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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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JACOB STOTLER REYMER, wholesale confectioner, Pittsburgh, was born in 1832, in Plum township, this county, where his parents lived for a few years. (See sketch of Philip Reymer.) He was educated in the city schools, and has supported himself since fourteen years of age. At that period of his life he went into a hotel and restaurant, where he was employed four years. For eleven years he was with Miller & Ricketson, well-known grocers, and in 1861 embarked in business with his elder brother. He has been a director of the Commercial National Bank since its organization. In 1859 Mr. Reymer married Lydia A., daughter of John Black, for many years a prominent grocer of Pittsburgh, of Scotch-Irish descent, and five children have blessed their union: Annie, Jennie B., Philip, Jacob and Samuel S. Like his father, Mr. Reymer is a republican; he attends the 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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