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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 R. HARBISON, attorney at law, Pittsburgh, was born in Allegheny, Pa., son of Adam Harbison, a native of the north of Ireland, and a Covenanter of Scotch descent. He came to America at the age of fourteen years, and lived in Cannonsburg, Pa., five years, when he removed to Allegheny, where he engaged in the carpenter’s trade, which he followed until his death; he built several boats. John R. Harbison received his primary education in the public schools of Allegheny, and in Eldridge Academy and Westminster College. He read law at the Cleveland Law School, and was admitted to the bar with John Barton in April, 1874. He has followed his profession in Pittsburgh successfully up to the present time, especially in the civil courts, and since April, 1880, he has resided at Osborn. In 1888 he was elected burgess. Politically 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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