Thomas F. Gilroy
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Ireland
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, was mayor of New York
New York City
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1893-94 and Commissioner of Public works 1889-93. He was also a member of Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall
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. He had a daughter, Frances E. Gilroy, who married Edward A. Maher, Jr. He died on December 1, 1911 at his home on Ocean Avenue, Far Rockaway, Long Island and he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and is a designated National Historic Landmark.A rural cemetery located in the Bronx, it opened in 1863, in what was then southern Westchester County, in an area that was annexed to New York City in 1874.The cemetery covers more...
in the Bronx.