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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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EBEN BRAGDON (deceased) was born in 1802, in the state of Maine, son of Ebenezer and Dorotha (Cutts) Bragdon, also natives of Maine. Eben received his education at the place of his birth; on reaching manhood he went to sea, and was mate on a vessel ten years. In 1857 he came to Neville island. He was married in June, 1838, to Elizabeth Jackman, a native of Bellevue, and daughter of William and Mary (Houdon) Jackman. Her parents were born in Ireland, and when they came to America located in Washington county, but moved to Bellevue, where Mrs. Bragdon was born, and has always lived near her old home. Her father died in October, 1850, aged seventy-two years, and her mother in September, 1865, aged seventy-two years. Mrs. Bragdon was born May 1, 1816, and. is the mother of five children: Amelia (Mrs. John Robinson), Mary Jane (Mrs. James S. Hamilton), Eliza B. (Mrs. E. B. Houghton), William Perry, and Madison H., who was married Feb. 14, 1888, to Maggie Gallagher, of Pittsburgh. He lives with his mother and carries on the home farm. A part of the house they now occupy was the home of Gen. Neville, and a house on the next farm was the general’s slave-quarters.
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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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