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HARRISON GALE, restaurant and saloon keeper, Troy. Harrison Gale was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1822; his boyhood was spent on the farm, and his education received in the common schools; at the age of 15, he engaged on the Ohio Canal, with a half-brother, working for the State; when about 18, he started for himself, running a boat, on the same canal, which he continued to do till 1849, at which time he brought his boat down the Ohio through the locks at Cincinnati into the Miami Canal, where he continued the boating business for a period of seven years, running on that and the Wabash Canal; afterward he located in Troy and was elected Constable and Marshal for four successive years, performing his duties in a business-like and satisfactory manner; in 1860, he opened a restaurant in Troy (see directory), where he continues business, keeping everything in the line of eatables, and a supply of billiard tables, where his many friends can while away a pleasant hour. He has a wife and four children— Laura, Belle, William H. Courtney, and Harrison (deceased); he is surrounded by his children, and spending his mature years quietly and pleasantly; his marriage occurred in 1863 with Miss Emily Ravenscraft.