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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 SCHAFER, gardener, Shaler township, was born Aug. 1, 1826, in Hessen-Nassau, Germany. He came to America at the age of twenty-four, worked four years in Collins township, now Eighteenth ward of Pittsburgh, where he married Elizabeth Richter, a native of Germany. He went into the gardening business in 1855, and occupied a vegetable stand in Pittsburgh market for thirty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Schafer have four children: John M. and Henry V., who are in the seed and implement business at No. 59 Ohio street, Allegheny, Pa., and Netty and Mary. The family are members of the G. E. Church.
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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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