San Luis Obispo County Biographies WILLIAM MALLAGH Submitted by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm WILLIAM MALLAGH, son of Captain David P. Mallagh, was born at the Huer-Huero ranch, San Luis Obispo County, August 15, 1864. He attended school in San Luis Obispo and finished his education at Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara County, taking the full business course. After leaving school he went into the railroad business, in which he was engaged for a time, and later connected himself with the Cosmopolitan Hotel, one of the leading hotels in San Luis Obispo, where he is still interested. For three years he has been a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West. Mr. Mallagh was married. May 21, 1890, to Miss Nellie Dana. History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California - by C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II. -Lewis Publ. Co., Chicago, 1917.