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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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CLARENCE HARRY CHURCH, fireman, post office Turtle Creek, was born in Allegheny City, July 27, 1859, a son of Calvin Church. Nearly all his life has been passed here, and his education was acquired in the public schools of Turtle Creek. When sixteen years old he began work about the coal mines, and soon after was employed as a brakeman, and later as a fireman, on his father’s coal trains. For the last five years he has been employed on the P. R. R., and will soon be promoted to engineer. Mr. Church is associated with the Jr. O. U. A. M. and the Masonic fraternity, and with his wife attends the M. E. Church. Like his father and brother, he supports the republican party. Jan. 19, 1888, he married Sadie E. Roberts, who was born in Sewickley township. They are established in a home recently purchased by Mr. Church.
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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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