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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 M. ALLISON, farmer, post office Bakerstown, is the third son of James and Elizabeth (Brickell) Allison, and was born on the homestead in 1830. He was educated at the schools of that period, and has always followed farming. He married, in 1855, Mary Agnes, daughter of John Magill, of West Deer township. She died in 1873, leaving seven children: George A., in Pittsburgh; John R., engineer on the A. V. R. R.; James L., a farmer at home; William H., in Pittsburgh; Harry B., in Allegheny; Sarah E., wife of William Donaldson, of Lenox, Iowa; and Mary L., at home. Mr. Allison next married Sarah Harbison, who died in 1875; and he then married, for his third wife, Elizabeth, daughter of James and Margaret Martin, of Butler county. Mr. Allison has held the offices of school director and supervisor of the township. He and family are members of the U. P. Church of Deer creek, of which he is an elder.
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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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