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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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LEANDER RIGGS, M. D., Elizabeth, is a son of Joseph (deceased) and Sarah (Cooper) Riggs, of Snowden township, this county, and was born Sept. 6, 1845, in that township. He received his early education at the public schools, and graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve University, of Cleveland, in 1870. In 1871 he located in Elizabeth, where he began the practice of his profession, and is now looked upon as one of the leading physicians of this end of the county. In 1876 he married Mary L., daughter of Robert and Catherine (Boyd) Finney, of Elizabeth. They have no children.
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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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