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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 McCAMMON RICHEY, farmer, post office Verona, was born in County Down, Ireland, July 9, 1830. He received a limited education, but is a reader and keeps abreast of the times. Since coming to America he has earned his own living, attending to the farm. In 1867 he purchased the farm of thirty-six acres on which he dwells, and with rented ground now tills about one hundred acres. He is an elder in the U. P. Church; politically a republican. He has served as school director, was collector eight years, and is now register assessor. In September, 1856, he married Lucinda Staley, who died in 1883, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rose) Staley, and a native of Allegheny county. Of her fourteen children nine survive her: Mary Elizabeth, William G., Sadie, Maggie, James, Ida, Harry, Raymond and Clifford.

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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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