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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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NATHANIEL MONTGOMERY, farmer, post-office Wilkinsburg, is descended from one of the early settlers of Allegheny county, Pa. His father, Nathaniel, came to McKeesport from Berks county, Pa., at an early day, and soon after took up a tract of land in what is now Patton township. Remaining there a short time, he moved to the place now owned by our subject, and settled on 160 acres of land, where he died. He married Elizabeth Young, a native of Ireland, and two sons and five daughters were born to them. Our subject, the youngest and only surviving member of the family, was educated at the common schools, and has followed farming. He married, in 1837, Mary McCully, daughter of Robert McCully, of this county, and six children, three living, were born to them: Eliza (Mrs. Johnson), Nancy (Mrs. Black) and Nathaniel. The last named married, in 1884, Mary T. Pitt, and one child born to them is now deceased. Mr. Montgomery is a highly respected citizen of Wilkins township, and has always been an industrious and upright man. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is 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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