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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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JAMES H. ARNOLD, hardware-merchant, McKeesport, was born near Olivet, Armstrong county, Pa., April 8, 1857, a son of R. J. and Mary (Shirley) Arnold. His father is a native of Devonshire, England, a son of William Arnold, and a tinner by trade, but is now engaged in farming in Indiana county, Pa. The maternal grandfather of James H. was Joseph Shirley, a pioneer of Armstrong county, who lived to the great age of one hundred and three years. The subject of these lines was reared in Indiana county, where he received a common-school education, learned the tinner’s trade under his father, and for a number of years worked as a journeyman. He came to McKeesport in the spring of 1884, and was in the employ of J. N. & W. E. Hartman one year. In the spring of 1885 he embarked in the hardware business at 1216 Walnut street, where he has built up a successful trade. In 1881 he married Carrie Keppel, of Armstrong county, Pa., and has two children living: Earl J. and Mary. Mr. Arnold is a member of the U. P. Church, the Royal Arcanum and the R. T. of T.; politically he is a democrat.
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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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