Bios: Dalys : Gibsonton, Westmoreland County, PA
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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 Gibsons 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 Pittsburghs prominent
and public-spirited men, Mrs. McKean resides with her parents; Thomas
L., deceased; and Kerfoot W., cashier of the Bank of Charleroi.
HARRY C. DALY, M.D., assistant general superintendent of
the Gibsonton distillery, was born in Gibsonton, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, December 5, 1865, son of Thomas L. and Carrie W. (Wilson) Daly,
a sketch of whose parental history precedes this work.
Harry C. Daly was reared under the parental roof and
acquired his education in the common schools, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio,
graduating in the class of 1888. In the fall of the same year he entered the
medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in the city of
Philadelphia, which he attended two years, and in 1894 matriculated in the
Miami Medical college of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in the
spring of 1895. During his vacations he was associated with his father in the
management of the Gibsonton distillery, and in the latter named year was made
assistant general superintendent of the same, in which capacity he has served
up to the present time. He is one of the well-known and public-spirited men of
the borough, and is ever identified with all projects for the best interests
of the community, whose esteem he enjoys in an eminent degree. He is a member
of the Episcopal church, and is an Independent in politics. He is actively
affiliated with Charleroi Lodge No. 615, Free and Accepted Masons; Monongehela
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; McKean Commandery, No. 80, Knights Templar, of
Charleroi; Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and
Charleroi Lodge, No. 494, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Dr. Daly
married, July 3, 1895, Frances B. Julian, a daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joseph V.
Julian, of New York City.
Extracted from "The History of Westmoreland County" Vol. III.
Written under the editorial supervision of John W. Jordan, L., L.D., of the
Historical Society of Pa. Published 1905 by the Lewis Publishing Co., New York
& Chicago. Pages 196 & 197.
KERFOOT W. DALY, cashier of the Bank of Charleroi,
with which he has been identified since January 24, 1898, is one of the rising
men of the younger generation, who will doubtless attain considerable
prominence in the banking business of Pennsylvania. He was born April 24,
1874, at Gibsonton, Westmoreland County, PA., and is the youngest son of Thomas
L. and Carrie W. (Wilson) Daly.
Kerfoot W. Daly was reared at Gibsonton, and after a
preliminary education received from a governess, pursued a course of studies
at Trinity Hall, Washington, PA. He has been a resident of Charleroi since
1898, when he accepted a position as assistant cashier of the Bank of
Charleroi, which was opened for business January 24, 1898. Since 1900, he has
been cashier of the bank, of which his father, Thomas L. Daly, is president
and John C. McKean, vice-president.
Mr. Daly is united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth
Thompson, a daughter of John Thompson, of Finleyville, PA., and they have one
daughter, Mary Violet. Mr. Daly is a director in the Monongehela Trust Company
of Monongehela city, and is treasurer of the West Side Street Railway Company
at Charleroi. He is treasurer of the Charleroi Lodge No. 615, F. & A.M., past
exalted ruler of Charleroi Lodge No. 497, B.P.O.E., and is a member and
vestryman of the St. Marys Episcopal Church.
Extracted from "20th Century History of Washington &
Washington County, Pa. And Representative Citizens" by James F. McFarland.
Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., F.J. Richmond, President; C.R.
Arnold, Secretary and Treasurer. Chicago, Illinois. 1910