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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 E. MOODY, grocer and baker, McKeesport, was born in Sweden, Sept. 26, 1850, a son of Charles G. and Christiana Moody. He was reared and educated at Halmstad, Sweden, came to America in 1871, settled in McKeesport in 1872, and entered the employ of the National Tube-works company, with whom he worked until 1882. He then embarked in the grocery business, in which he has since been successfully engaged. In the spring of 1888 he started a Swedish bakery for the manufacture of Swedish dyspeptic bread, and already has a large and growing trade in that line. Mr. Moody married, in 1875, Davida Holm, of Sweden, by whom he has four children living: Edward, Clarence, Victor and Stella. Mr. Moody is a member of the K. of P. and I. O. H.; he is a republican.

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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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