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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 H. ALEXANDER, P. O. Bridgeville, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1821, and is descended from Irish ancestry. Thomas Alexander came from Maryland to Allegheny county with his mother and brother, and was a teamster in the army during the Revolution. He and his brother purchased 400 acres of land on Miller’s run, followed farming and remained on this property until their deaths. Thomas married Mary Murray and became the father of six children, and died aged eighty-six years. His wife died at the age of ninety-six. Thomas, Jr., was born in 1795 on the 400 acres of land purchased by his father and uncle. He married Elizabeth Hanna, daughter of John Hanna, and four sons and four daughters were born to them. Thomas died in 1888, aged ninety-one years. Of his children, John H., our subject, was born and reared on a farm, the pursuits of which he has followed on this place for thirty years. He learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed for thirteen years. He married, in 1856, Mary Nesbitt, daughter of Ebenezer and Margaret Nesbitt, and twelve children were born to them, nine of whom are living: Maggie J. (Mrs. Poelett), Lizzie H. (Mrs. Vance), George M., Sadie, Levina Mary (now Mrs. Moore), Matilda B., Annie C., Salina F. and Ella C. Mr. Alexander is a school director; is a member of the M. E. Church, in politics a republican.

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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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