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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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L. MASON, merchant, Homestead, was born April 7, 1844, in Fairfield county, Ohio. His father, David Mason, the youngest son of eight children, was brought to Ohio when two years old. There he reared a family, was a farmer and a good mechanic. The subject of this memoir went to work at an early age on the farm, and when twenty years old enlisted in Co. E, 178th O. V. I., serving in the Army of the Cumberland. After the war he worked a short time for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, then for the Pan Handle Railroad company ten years and eight months, and while in their employ he was crippled. In February, 1881, he came to Homestead, where he engaged in the grocery business, and for four years was assistant postmaster. He still keeps a grocery and produce store. He has been three times married: His first wife, nee Rebecca, Barton (deceased), bore him one son, D. F.; his second wife, nee Mary Swisher (deceased), bore him one child, Catharine, and his third wife, nee Maggie Kellie (deceased), bore him three children: Myron E., Martie B. and Edith Mason. Mr. Mason is a member of the I. O. O. F., G. A. R., and is a trustee of the M. E. Church. He has always taken a deep interest in educational and religious matters.

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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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