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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 STEINHILBER, hotel-keeper, McKeesport, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 10, 1828, a son of George and Anna Steinhilber. He came to America in 1852, and located at Port Perry, this county, where he worked as a coal-miner eleven years. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. K, 74th P. V., and served until July 3, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. After his return he again worked in a coal mine, and in 1865 bought a property in Mifflin township, where he conducted a hotel until 1869; then purchased a plat of ground in Allegheny City, on which he erected a sheepskin-tannery, which he conducted six years. In 1875 he settled in McKeesport and embarked in the hotel business, in which he has since continued, and erected in 1886 the fine brick building he now occupies. In 1857 he married Elizabeth Korzdoefer, and has one son living, George. Mr. Steinhilber is a director of the Enterprise Building and Loan Association No. 2. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.; 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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