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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. T. BIRNEY, merchant, Tarentum, son of Thomas and Mary Birney, was born in Pittsburgh in 1858. His parents were among the old families of Allegheny county, and his father was one of the oldest merchants of Pittsburgh. Their family consisted of six children: Annie (now wife of David Anderson, a sewer-pipe manufacturer in West Virginia), Essie, Minnie (now Mrs. Lewis Dalmyer, of Pittsburgh), Mary, Eva and John T. In May, 1886, our subject removed to Tarentum, where he engaged in business as a dealer in hardware, farming implements, etc. In 1883 he married Eliza McQueen, of Glenfield, Allegheny county, Pa., and they have one child, Wilford. Mr. Birney is a Freemason, a member of the Dallas Lodge, No. 508, of Pittsburgh.
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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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