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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 MOSES RAYMOND, attorney at law Pittsburgh, was born in Hampshire county, Va. (now West Virginia), Aug. 18, 1841, son of Moses and Sarah (Walker) Raymond. His father was born in Connecticut in 1799, and died at the age of seventy-six years; he was educated at Yale College, and for forty years was pastor of Presbyterian churches at Springfield, Va., and other towns near there; his wife was born the same year in Virginia, and died at the age of seventy-eight years. Samuel M. Raymond was educated at Washington College, Washington, Pa., graduating in 1861, and went to Altoona, Pa., where he taught school for a short time. Soon afterward he entered the quartermaster’s department at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained till the close of the war. In 1866 he came to Pittsburgh, studied law with David Reed, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. March 9, 1865, Mr. Raymond married Lucy Clark, of Washington, Pa., daughter of David and Adeline (Adams) Clark, natives of that county, and two daughters—Grace Clark and Addie Burr, have blessed this union. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church at Emsworth, where they have resided since 1880.
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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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