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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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J. RENWICK SMITH, Sewickley, was born in the city of Allegheny, Pa., son of Thomas Smith, a native of Ireland, who came to America at the age of nineteen years. In Allegheny he engaged in the coal business with different partners, having previously worked at his trade. He was director of the National Bank of Pittsburgh, also director of several insurance companies, and was esteemed and valued as a keen and enterprising business-man. Politically he was identified with the republican party; was a member of the common and select councils and school boards, serving six years in each, and was an active member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
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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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