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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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GEORGE M. LEPPIG, proprietor of the Fifth Avenue hotel, McKeesport, was born in Bavaria, Germany, September 29, 1849, a son of George and Barbara (Bfeuffer) Leppig, and was reared and educated in his native land. He there served three years’ apprenticeship at the cabinet-maker’s trade and two years in Pittsburgh, where he settled in 1871. In 1873 he became connected with the music-house of Mellor & Hone, of Pittsburgh, with whom he was engaged ten years. In 1883 he embarked in the liquor business in Pittsburgh, and March 16, 1887, located in McKeesport, where he became proprietor of the Fifth Avenue hotel, which he has successfully conducted since. In 1873 he married Frederica M., daughter of Frederick Abel, of Pittsburgh, and has two children living: Katie and Minnie. Mr. Leppig is a prominent member of the German Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Catholic association, the Liederkranz, Turners and the Central Liquor association, of Pittsburgh; in politics he is independent.
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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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