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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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ISAAC PATTERSON, engine-hostler, Wall, was born in the parish of Tillabish, County Down, Ireland, a son of Isaac and Margaret Patterson. He was reared on a farm, and attended the public schools. When thirty years old he came to Pittsburgh, and was employed in the construction of the P. R. R. For the last twenty-four years he has had charge of locomotives when not in use. He lived sixteen years above Stewart’s Station, and in 1869 bought a house at Wall. He is also the owner of two other houses, which his industry has secured. Mr. Patterson is a member of the M. E. Church at Turtle Creek; politically he is a democrat. He married, in Ireland, in 1851, Susannah English, a native of the same parish as himself, and they have five children: Thomas, a resident of Wall; John, at Braddock; Isaac, in Pittsburgh; Ellen, wife of D. S. Lewis, Wall, and Catharine, at home.
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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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