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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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REUBEN F. BAUMAN (deceased), son of Dr. Jacob and Joseba (Fahnestock) Bauman, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1821, and came to Allegheny county in 1846, settling in Pittsburgh. In 1848 he was married to Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Rachel (Howell) Davis, of Franklin county, Pa., and to them were born eight children, only three of whom are living: Bolivar A., Gerrett D. and Reuben F., Jr. Dr. Jacob Bauman, father of Reuben, Sr., died near Harrisburg, where for many years he had been a prominent physician; his widow died in Lancaster county. Reuben F. Bauman, Sr., died Dec. 29, 1885, at the age of sixty-five years; his widow is still living at the age of sixty-seven, and her sons, Bolivar A. and Gerrett D., reside with her. Reuben F., Jr., was married in 1877 to Annie Harper, of Allegheny, and they have one child, Hattie.
Mr. Bauman, Sr., early in life learned the cabinet-maker’s trade. He first came to Pittsburgh to clerk in the wholesale drugstore of B. A. Fahnestock &Co., subsequently becoming a member of the firm of B. L. Fahnestock & Co., wholesale druggists and white lead manufacturers, of Pittsburgh. In after years and until his death he was a member of the firm of Beymer, Bauman & Co., white lead manufacturers, Pittsburgh.
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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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