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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 W. MOFFITT, carpenter, Wilkinsburg, was born near Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, March 20, 1824. His father, Robert Moffitt, was a native of County Armagh, and his mother, Rebecca, a relative of her husband, of the same patronymic, was born in the same town land as her son. The latter, reared on a farm, became a house carpenter, and came to America in 1846. After living two years in Allegheny City, he moved to Philadelphia, and there remained till 1862. For over nineteen years he lived in one house in Allegheny. In the spring of 1886, with his sons, he built a house on the lot in Wilkinsburg purchased by William (the second), and since then the family have dwelt here. The father and two eldest sons are engaged in contracting and building. In June, 1853, Mr. Moffitt married Clarissa H. Taylor, a native of Allegheny, Pa., and a daughter of William and Jane Morton Taylor, who came from County Derry, Ireland, to Allegheny in 1833. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Moflitt are James, William, Emily, Mary, Clara and Samuel Renwick. The family attend the R. P. Church.
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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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