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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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COLUMBUS C. CARROLL, merchant, Chase, son of James and Margery Carroll, was born in Patton township in 1839. His grandfather, Thomas Carroll, came from Maryland, and located there at an early day, soon after the war of the Revolution. His children were Thomas, William, John, Nathaniel, David and James, all of whom died in the south but James. William Carroll was governor of Tennessee three terms, and was colonel of Tennessee volunteers at the battle of New Orleans. James was born in 1798, in Patton township, and married Margery, daughter of Saul Stewart, of McKeesport. They located in Patton township, and had a family of twelve children, viz.: Thomas M. (deceased), James L., Stewart, William, Henry, Robert (deceased), C. C., Mary J., Margaret, Nancy (deceased), Elizabeth and Margery (deceased). Columbus C. was born in Patton township, and in 1873 married Mary Jane Wilkinson, and located at Ellrod’s in 1877, where he is engaged in business as dealer in general merchandise. He and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of McKeesport.
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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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