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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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RICHARD BIBBY, jeweler, Wilkinsburg, son of John and Mary (Yates) Bibby, was born in 1837, in Over-Darwen, Lancashire, England, and reared in Chorley, same county. When seven years old he was put to work in the coal mines, and his education has been obtained by his individual effort and perseverance. In 1863 he began to devote his leisure hours to watchmaking, and left the mines to give his entire time to that occupation. He married Elizabeth Southworth, who was reared in the same village as himself, and they set sail for America in 1869. For eight years they dwelt at Swissvale, Mr. Bibby being foreman of the Swissvale mines most of the time. In 1876 he began the study of medicine with a homeopathic physician at Braddock, but was obliged to abandon it on account of the ill-health of his wife. By his careful nursing the life of the latter was prolonged, but she died of Bright’s disease, April 30, 1888, aged forty-seven. Mr. Bibby established his residence and present business in Wilkinsburg in 1877, and has a large trade. He is associated with the United Brethren Church, and is a republican, with prohibition sympathies.
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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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