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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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A. M. GORE, boss roller, post office Braddock, was born in Blair county, Pa,, in 1839, the eldest of ten children born to John Gore, who for many years was an engineer for the Cambria Iron-works, and now resides in the state of Ohio. A. M. Gore was educated at the public schools in Pittsburgh, and for twenty-seven years has been engaged in the iron business, fifteen years as engineer, and has spent thirteen years at the Edgar Thomson Iron and Steel-works at Braddock. Mr. Gore married, in 1861, Amanda Kooken, and same year enlisted in Co. E, 54th P. V., and for three years, two months and four days fought in the defense of his country. He is a republican.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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