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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 STEWART HICKMAN, farmer, post office Bridgeville. John Hickman, the second child of Peter Hickman, was born in 1799; married Sarah Park, of Washington county, and became the father of four children, of whom William Stewart is the youngest. John was a farmer and owned part of the tract of land purchased by his father. He died in 1887, aged eighty-eight years. His wife died in 1879, aged seventy-one years. William Stewart was educated at the public schools, has always followed farming, and now owns and resides on the property of 167 acres, where his grandfather, Peter, lived. He married, in 1872, Mary Lesnett, daughter of John and Mary (Smith) Lesnett, and eight children have been born to them: Izetta Bell, Rebecca Lewella (deceased), Maggie Orr, John Park, Abbie Lesnett and Annie Lois (twins), Mary Edna and Nelly Roberta. Mr. Hickman has always lived on his present farm, where he was born. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and is a republican.
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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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