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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 RIETHMILLER, grocer, Sharpsburg, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1857, a son of Conrad Riethmiller, Sr., a prominent business-man of Sharpsburg. Charles was educated at the public schools, and has followed the grocery business all his life. He married, in 1881, Miss Wagener, daughter of Adam Wagener, an old resident of Pittsburgh, and three children have been born to them: Mary Elizabeth, Charles C. and Walter John. In 1880 Mr. Riethmiller established his present business on the corner of Eighteenth and Main streets, and in 1886 erected his present building, a three-story brick, 20x72, the largest and most commodious storeroom in the borough. Mr. Riethmiller has been very successful in his business career, which fact is entirely due to his energy and perseverance. He and family are members of St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which he is a trustee. He was elected to a three-years term in borough council in February of the year 1888, and has served one year at present. Politically he is a republican.

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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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