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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 GRAU, grocer, Sharpsburg. was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1860, a son of Conrad and Margaret (Polster) Grau, natives of Germany, who immigrated to America in 1854. He received a common-school education at Etna, and early in life commenced work in the iron-mills at that place, in which he continued until 1886, when he commenced his present business at corner of Middle and Thirteenth streets, Sharpsburg. Mr. Grau married, in 1884, Barbara, daughter of John Fug, of Allegheny county, and two children have been born to them: Bertha and Margaret. Mr. Grau is a member of the Mystic Chain, Jr. O. U. A. M., and of the Lutheran Church; 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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