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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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EDWIN F. PEARSON, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Delivery company, Pittsburgh, is a son of Joseph and Mary Pearson, and was born in Pittsburgh in 1840. His father was born in England in 1789, came to this country in 1810, and settled in Pittsburgh, where he engaged in the hardware trade until his retirement in 1850. His wife was Mary, daughter of James Miller, of this county, and their children were Joseph, George, William (deceased), Alfred, Edwin F., Mary (wife of George W. Bowlman) and James. The father was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I. O. O. F., and died in 1865, at the age of seventy-six years. Edwin F. married, in 1864, Sophia, daughter of Edward and Wilhemina Dubarry, and by this marriage there were five children: Joseph, Adda, Edwin, Rolland and Julia M. When about sixteen years of age Mr. Pearson went west, where he remained three years engaged in various occupations, among others teaching school one year. On his return to this county he became manager of the Duquesne freight department for the P. R. R., and is at present with the Pennsylvania Railroad Delivery company of John W. Haney. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Golden Chain. Mr. Pearson is a successful business man, and has recently built a very excellent residence at Crafton.
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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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