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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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ALLAN B. ANGNEY, principal of public schools, post office Mansfield Valley, is a native of this county, born in 1864, a son of Isaac A. Angney, a contractor, now deceased, who came from Carlisle, Pa., to Allegheny county. He (Isaac A.) married Margaret Beham, and Allan B. is their youngest child. He was educated at the high-school and Iron City College, and graduated at Indiana State Normal School. He commenced teaching soon after in the school where he graduated, mathematics the first year and English branches the second. He came to Mansfield in 1887, and was elected by the board of directors principal of public schools here, which position he ably fills. In politics he is independent.

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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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