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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 P. McDADE, toolmaker, post office Verona, was born Sept. 26, 1856, in Penn township, where he was reared and received a fair education. Until 1877 he was employed as a farm laborer and about the coal-works, but at that time he entered the employ of the Verona Tool-works, where for two years he was helper, and has since had charge of a steam hammer. In 1879 Mr. McDade married Sarah A. Shotts, a native of Armstrong county, of German descent, and their children are: Frederick, Bertha, Annie, Robert and Frank. Mr. McDade has secured a comfortable home by his industry, his property including two acres of land, on which he built a house in 1884. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of P. and R. A.; he is a Presbyterian and 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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