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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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MRS. CAROLINE GRAFF, merchant, post office West Elizabeth, daughter of Michael and Margaret Wilds, was born in Baldwin township, in 1840. Her parents were both natives of Germany, where they were married, after which they immigrated to Baldwin township, where they reared a family of seven children, three of whom are still living: Jacob, William and Caroline. The last named married, in 1859, John Graff, of Baldwin township, where they resided for a period of nine years. They then moved to West Elizabeth, and purchased property now owned by our subject, and where she is at present engaged as a dealer in general merchandise. Mr. Graff died July 6, 1887, and was the father of the following-named children: Louisa, now Mrs. Samuel Livingston, of Duquesne; Margaret, now deceased; Lena, now Mrs. George Moyer, of Jefferson township; John W., Charles B., Jane L., Sadie M. and Ella Belle. Charles B. has a store at Duquesne.
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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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