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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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W. B. SALT, merchant, post office Bennett, was born Aug. 13, 1850, in Staffordshire, England, where he was educated. In 1866 he came to America with his parents, W. H. and Jane (Rhoden) Salt, and settled in Pittsburgh, where he learned the machinist business. He was employed in the Crescent Steel-works eighteen years, being a roll-turner by trade. While pursuing this vocation he invented a special process, known only to himself, of manufacturing piston-rings, and his product now supplies a home demand, the rings having formerly been imported to this country from Europe. His “ramsbottom piston-rings” are the only successful ones used in steam hammers, which are now manufactured in Millvale, where he has kept a hardware-store since Aug. 22, 1883. Mr. Salt has been an active business man, and besides his own business is a partner in the firm of Wible & Co., dealers in coal, lime and builders’ supplies. He married Miss Margretta, daughter of Henry Jorden, and they have three children: Henry J., Jennie R. and William B., Jr.
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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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