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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 F. BEILSTEIN, butcher, Allegheny, a son of Philip and Catherine (Walter) Beilstein, was born in Germany in 1833, and came with his parents to America in 1838, settling in Allegheny City, where they have resided ever since. Of six children born to the parents, only three are living: John F., Theodore and George. The father died in 1870; the mother is still living, at the age of seventy-eight years. J. F. Beilstein, the subject of this sketch, was married, in 1855, to Mary, daughter of Christian Beilstein, and by this union there were twelve children, seven now living: Sophia (wife of George J. Vogel), Charles, Emma (wife of N. A. Voeghtly), Edward, Frederick, Mamie and Bertha. Mr. Beilstein learned the butchering business with his father, which occupation he has always followed. In 1855 he commenced business for himself, and by close application, economy and industry has achieved success. He is a member of the Reserve Township Benefit association and the Butchers’ Protective association of Allegheny county, of which he has been president since May, 1886; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has been advanced to the lodge of perfection, chapter and consistory.
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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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