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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. STEEN, third son of David and Mary (Dickson) Steen, was born in 1850, in Pittsburgh. He was educated at the public schools and the Iron City Business College, from which he graduated in 1865. Like his father, he has been prominently identified with the coal business, and was for eighteen months in Canada with Maj. J. H. Dickson, engaged in ore-smelting. His office is now in Pittsburgh, where he finds a market for coal coming from his father’s mines. Mr. Steen has been twice married; first in 1872, to Emma Lappe, daughter of James C. Lappe, who bore him one child — Edna. His second marriage was with Jennie Callahan, by whom he has two children — Mary and Martetta. Mr. Steen is a Freemason and a member of the Elks.
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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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