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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 RUFUS CHURCH, engineer, Turtle Creek, eldest son of C. R. Church, was born in Allegheny City, July 27, 1859. When thirteen years old he went into a store at Akron, Ohio, as errand-boy, and remained there five years, rising to the position of salesman. In 1878 he went on the P. R. R. as fireman, and for the past six years has had charge of a shifting engine at Bessemer. He is one of the promising young men of Turtle Creek, and is associated with the Freemasons and Jr. O. U. A. M. On the 20th of February, 1888, he married Delia J. Douds. Mrs. Church was born at Saltsburg, and is a daughter of James R. and Anna (Kuhns) Douds, of Irish and German descent.
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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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