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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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SAMUEL C. GRIER was born March 10, 1851, in Allegheny City, of Irish parentage, and was educated in the public schools of his native city. At the age of eleven he became an errand boy in a store and then a clerk in a coal office. At the age of eighteen he became a coal dealer on his own account, and continued in that business during ten years. In 1879 he was elected assessor of water-rents in the city of Allegheny. In 1885 he resigned this office to accept a position in the office of the clerk of courts in Allegheny county. In August, 1887, he was elected collector of delinquent taxes in the city of Allegheny, which office he still holds.

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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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