Tom Gallagher was the manager of Cole’s Women’s Shop. Mary Agnes Riley worked there.
Mary Agnes lived in her parents’ home at 1406 West Broadway. Tom and his children Kathleen and Buddy lived there too.
Tom and Mary Agnes spent a lot of time around each other.
There was talk.
Tom and Mary Agnes to marry
By April, the news was out. After months of speculation, Tom and Mary Agnes had announced it. They were getting married.
The wedding took place Monday, April 21. Let’s follow The Sedalia Democrat’s nice writeup.
The ceremony
The bride wore
The attendants
Breakfast following
A Texas trip
Tom and Mary Agnes made a border-to-border tour of Texas. They visited Houston and San Antonio. In Dallas, they visited with former Sedalians Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harnsberger. And they stayed with Jim and Nell Gallagher in Smithville.
In his ten years with the Katy Railroad, Jim Gallagher had worked his way up the ladder. In 1930, he was the regional maintenance manager for south Texas.
When Tom and Mary Agnes visited, Jim and Nell were renting a house on Short Street, at $25 a month. Jim was age 37, Nell 35. Their son Jim Jr. was age 9. Daughter Helen was 4 years, 6 months. Cousin Bill McClure was also living in the household.
At home
Followed by fetes
Back to everyday life
The wedding was over. Tom and Mary Agnes were home from their Texas trip. Everyday life beckoned them home.
Sources
- Newspaper articles – The Junction City Daily Union – various dates – newspapers.com
- Newspaper articles – The Junction City Republic – various dates – newspapers.com
- Newspaper articles – The Sedalia Democrat – various dates – newspapers.com
- Image – Women Spreading the News – Deposit Photos – https://depositphotos.com/82901152/stock-photo-women-spreading-the-news.html
- Marriage License – Tom Gallagher and Mary Agnes Riley – April 18, 1930 – Pettis County, Missouri Recorder of Deeds – Sedalia, Missouri
- Image – Sacred Heart Church and altar – Sedalia, Missouri – Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SacredHeartChurchSedalia/photos
- 1930 Census – Jim and Nell Gallagher and family – Smithville, Texas – ancestry.com
- Image – Helen Gallagher – c 1930 – age 5 – Brosseau Family Documents – Jim Brosseau Collection
- Map – Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. Missouri-Kansas-Texas System, map, 1983; Saint Louis, MIssouri. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117410/: University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Midwestern State University.
- Map – Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. – 1932 – Katy Railroad Historical Society – https://katyrailroad.org/map/
- Census – Jim and Nell Gallagher and family – Smithville, Texas – 1930 – ancestry.com
- Music – Cuban Love Song – Cloverdale Country Club Orchestra – 1931 – 78rpm collection – https://ia803107.us.archive.org/1/items/BenSelvinColumbiaBudgetLabelRecordings1925-1935/CubanLoveSong1931CloverdaleCountryClubOrchestra-Okeh41531.mp3
- Music – Wedding March – Felix Mendelssohn – Daily Download – Your Classical – https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2019/08/01/daily-download-felix-mendelssohn–a-midsummer-nights-dream-wedding-march
Family Nibbles 
A joyous post! A toast to the happy couple! I’m glad you devoted a whole post to their wedding.
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Mary Agnes (Aggie) is the grandmother that Cathy and her brothers knew, even though she wasn’t their biological grandma. She was a joy. Always happy-go-lucky, it seemed, even though she didn’t have a pot…
What relationships within our families, some good, some not-so-good. You’ve confessed, we’ve confessed. It’s real life.
As always, thank you for your heartfelt comments and wit.
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I felt all that in your comment as I read the post. Real life will hit the couple. Real war will hit the world. Family relationships will fray. But sometimes we need the break that blue wedding dresses and breakfast menus and honeymoon visits with relatives provide.
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