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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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CHARLES A. SULLIVAN. Peter O. Sullivan, a native of Ireland, and who immigrated to America in 1700, locating in Northumberland county, Va., was a great ancestor of Charles C. Sullivan, who was born on the “Partnership Farm,” seven miles northwest of the town of Butler, Pa., March 10, 1807. He took rank as an able lawyer and a just legislator and a pronounced abolitionist in Western Pennsylvania; he died Feb. 29, 1860. His son, Charles A. Sullivan, was admitted to practice law at Butler, Pa., March 10, 1870, and on motion of Hon. Thomas M. Marshall was admitted to the courts of Allegheny county April 10, 1886. He married Jan. 10, 1870, the youngest daughter of Gen. George W. Reed, of Butler, Pa., and they have one daughter and two sons living - Kathrine Gertrude, George Reed and Joseph Reed Sullivan.
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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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