Background
Gallatin, Francis Dawson was born on September 2, 1870 in New York City. Son of James and Elizabeth (Dawson) Gallatin.
Gallatin, Francis Dawson was born on September 2, 1870 in New York City. Son of James and Elizabeth (Dawson) Gallatin.
G.g.s. Albert Gallatin, secretary United States Treasury under President Madison and President Jefferson. Preparatory education Berkeley School. Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1891.
Student Columbia Law school and New York Law School.
Admitted to New York bar, 1909. Member Fay, Rubin & Gallatin. Formerly city magistrate.
Commissioner of parks, Borough of Manhattan, 1919-1927. President Park Board, City of New York, 1919-1927. Enlisted in Company K, 7th Regiment, New York Neuropsychology Group, 1888.
Second lieutenant Company H, 12th Regiment, 1891. During incumbency as park commissioner suggested and organized Museum of the City of New New York Home: New York, New York.
Member Fay, Rubin & Gallatin.
Married Harriet L. Bogert, 1892 (divorced 1908).; married second, Dorothy C. Brady, August 20, 1926. Children: Lucile, Theodore.