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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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JOSEPH BARTON, farmer, post office Harmarville, was born in Pittsburgh, Jan. 6, 1824, a son of Robert and Mary (Percial) Barton. His parents, natives, respectively, of Scotland and England, were married in England, and came to Pittsburgh in 1816, moving in 1824 to what is now Harmar township, where the father died in 1848, aged seventy years, and the mother in 1860, aged seventy-three years. When twenty-three years of age, Mr. Barton married Ruth Ann Cready, of Six-Mile Ferry, daughter of John and Sarah (Hickey) Cready. He is father of a large family, six of whom are still living, one son and five daughters. In politics he is a democrat.
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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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