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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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MARTIN HORN, furniture-dealer and undertaker, McKeesport, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, June 10, 1835, a son of Michael and Laura (Wolf) Horn. He was reared and educated in his native place, where he served an apprenticeship of three years at the cabinet-maker’s trade. In 1853 he came to America, and located at Baltimore, Md., where he worked at his trade as a journey man until 1859. He then came to McKeesport, and in 1860 embarked in business at Dravosburg, Allegheny county, where he remained two years. In 1862 he purchased the site in McKeesport where he is now located, and where he has been in active business since. September 2, 1862, he married Louisa daughter of William and Catherine (Shaler) Nicholas, natives of Germany, who settled in McKeesport in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Horn are members of the German Lutheran Church. He was one of the active promoters in building the McKeesport street railway, and is one of its directors and charter members. He is an F. and A. M.; in politics 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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