Hemingray Glass Company - Former Employee

OBITUARY.

Mr. Thomas J. Garrigan, of the firm of Burley & Tyrrell, jobbers in crockery and glassware, Chicago, died suddenly at his residence there on December 6. He had not been quite well for some time, but his death was entirely unexpected and his wife and son were absent at the time in Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Garrigan was found dead in his chair at an open window on the morning of the day mentioned by a police officer who was passing by. He was vice president of the National Association of Jobbers in Crockery and Glass ware and a director of the Northwestern Traveling Men's Association. He was born in Ireland in 1845 and came to this country with his parents when a child. They stayed for a time in New Orleans, then moved to Covington, Ky., where the deceased was connected with the Hemingray Glass Co., of that place, and subsequently he went to Chicago and embarked in the glass business there. He went into the employment of Burley & Tyrrell in 1865 and was connected with the firm up to the time of his death. He was one of the best known glass men in the country, was thoroughly posted in the business, was of an exceedingly genial and sociable nature, and was universally popular. Especially was he well liked here in Pittsburgh and he had many well-wishers in this city. Mr. Garrigan was a many-sided man and his loss will be greatly deplored by hosts of friends, outside of his family and immediate business associates.

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