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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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EVAN BEEDLE, post office Jones Station, is a son of Edward and Margaret Beedle (natives of Wales, and now deceased), and was born in Wales in 1835. He immigrated to America in 1850, and located at McKeesport, this county, where he engaged in coal mining. In 1858 he married Sarah Ann, daughter of William and Charlotte Hodgson, and settled twenty years ago near Jones Station, in Jefferson township, which is his present place of residence. Their children are William,, Charlotte, Sarah Ann, Steven, John, Maggie, Eddie, Henry Charles and Evan. Of these, William is at Hillsdale, Sarah A. (now Mrs. R. Latta), resides at McKeesport, and the rest are at home with their parents. Mr. Beedle is operating mines at Hillsdale and Coal Bluff, which have a capacity, respectively, of ten and twelve thousand bushels daily. He devotes nearly his entire time to the mines, and is also a merchant.
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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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