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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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WILLIAM BENNETT, florist, post office Carrick, was born August 16, 1821, in Derbyshire, England. He and his brothers Daniel and Edwin immigrated to East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1841, where they joined their brother James, who several years previous had started the first pottery in that town. They remained there until 1844, then moved to Pittsburgh, and built another pottery. In 1847 Edwin and William sold out, and built another pottery in Baltimore, Md., which Edwin still carries on very extensively in making whiteware. William sold out his interest in 1856, and located where he now resides. In 1863 he again united with his brother Daniel (who was the first manufacturer of whiteware west of the mountains), in the pottery in Pittsburgh. In 1869 they quit the pottery business, and formed the present "Crystal Glass company.” In 1874 the subject of this sketch built several greenhouses, which are still being carried on by him and his son, William Granville, under firm name of William Bennett & Son.
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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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