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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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GEORGE BOSSART, city clerk, McKeesport, was born in Youngstown, Pa., December 29, 1859, a son of John and Susan (Shirey) Bossart, and is of German descent. He was reared in his native town and educated at Ligonier and Greensburg academies; also took a commercial course at the Iron City Business College, Pittsburgh, thus fitting himself thoroughly for positions of responsibility. He taught school for a period of three years, beginning at seventeen years of age. In the fall of 1881 he located in McKeesport, and for five years was bookkeeper for the hardware firm of J. F. Ryan & Son, in which position his ability to fill positions was so admirably shown that in 1885 he was elected borough clerk and clerk of the water department, and is now (1888) serving his third consecutive term in that capacity. He married, November 15, 1887, Lizzie, daughter of Wendal and Mary Daub, of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Bossart is one of the proprietors of the leading millinery establishment of McKeesport. Mr. Bossart is a stockholder in the New Enterprise Building & Loan association, of which he has been secretary since its organization in August, 1887. He is an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. In politics he is a republican.
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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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