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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 LLOYD STANDISH, manufacturer, Pittsburgh. Miles Standish, the grandfather of William Lloyd, whose name heads this sketch, was one of the pioneers of the South Side, in Beaver county, not far from Frankfort Springs, Pa. He was a direct descendant of Capt. Miles Standish, captain of the colony of Plymouth, and the hero of the “Courtship of Miles Standish,” immortalized by Longfellow. His son, William Lloyd Standish, Sr., was a native of Beaver county. Pa., and a millwright by occupation. William Lloyd Standish, Jr., learned his father’s occupation, and followed it about seven years, traveling over a greater portion of the western and southern states. When he relinquished his trade he became interested in the firm of Armstrong, Brother & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., of which he is a member; they manufacture machine-cut corks and compressed poplar bungs, and do a large business, employing over seven hundred hands, having agencies in Spain and Portugal, where the raw material is prepared. Mr. Standish is also interested in other large enterprises.
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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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