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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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REV. DAVID BARCLAY, pastor of Hebron Church, post office White Ash, was born in Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1836. His parents, David and Eliza (Kissick) Barclay, came from County Derry, Ireland, and settled on the farm where he was born and reared. He graduated from Franklin College, Ohio, in September, 1857, and afterward attended Allegheny Theological Seminary. His first and only charge was that of Hebron U. P. Church, where he began preaching Jan. 1, 1876. Oct. 11, 1881, he married Mary J., daughter of John Duff, of this township, and widow of Newton Wilson. In 1887 he built the residence he occupies, to which is attached a small farm. Politically he has always acted with the republicans. Mrs. Barclay has a child by her former marriage, Maud Wilson.
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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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