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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 M. MATLACK, M. D. (deceased), for many years a prominent physician of Braddock, was born in Chester county in 1833. In 1868 he married Mary, daughter of John and Rebecca (McGlinn) McKinney, former a native of this county, latter of New York, and two children were born to them, Lidia and Maggie, both yet living. The parents were members of the U. P. Church. The doctor died in 1877, at Turtle Creek, Pa., and after his death Mrs. Matlack, with her two daughters, moved back to Braddock, where they now reside.
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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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