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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 G. SMITH, farmer, post office Fairhaven, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio. His paternal grandfather, a native of Ireland, immigrated to America and located in Westmoreland county, Pa., where he farmed the land upon which, at a later period, was erected a handsome Catholic cathedral. He reared a large family. One son, David, was captain of a canal-boat on the Maumee canal. By trade he was a tanner, but on coming to this county, in March, 1851, he followed farming until his death, which occurred Dec. 5, 1880. His wile was Emily, daughter of William Boggs an old settler; she died in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. David Smith were Presbyterians, and their children were William D., George W Mrs. Mary E. Lafferty and Richard G. The last named married, in this county, Hannah Cherry, and three children have been born to them: Edna M., Walter H. and Howard C. Richard G. Smith has followed farming since early life. He is a republican, as was his father before him.
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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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