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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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ANDREW MILLIKEN, late of Allegheny, was born in Ireland in 1811, a son of James Milliken, and came with William Haslett to America in 1830, settling in Pittsburgh, where he learned the cabinet-making trade with a Mr. McGrew. In 1836 he engaged in the wholesale and retail furniture business for himself on Smithfield street, Pittsburgh, in addition to which he had an extensive manufacturing establishment in Allegheny. He was married, Nov. 20, 1851, to Margaret, daughter of William and Isabella McCouch, and to them were born three children: Sallie B. (wife of William L. Sloan), William M., and Florence (wife of John A. Sloan). Mr. Milliken died May 6, 1876, aged sixty-five years. By industry and excellent business ability he had risen from very humble circumstances and acquired a competency; he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Mrs. Milliken’s parents are both deceased; her father departed this life Aug. 14, 1855, and her mother Nov. 25, 1870.

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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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