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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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ROBERT LOGAN, bricklayer, McKeesport, was born in Elizabeth township, this county, Jan. 28, 1831, a son of Isaac and Rachel (Morton) Logan. His paternal and maternal grandfathers, Robert Logan and James Morton, were both natives of Ireland, of Scotch ancestry, and were among the pioneers of the county. The grandmother of our subject, in the early days of the county, was captured and scalped by the Indians, and left for dead, but recovered, and lived to rear a family. Isaac Logan was a shoemaker, but followed the trade of stonemason most of his life in Elizabeth township, where he died in 1875, aged seventy-two years. He was three times married, and was the father of eighteen children. The subject of these lines was reared and educated in Elizabeth township, served an apprenticeship of three years at the bricklayer’s trade in McKeesport. and has been a resident of that borough since 1873. In 1852 he married Melinda, daughter of Benjamin and Susan (Campbell) Boyd, of Elizabeth township, and by her had eight children: Joseph, John, Susan, Edward, Benjamin, Robert, George and Effa. Mr. Logan is a member of the First M. E. Church, and is a prohibitionist.

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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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