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J. D. O’NEIL, merchant, McKeesport, was born in Elizabeth, this county, May 15, 1867, a son of Alfred B. and Fanny (Stephens) O’Neil. His paternal grandparents were Denny and Sarah (Brauff) O’Neil, former of whom was a native of this county, and most of his life was engaged as superintendent of coal works; he was a son of John and Sarah (Robinson) O’Neil, and John was a son of Charles O’Neil, a native of Ireland, a farmer by occupation, and a pioneer of Mifflin township, this county. The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was R. C. Stephens, Esq., of Elizabeth. Alfred B. O’Neil is a native of Mifflin township, where he was reared and educated. He followed the river for twenty-five years as boatman, pilot and captain. For a number of years he was in mercantile business at Elizabeth and since 1885 has been a resident of Mc Keesport, where he has large real-estate interests, and where he has contributed much to the growth and development of the city by erecting several substantial business blocks and numerous dwellings. The subject of this sketch removed to McKeesport in 1884, and same year opened a department-store, stocked with novelties of every description, which he has since successfully conducted. In January of the present year, in partnership with his brother, he also embarked in the dry-goods trade, and at present is doing a very nice business. He is a public-spirited and enterprising young merchant, and worthy of the confidence of the public and of the esteem in which he is held.