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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. 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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FRANCIS XAVIER McMAHON, a progressive and prosperous farmer of Abington township, where he has spent his entire life, was born on the homestead, close to his present residence, July 29, 1867. He is a son of Thomas and Mary (Pendergast) McMahon, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.
He acquired a good public school education. For nine years after leaving school he was employed by the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company at Somerton station. In 1898 he returned to his previous occupation of farming, and this honorable pursuit yet engages his attention. He is a thoroughgoing practical farmer, his well tilled fields and the neat and attractive appearance of all the surroundings testifying to his thrift and industry in his calling, in which he has succeeded very well.
In politics he is a Democrat. He takes an active part in political affairs, and has frequently been a delegate to party conventions. He and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church at Jenkintown. Mr. McMahon is a highly respected resident of the community, enjoying the confidence of all who know him. He served as postmaster at Meadowbrook for four years under Postmaster-General Wanamaker.
Mr. McMahon married, at Trenton, New Jersey, May 20, 1896, Sylvia, born June 21, 1876, daughter of John H. and Mary (Houghterling) Gulden. Their children are: Sylvia, born January 30, 1897; Mary, born November 28, 1898; Moses E., Jr., born October 18, 1900; Jennie, born April 9, 1902, died April 10, 1902; Catharine, born March 21, 1903.
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