Obituaries & Death Notices

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Galbraith, John

HON. JOHN GALBRAITH, formerly a Representative in Congress from the Erie District and for several years President Judge of the courts of Erie, Crawford and Warren counties, died very suddenly yesterday at his residence in Erie.  He served in Congress from 1833 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841, and occupied a high position as an intelligent and sagacious representative.  As a learned, upright and impartial jurist few men ever enjoyed a larger share of public confidence.  For the last couple of years Judge GALBRAITH had given up almost his entire time to the establishment of an Industrial Reform School for the instruction and reformation of the destitute and criminal, and with a liberal act of incorporation procured in 1859, mainly through his efforts, the institution was in a fair way of successful inauguration, a farm of several hundred acres in Western Pennsylvania having already been purchased for its location.

Source: Excerpt from the newspaper, Bradford Reporter, published on 21 June 1860; located on the website, Library of Congress (http://loc.gov), accessed 15 January 2026.

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