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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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HENRY POELLOT, wagon-manufacturer, Bridgeville, is a native of Germany, born in 1828, the youngest son of the nine children of John S. and Barbara (Schmidt) Poellot. At the age of thirteen he learned the wagon-maker’s trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years, and in company with a brother came to America in 1847. Soon after his arrival he located in Pittsburgh, and there remained until 1852; came to Bridgeville in 1859, where he has since resided. He married Louisa, daughter of Louis and Elizabeth (Gass) Trax, and ten children were born to them, eight living: John Lewis, William H., George W., Mary Bell, Louisa Adella (Mrs. Patton), Walter T., Nellie Elnora and Cordelia Irene. Mr. Poellot superintends the work in his shops, assisted by his sons, and has through his own personal ambition secured what he owns today. He has been school director fifteen years, and has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church same length of time; he is a prohibitionist.
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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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