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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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Dr. G. R. GRIFFITH, physician, post office Federal, is a native of West Virginia, born in 1847, a son of Benjamin, of Welsh ancestry, who settled in West Virginia at an early date, and was married to Margaret Knox. Their eldest son, Dr. G. R. Griffith, was educated at the public schools, and reared on a farm. He commenced the study of medicine in 1869, Dr. Bradley, of Burgettstown, Pa., being his preceptor. He attended medical lectures at Columbus, Ohio, and has practiced his profession since 1871. On coming to this county he located at Oakdale, where he remained four years; thence went to Venice, Washington county, but again returned to Oakdale, remaining two years and a half, and in 1886 he located in his present place. In 1874 the doctor married Mollie J. Turner, who died in 1877, the mother of one child, Charles R., and he next married, Sept. 19, 1880, Ella R., daughter of John Anderson, of this county, and three children bless their union: J. B., G. M. and M. E. Dr. and Mrs. Griffith are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is 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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