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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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JOHN C. SHOEMAKER, attorney-at-law, Pittsburgh, was born at Academia, Pa., April 7, 1857, and educated at Tuscarora Academy, Chambersburg Academy and Lafayette College, graduating in the class of 1877. He read law with Hon. J. McDowell Sharpe, and was admitted to the Franklin county bar Sept. 1, 1879, and to the Allegheny county bar in March, 1881. January 22, 1883, he was appointed deputy secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Gov. Pattison, holding the office till Feb. 1, 1887.
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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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