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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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STEPHEN BUTLER CLEMENT, clerk, post office Verona, was born Feb. 23, 1847, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the son of William Butler and Eliza Jane (Meeds) Clement, natives of Cincinnati and Baltimore. Our subject received his education in the Cincinnati public schools, and in 1860 embarked as clerk in the wholesale house of T. F. Thirkield & Co. At the outbreak of the war this firm closed up, and in 1866 Mr. Clement began farming in Colerain township, Hamilton county, Ohio. In 1872 he came to Plum township, where he engaged in farming until 1881. He then engaged in his present business with the Verona Tool-works. He was united in marriage, Oct. 8, 1873, with Mary Ellen, daughter of George and Sarah (Leeber) Gosling. Two children bless their union: Bertha Bishop, aged thirteen, and Ada, aged six. The family are members of the P. E. Church. Mr. Clement is a member of the I. O. H. He was elected auditor of Verona by the republican party.
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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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