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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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DAVID GEORGE, farmer, post office Dixmont. His grandfather settled near Turtle Creek, this county, in an early day, and had many adventures with the Indians. His son, John, father of David, was born here in 1800, and died Sept. 11, 1885. In 1828 the father removed to Ohio township, and in 1837 purchased one hundred acres of land, on which he settled, and where David still resides. John George was married three times, his first wife being Sarah Marshall, the second Mary Clugston, who became the mother of six children: Joseph (deceased), David, Maggie, Rachel (deceased), Mary, and an infant (deceased). Maggie married W. H. Brown, and they have one child, Charles; Mary married Josiah Minnich, and they have one child, Mary H. The third wife of John George was Esther Little, by whom he had three children—an infant (deceased), Alexander and John (deceased). John George was a man of strong convictions, and exhibited many traits of the hardy pioneer.
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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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