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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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BENJAMIN HERR, farmer, post office Lancelot, is a son of Benjamin, Sr., and Elizabeth; (Smith) Herr, former of whom settled on the farm now occupied by his son, Benjamin, in 1850, and lived there until his death, in 1867. He left seven children: Sarah H. (wife of Joseph A. Spang, of Manchester), Elizabeth H. (wife of Samuel H. Sutter, of Sharpsburg), John (of Millvale), Mollie B. (wife of William Stevenson, of Ross township), Magdaline and Daniel at home, and Benjamin, who was born in 1857, and has always resided on the homestead. In 1880 he married Ellen Virginia, daughter of Theodore Rice, of this county, and has four children: Mabel F., Nellie P., Charles L. and Benjamin. In connection with his brother, Daniel, he purchased the interest of the other heirs of his father’s property, and they conduct the farm together. Daniel Herr was born Oct. 30, 1861, and is unmarried. He is a member of the U. B. Church.
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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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