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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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JOHN GILLESPIE, farmer post office Tarentum, is a son of Samuel Gillespie, and was born in Ireland. When twelve years old he came to America with his parents, who, in 1840, settled in East Deer township, Allegheny county, Pa., where they died. They reared a family of eleven children: Robert, Matthew (deceased), Richard (deceased), Susan (deceased), Jane, John, Rebecca (deceased), Agnes (deceased), Samuel (deceased), Andrew and Eleanor. John married, in 1853, Mary Jane, daughter of George Means, of West Deer township, and located in East Deer township, where he purchased a farm, and lived thereon until the year 1875, when he purchased the farm he now occupies; here he built a very handsome residence, and is engaged in farming, stock-raising and dairying. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie have nine children: Jane I., Samuel R., George T., Robert J., Anna M., Mary O., Eleanor A., David B. and William M. Jane I., the eldest daughter, married, in 1874, Ephraim Norris, and they have five children: Ella, Nettie, Bertha, Leila and Charlie. Samuel R., the eldest son, married, in 1881, Emma Robinson, and lives on one of his father’s farms in East Deer township. He has two children — Charles E. and Nellie Eva. Mary O., third eldest daughter, married, in 1887, George Kirk, and she has one child. Mr. Gillespie and family are members of the Presbyterian 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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