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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 THOMPSON, farmer, post office Monroeville, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1811. His parents, John and Elizabeth (McMullen) Thompson, came to Pennsylvania in 1812, and settled soon after on the farm where our subject now resides. The father died at the age of one hundred and two, and the mother at the age of forty-five. They reared four sons, of whom the eldest and youngest are now deceased: James, John, William and Alexander. John has passed his life in the township, always residing on the home farm. He has been a lifelong republican, and bears the soubriquet of “Honest John.” In 1843 he married Mary McKnight, a native of Washington county, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Connor) McKnight. Of thirteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, six died in infancy. The following are the names and residences of the others: William and John, in Cannonsburg, Ohio; Anna Mary, wife of Frank McClure, in Patton township; Nancy Jane, wife of David Clements, in Plum; James, in Patton; Elmer, with his parents, and Rebecca, wife of George Anderson, in Murrysville. Mr. Thompson is a member of the U. 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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