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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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JACOB AMENT, engineer, Wall, is a brother of Hezekiah Ament, and was born in Franklin, Oct. 24, 1841, a great-grandson of George Ament, a revolutionary soldier. He was reared on the farm, and attended the common schools. When seventeen years of age he was employed about a coalboat-yard, and later went on a coalboat on the Ohio. On reaching his majority he was employed in the carpenter shop of the Pennsylvania railroad, in Pittsburgh. After braking two years and firing four years, he took charge of a locomotive in 1867. In 1871 he located at Wall, and built his present residence the next year. He is a member of the M. E. Church at Turtle Creek, and superintendent of the Sunday-school there and at Wall. He is a democrat, with prohibition tendencies. In 1866 he married Isabella Jemima Cline, a native of Westmoreland, daughter of Michael and Hester Cline, of Dutch descent. The following are the names of Mr. Ament’s children: Francis Chalmer, Joseph Albert, Norman McIntosh and Florence Edna.

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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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