Biography

08/15/1856 - 05/25/1910

GILROY, Michael, a Representative from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties; born, August 15, 1856 in Liberty, Sullivan County, NY; laborer, Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company; machinist, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company; machinist, Dickson Manufacturing Company; blacksmith; managing blacksmith, Fairlawn Coal Company; blacksmith, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1884; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1886); elected, tax collector, Scranton (1885-1886); managing blacksmith, Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company; elected, common council, Scranton (1895-1896); died, May 25, 1910 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.