James C. Gallagher
Agency: Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
In 1895, as Deputy Marshal Gallagher and two other officers were attempting to serve warrants to two burglary suspects, one of the men shot Gallagher in the chest. Gallagher spent more than a year recovering, but the bullet was never removed. He rejoined the department in 1897. In 1903, he contracted a cold, which permanently affected his lungs, where the bullet remained. In 1908, at the age of 43, he succumbed to his injuries.
Gallagher served 13 years for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and was married to Ellen Donoghue Gallagher. He was buried at Mount Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Jackson County Missouri.
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