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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 CHAUNCEY MELLOR, music-dealer, Pittsburgh, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 26, 1836, and is a grandson of James Mellor, who came from near Manchester, England, in 1818. John H., son of James Mellor, settled in Pittsburgh in 1829, and in 1831 he established the music business now conducted by his son, the oldest of the kind in the city, and was organist of Trinity Church for twenty-seven years. He died in 1863, aged fifty-six; his widow still resides in Pittsburgh, aged eighty. Her eldest daughter, Louise P., resides with her, and the second, Mrs. Annie M. Sheib, is in Canton, Ohio. Charles C. has always been a student of music, and a leader in musical enterprises in the city, and for twenty-one years was organist of the First Presbyterian Church, of Pittsburgh. In 1867 he married Laura Reinhart, a native of Pittsburgh, daughter of Aaron G. and Catherine Reinhart. Mrs. Mellor is one of the leading local singers, and sang many years in the choir of the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Mellor has been for four years president of the Microscopical society, and is identified with the musical, botanical and photographic societies of Pittsburgh. Politically he is a republican. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Mellor are Walter Chauncey, George Edward and Arthur Dudley. Mr. and Mrs. Mellor are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
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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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