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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 CROGHAN, JR., and Mary O’Hara were married in the year 1821. He was the son of Maj. William Croghan, and she was the daughter of Gen. James O’Hara. William Croghan, Jr., was a remarkably handsome man, whom the writer remembers with pleasure for many kindnesses to him a boy. He was tall and well built, with remarkably well-proportioned features, and an exceedingly keen and intelligent eye. He was a very Chesterfield in courtly manners, and a true gentleman in heart.
On the 20th of May, 1835, Mr. Croghan was admitted as a member of the Allegheny county bar. He resided at his beautiful country seat, “Picnic,” which commands a view of the three historic rivers, Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio, and a far-off glimpse of the hazy Chestnut ridge of Pennsylvania. He died at his residence Picnic, near Pittsburgh, Sept. 22, 1850, loved and lamented by all who knew him.
Mrs. Croghan died Oct. 25, 1827, leaving two children: William, her oldest child, survived his mother but a short time, and died April 25, 1828; Mary E. Croghan, the daughter, was born April 27, 1826. She married Capt. Edward W. H. Schenley, an officer of the British army, and went to England, where she has resided for the greater part of her married life, having now living five daughters and one son — Morrison Foster.
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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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