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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 MASON, farmer, post office Tarentum, is a native of England, and came to America at the age of eighteen years, located in Pittsburgh and learned the trade of shoe-making. In 1850 he married Sarah Miller, of Wilkinsburg, where they resided three years. In 1853 he purchased thirty acres of land on Bull creek, East Deer township, and engaged in farming; also worked at his trade. Later he moved to Indiana county, where he was a coal-dealer for five years, and then came to Fawn township. In 1881 he purchased the farm of 125 acres which he now owns, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Mason has been supervisor of Fawn township, and has held several positions of trust. His first wife died, leaving four children, and he next married, in 1868, Elizabeth Montgomery, of West Deer township, who has borne him six children. Mr. Mason visited England about twenty-three years ago.
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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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