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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 T. LUDWICK, farmer, post office McKeesport, son of Joseph and Nancy Jane (Lee) Ludwick, was born in Versailles township in 1856. Jacob Ludwick, his great-grandfather, was a native of Maryland, and his wife of Ireland. They located at an early time in Versailles township, where they lived until his death, after which his widow made her home with John Ludwick until her decease. John Ludwick (whose family record appears elsewhere), grandfather of John T., married and settled in Westmoreland county, and in Versailles township, Allegheny county, in 1828. Joseph, son of John Ludwick, remained with his parents until his father’s death, in 1850, and in 1852 he married Nancy J., daughter of Peter H. Lee, located in Allegheny county, Versailles township, and engaged in farming. They reared a family of seven children, viz.: Mary L., John T., Lizzie E., Maggie, Anthony W., Mira and Joseph. The latter died in 1865, and his widow, in 1868, married Thomas Perkins, to whom were born three children, viz.: Minnie, Ella and William (deceased). Mr. Perkins died Feb. 3, 1875. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. John T. Ludwick 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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