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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 WADE, SR., deceased, was born in Springfield, N. J., in 1790. His wife was Susan King, born in 1800, in Washington, D. C. Mr. Wade was an officer in the war of 1812, and settled in this county in or about 1832. He built the Allegheny arsenal, and was one of the originators of the Fort Pitt foundry. Leaving that in 1839, he returned to the government service, as constructor of ordnance, till 1852. He then again engaged in the foundry business until he was burned out, in 1858. He was a member of the commission to establish the high-water lines of Pittsburgh, a member of the council, and held many other offices in the early days. He was also an able contributor to a large work on American manufacturing. He died in 1878. His wife survives him, aged sixty-eight years.
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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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