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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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THOMPSON LYSLE, coal-operator (deceased), was born in Pittsburgh, a son of George and Margaret (McElwain) Lysle, early settlers of that city. He was reared and educated in Pittsburgh, and for many years was a member of the firm of George Lysle & Sons, coal-operators at Camden, Allegheny county. October 6, 1863, he married Salina, daughter of William and Mary A. (Shields) Whigham, of McKeesport, and by her had three children, one of whom survives, George H. Mr. Lysle died December 9, 1872, at San Diego, Cal. William Whigham, father of Mrs. Lysle, was a native of this county, and a son of Thomas Whigham, a pioneer of Mifflin township. He was for many years engaged in the coal business, and was president of the First National Bank of McKeesport several years. His wife, Mary A., was a daughter of James and Frances (Perry) Shields, natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, who settled in Pittsburgh in 1811. Mr. Whigham reared a family of five children: James, Hiram, Salina (Mrs. Thompson Lysle), Virginia (Mrs. Dr. T. R. Van Kirk) and Mary A.
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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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