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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 McNALL, farmer and breeder of fine stock, post office Imperial, was born on the farm where he now resides and which he owns, in Findlay township, this county, July 6, 1814, and is a son of Joseph and Jane (McCullough) McNall, latter of whom was born in Washington county, Pa., daughter of George and Agnes (Gibson) McCullough, who came from Ireland and settled in Washington county. Joseph McNall was born in County Derry, Ireland, a son of James and Eleanor (Wells) McNall, who located near Washington and afterward came to Findlay township, Allegheny county, Pa., when Joseph was a child, and settled on the farm where James H. McNall now resides. Joseph and Jane McNall had two sons and two daughters. The sons, George and James G., reside twelve miles south of Gilman, Ill. George McNall married, May 17, 1843, Sarah Wilson, a daughter of Rev. William and Margaret (Ralston) Wilson, old settlers of Findlay township, and members of the Associate Church. Mrs. George McNall died in December, 1873, a member of the U. P. Church, and the mother of one son and three daughters: William Wilson (who resides with his father, married, in 1870, to Cassie Crawford, of Washington county), Margaret J. (wife of Hon. William Barton, of Findlay township), Lizzie (wife of A. J. Jardine, a merchant of North Star, this county) and Mary (wife of David Crawford, of Washington county). Mr. McNall and family are members of the U. P. Church. He owns 310 acres of land in Findlay township.

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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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