Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Daly, Thomas L. September 19, 1839 - ????
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Source: "The History of Westmoreland County" Vol. III, 1905
Author: John W. Jordan, L., L.D.

      Thomas L. Daly, general manager of the Gibsonton Mills, in 
development, growth and financial success of which he has contributed in no 
small degree by the exercise of business ability and close application, is a 
native of Philadelphia, PA, born on September 19, 1839, the sixth in a family 
of eight children of Thomas and Mary (Marr) Daly, natives of Dublin, Ireland, 
who after emigration to the United States located in the city of 
Philadelphia. In April, 1857, Thomas Daly (father) came to superintend the 
erection of the Gibsonton Mills and was killed there by falling through a 
hatchway April 7, 1858.
     
    	Thomas L. Daly acquired his education in the public 
and high schools of his native city, after which he went to Indianapolis, 
Indiana, where he was connected with the extensive flouring mills of William 
Winpenny & Company.  In April, 1857, he returned east and joined his father in 
Gibsonton, and since that time, a period of almost half a century, has been 
actively connected with the extensive distilling business established by John 
Gibson, and conducted under the firm name of John Gibson¹s Son & Co. In 1873 
he became general manager of the works, in which capacity he has served for 
the past thirty-two years. As a manager of enterprises of magnitude Mr. Daly 
has few equals. He is a man of strong personality, genial in his address, 
unassuming in manner, and a man  who wins the immediate confidence of the 
business men with whom he comes in contact. The Gibsonton Mills are located in 
Gibsonton on the Monongehela River, are now on the property of Joseph F. 
Sinnott, and are operated by the firm of Moore & Sinnott. They are distillers 
and exporters of fine rye whiskies, which have a worldwide reputation for their 
excellence. Mr. Daly was for some years one of the board of directors of the 
Monongehela Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, from which he resigned to 
take an active part in promoting the construction of the Monongehela division 
of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. Mr. Daly and Mr. S.F. Jones, of Belle 
Vernon, were pioneers in discovering the Bele Vernon-Maple Creek Natural Gas 
Field, that proved so rich in that wonderful fuel. They organized the Belle 
Vernon Light & Heat Co., which declared large dividends for many years. Later 
Mr. Daly organized the Daly Gas Co., which has proved very profitable. Mr. 
Daly was one of the founders of the Bank of Charleroi, which was organized in 
January, 1898, at which time he was elected its president and has served as 
such up to the present time(1905). He has served two terms as school director, 
but has never been an aspirant for political office, preferring to devote his 
time to his business interests. He is member of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church, the Charleroi Lodge, No. 615, F.&A.M., Monongehela Chapter, No. 249, 
R.A.M., McKean Commandery, No. 80, K.T., Pittsburgh Consistory, A.A.S.R., the 
Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, the 
Pennsylvania Society, and the National Geographic Society. Mr. Daly is a 
Democrat in politics, but takes no active part in political matters.  Mr. Daly 
married, September 19, 1860, Carrie W., daughter of Jonathan and Mary Ann 
Wilson, and their children were: Mary Emma, deceased; Harry C., M.D., 
assistant general manager of the Gibsonton Mills; Athalia H., widow of James 
S. McKean, who was postmaster of Pittsburgh, and one of Pittsburgh¹s prominent 
and public-spirited men, Mrs. McKean resides with her parents; Thomas 
L., deceased; and Kerfoot W., cashier of the Bank of Charleroi.

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Originally submitted 1998.

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