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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 W. EDMUNDSON, farmer, post office Buena Vista, is a son of John, Sr., and Nancy (Calhoun) Edmundson. Joseph Edmundson, grandfather of John W., was a native of York county, Pa., and settled in Mifflin township, this county, in 1802, and afterward purchased property in Elizabeth township, near McKeesport, where he resided until his death, in 1822. John, Sr., the father of John W., was born in York county in 1787, came to this county with his parents, and finally settled in what is now Lincoln township and followed farming. He died in 1863, his wife in 1862. They raised five children, two of whom are still living: John W. and Sarah, a maiden lady, who resides with him. The subject of this memoir was born on the homestead in 1825, and was educated at the public schools. In 1866 he purchased his present farm, where he has since resided. His wife was Cordelia, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Lane) White, of this, county, and they have seven living children: William A., a merchant of Buena Vista and McKeesport; Nancy A.; Sarah J., now Mrs. John Calhoun, of Elizabeth township; Mary M., Annie M., Olive, Josephine. Mr. Edmundson and family are members of Mount Vernon 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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