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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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James B. Murray, chief of order department National Tube-works company, McKeesport, is a native of Scotland, born in 1842, and was reared and educated in Glasgow, graduating from the high-school of that city, In 1871 he came to America, located in Boston, Mass., and entered the employ of the National Tube-works company as storekeeper; came to McKeesport in 1874, where he accepted the position of receiving clerk for same company; was promoted assistant to J. B. Converse, then chief of order department, and at the death of the latter, in 1882, Mr. Murray became his successor. He was one of the organizers of Union Savings Fund & Loan association, Union Savings Fund & Loan association No. 2, and Home Security Building & Loan association, and is the vice-president of three corporations; is also a director of the Bank of McKeesport, and a stockholder in the Republic Iron-works, Pittsburgh. He is a member of the K. of P. and of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in politics 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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