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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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ED. A. SMITH is a manufacturer at Sewickley. His ancestors were natives of Scotland, his grandfather, Hugh Smith, having been born near Edinburgh. Ed. A. Smith was educated at the Western University, from which he graduated, at the age of eighteen, in the class of 1875. He then entered the Fifth National Bank, where he was employed ten years, and held the position of teller. For the next two years he was a member of the Smith Brothers Steel-works, and then engaged in the manufacture of Krupp’s cooling compound. He is general manager of the concern, and a large stockholder. Mr. Smith has led an active business career, and early in life laid the foundation of those principles which lead to success. He married Henrietta T. Catherwood, of Philadelphia, and five children were born to them: Andrew D., Edward C., Eleanor N., Harold A. and Miriam C. Smith.
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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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