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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 REILLY, farmer, post office Hope Church, was born June 11, 1832, in Allegheny county, Pa., the son of Matthew Reilly, a native of Ireland, who came to America with his parents, Barnett and Mary (McShean) Reilly, and two brothers, Philip and Barnett. The grandfather of John Reilly participated in the war of 1812, after which struggle he became a contractor on canals and railroads, and was a man of considerable note in his day. Matthew Reilly, who was a farmer, married, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of James McPherson, an old settler, and eleven children, all of whom attained maturity, were born to them. The parents died on the South Side, Pittsburgh. They were members of the Catholic Church. The subject of this memoir owns 170 acres of the old homestead, which formerly consisted of four hundred acres. He married Isabella, daughter of John and Rebecca (Cormly) Cady, and they have nine children: James, George, Mary A., Sarah, Matilda, Matthew, Daniel, Albert and Cecelia Bell; Mr. Reilly 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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