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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. STEWART, mechanic, post office Etna, was born March 17, 1835, in Allegheny county, a son of George Stewart, a native of North Carolina, who died here. The mother of our subject, Ann (Flemming) Stewart, was a native of this county, and the mother of seven children. Of these James M. and William H. are residents of Etna, and the latter was a soldier in the civil war. At the age of nine years James M. went into the rolling-mill and worked for twenty-five cents a day, thus assisting his parents. He is now a heater in the same mill. In Etna he married Caroline, daughter of George and Elinor (Stewart) Taylor, and they have eight children: Melvin W., Mrs. Clara A. Bicker, Stanley J., Urban W., Emma M., Ella L., Lotta M. and Ralph E. T. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are members of the First U. P. Church in Etna; 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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