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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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A. B. STEVENSON, attorney at law, Braddock, is a native of Allegheny county, Pa., born in 1852, of Scotch-Irish descent. John Stevenson, his grandfather, was a native of Western Pennsylvania. Levi Stevenson, his father, was a prominent farmer In this county, and married Jane, daughter of David Scott, by whom he had six children, all yet living, of whom A. B. is the eldest. The subject of this memoir was born and reared on a farm and educated at the public schools of Moon township. In 1877 he entered Westminster College, in Lawrence county, graduating therefrom in 1882, and then commenced studying law with Hon. C. S. Fetterman. June 27, 1885, he was admitted to the bar of Allegheny county, and he at once commenced the practice of his profession. Mr. Stevenson was married in 1883 to Eliza S. Wilson, daughter of Marmaduke and Lucinda (Henry) Wilson, of Beaver county, Pa., and two sons were born to them — Frank Wilson and Philip Henry. Mr. Stevenson came to Braddock in 1886, and has already been solicitor for the borough. He is a Mason, a member of the Presbyterian Church; in politics a democrat.
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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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