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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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DR. A. W. SCHOOLEY, Braddock, was born in Bedford county, Pa., in 1848, the second of the three children of Dr. J. D. and Malinda (Barton) Schooley. His father was a graduate of a dental college in Ohio, and from 1861 to 1880 a physician in Braddock; his mother was a daughter of William Barton, a prominent farmer of Brush Creek township, Bedford county, Pa. The subject of this sketch is of French and German parentage, his ancestors, both paternal and maternal, having emigrated to America at an early day. His preliminary education was obtained at the public and high schools, and in 1866 he commenced the study of medicine, his father being his preceptor. He entered Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1869, graduating at that institution in 1871. Since that time he has had a large and lucrative practice at Braddock and surrounding country. In 1879 he married Mary May, daughter of James Howard, a prominent citizen of Cadiz, Ohio, and two children have blessed their union: Mary M. and A. W., Jr. Dr. Schooley is a member of Allegheny County Medical society, and among the members of his profession is ranked in the first class as a physician and surgeon, and by all the community as a hospitable gentleman. He and Mrs. Schooley are members of the Episcopal Church; 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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