an active part in church and Sunday school work in the Baptist Church and give liberally of their means to the maintenance of organizations that are founded upon the idea of the uplifting of humanity, and they have a host of friends among the people of the county. Fraternally, the doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Biography in Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio; Beers, 1897,P. 1349 Contributed by Lavidaloca
Henry LeGalley was born near Bowling Green on August 20, 1862. He is a son of John H. and Mary S. White LeGalley.
The grandfather of our subject, William LeGalley came to Wood County from Huron County, Ohio, in 1853, and purchased 220 acres of land in Plain Township, which is now one of the principal gas and oil fields in the county, and where he is still living at a good old age, having been born in 1815. His parents were French extraction, and died near Sandusky city when William was quite young. He was apprenticed to the tanner's trade with a man by the name of Terry, whose daughter Maria, he afterward married.They had six children: Fanny, who died in childhood; Myron, a farmer near Bowling Green; J. H. the father of our subject; William T., residing near Bowling Green; Celia, who lives with her parents; and Charles, who is still at home.
The father of our subject was born in 1838, and was 17 years of age when his father came to this country. He was married to Mary White, who was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1841, and settled at once on a farm in Plain Township, where the family have lived ever since. He has three oil wells on his farm, which is adjoining that of his father, for which he derives a good income. He is a staunch Democrat, an ardent temperance man, and a member of the Baptist Church. The paternal family consists of three sons: Henry W.; Marion E.; and Myron E. who is still in dental college at Indianapolis, Indiana. The sons are of the same political and religious belief as a father.
Dr. LeGalley has spent his entire life in his native town, where he attended the public schools; he began the study of dentistry in 1885, and, after obtaining his diploma, located in Bowling Green in the month of July, 1887. He is a self-made man, and has become an expert dental surgeon. He is the first dentist in the County to make use of the "Cataphoric Appliance," (an electric current) for the painless filling of teeth. There are hundreds of people throughout Wood County who would testify to the merits of the doctor's professional ability. His wife is a valued assistant in the operating room, and is becoming an apt worker in the gold crown and bridge work department of the office.
The Dr. and his esteemed family, consisting of his wife, and their charming daughter, Alma, take an active part in church and Sunday school work in the Baptist Church and give liberally of their means to the maintenance of organizations that are founded upon the idea of the uplifting of humanity, and they have a host of friends among the people of the county. Fraternally, the doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Biography in Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio; Beers, 1897,P. 1349 Contributed by Lavidaloca
The grandfather of our subject, William LeGalley came to Wood County from Huron County, Ohio, in 1853, and purchased 220 acres of land in Plain Township, which is now one of the principal gas and oil fields in the county, and where he is still living at a good old age, having been born in 1815. His parents were French extraction, and died near Sandusky city when William was quite young. He was apprenticed to the tanner's trade with a man by the name of Terry, whose daughter Maria, he afterward married.They had six children: Fanny, who died in childhood; Myron, a farmer near Bowling Green; J. H. the father of our subject; William T., residing near Bowling Green; Celia, who lives with her parents; and Charles, who is still at home.
The father of our subject was born in 1838, and was 17 years of age when his father came to this country. He was married to Mary White, who was born in Erie County, Ohio, in 1841, and settled at once on a farm in Plain Township, where the family have lived ever since. He has three oil wells on his farm, which is adjoining that of his father, for which he derives a good income. He is a staunch Democrat, an ardent temperance man, and a member of the Baptist Church. The paternal family consists of three sons: Henry W.; Marion E.; and Myron E. who is still in dental college at Indianapolis, Indiana. The sons are of the same political and religious belief as a father.
Dr. LeGalley has spent his entire life in his native town, where he attended the public schools; he began the study of dentistry in 1885, and, after obtaining his diploma, located in Bowling Green in the month of July, 1887. He is a self-made man, and has become an expert dental surgeon. He is the first dentist in the County to make use of the "Cataphoric Appliance," (an electric current) for the painless filling of teeth. There are hundreds of people throughout Wood County who would testify to the merits of the doctor's professional ability. His wife is a valued assistant in the operating room, and is becoming an apt worker in the gold crown and bridge work department of the office.
The Dr. and his esteemed family, consisting of his wife, and their charming daughter, Alma, take an active part in church and Sunday school work in the Baptist Church and give liberally of their means to the maintenance of organizations that are founded upon the idea of the uplifting of humanity, and they have a host of friends among the people of the county. Fraternally, the doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
Biography in Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio; Beers, 1897,P. 1349 Contributed by Lavidaloca
