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GEORGE ALTMEYER, proprietor of restaurant and saloon, McKeesport, was born in Mifflin township, Allegheny county, Jan. 4, 1858, a son of Georg and Barbara (Seward) Altmeyer. His father was a native of Germany, and came to this country in 1833, locating in Mifflin township. He was a carpenter, and for a number of years was in business as a coal-operator; he died in 1867. His children were Peter, Mary (Mrs. Peter Flaus), Barbara (Mrs. Peter Steiner), Kate (Mrs. Joseph Nagle), Annie (Mrs. Jacob Switzer), Maggie (Mrs. William Stone), Georg and Lizzie (Mrs. Peter Dewar). The maternal grandfather of our subject was John Seward, a native of France, and a pioneer of Mifflin township, where he was engaged in the coal business for many years. The subject of this memoir was reared in Mifflin township, where he received a common-school education. In 1879 he engaged in the liquor business in Mifflin, in which he continued until December, 1887. From 1883 to 1888 he had an interest in his present establishment in McKeesport, and became sole proprietor May 1, 1888. His restaurant is very popular, receiving a large patronage. Since 1885 Mr. Altmeyer has been in business as a coal-operator, and owns an interest in a mine at Webster, Pa. He married, in 1881, Isabella, daughter of Walter and Sarah Sutton, of Mifflin township, and has three children: Millie, Walter and Peter.