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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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HARTMAN GUISE, pilot, post office McKeesport, son of William and Catherine Guise, was born in Germany in 1823. His parents immigrated to America and located in Pittsburgh in 1831, where his father readily found employment, being a mason and brick layer. In 1840 he removed to Versailles township and engaged in mining coal. Hartman Guise came to Pittsburgh with his parents, and when eight years of age began work in the John Robinson Glass-works, remaining there several years. He was afterward, for about five years, employed at John Hay’s glassworks, and in 1840 he removed to Versailles township. Mr. Guise was a pilot on the Ohio river between Pittsburgh and Louisville for a period of fifteen years, and in 1853 he married May, daughter of James McCain, of Armstrong county. He purchased and located on the farm he now owns in Versailles township. They have one son, William J., who married Miss Anna Williams, of Monroe county, Ohio. Their home is with Mr. Guise, in Versailles.
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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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