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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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ISAAC TERRELL, superintendent of the Allegheny City farm, post office Hoboken, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1851, a son of John and Anna J. (Saint) Terrell, of England, who settled in Western Pennsylvania at an early day. Isaac was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of O’Hara township and the high-schools of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. He married, in 1883, Eliza, daughter of Andrew Morton, ex-justice of the peace of Sharpsburg, and an old resident. Mr. Terrell has followed farming as an occupation, and in February, 1887, was appointed superintendent of the farm of the Allegheny City Poorhouse; was re-appointed in 1888, and now holds the position. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically he is a republican.

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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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