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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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MARTIN J. McMAHON, merchant, post office Bonney, a son of Martin, Sr., and Margaret McMahon, was born in this county in 1854. His parents came from Ireland in 1849, and settled in this county. His father died (of cholera) in 1854, at the age of forty-five years, and his mother in 1879, aged fifty-seven years. They had two children: John, residing in Cass county, Iowa, and Martin J., who was reared on a farm, learned telegraphy, and for fifteen years had charge of a railroad office as general agent and operator. In 1883 he embarked in mercantile business, and now owns, at Ingram, a good business-house, where he carries a fine stock of general merchandise. He is also postmaster at Ingram. He married, in 1876, Mary, daughter of John and Ellen Driscoll, and they have two children, John and Ellen. Mr. McMahon is a member of the Catholic Church and of the C. M. B. A.
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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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