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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 W. GILES, real-estate dealer, post office Homestead, was born Dec. 24, 1860, at Six-Mile Ferry, a son of George and Harriet B. (Daugherty) Giles, the former of whom, a native of England, learned the blacksmith’s trade (which he followed all his life), and settled at Six-Mile Ferry, this county, in 1840. Here he was a trustee in the M. E. Church. To him and his wife were born nine children, of whom Charles C. is now superintendent of the Monongahela First Pool Coal company. George W. Giles was a clerk in a grocery store at Six-Mile Ferry for nine years, and since June, 1886, he has been in the real estate and insurance business; is also a notary public. He is secretary of the Security Building & Loan association and the Homestead Cemetery association.
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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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