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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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MARTHA M. TAYLOR, post office Gill Hall, is a daughter of Amos and Deborah (McKillips) Pierce, and was born in 1835 on the place she now owns. Her father was a farmer, and was known as cancer doctor, curing many of the worst cases, and with his wife settled in Jefferson township, where they both died. Their children were James McK., Lewis, Joseph, Jane, Andrew, Mary A. and Martha M., living; and Lewis, Jane, Mary and James, deceased. In 1887 the subject of this memoir was married to Joseph Taylor, son of Joseph and Hannah Taylor, former residents of Forward township. Joseph left Forward twenty years ago, and went to Monongahela City; from there he moved to Montana, and afterward to Florida, where he has an orange grove. Since his return to Jefferson township he has been engaged in farming, and intends to devote a portion of his time to his farm in Jefferson and the one in Florida. Mr. Taylor is a Methodist, and Mrs. Taylor a United Presbyterian.
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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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