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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 T. WALKER, marble-dealer, Allegheny, was born in England in 1831, a son of William and Harriet Walker, and came with his parents to America same year, settling in Pittsburgh. Of six children born to the parents only two are living: James T. and George J., latter of whom was in the United States army during the entire period of the civil war. William Walker was a contractor and builder; he died in 1841 at the age of thirty-one years; his widow died March 31, 1879, aged eighty years. James T. was married Nov. 5, 1856, to Mary, daughter of Samuel and Jane Lewis, and to them were born two children: Thomas M. and Edith M. Mr. Walker learned the marble trade, which he has always followed. In 1880 he and his son Thomas M. formed a partnership, and started the marble business under the firm name of Walker Marble company, which they still continue in the city of Allegheny.
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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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