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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 PFEIFFER, retired, P. O. Hulton, was born in Germany in 1824, a son of Joseph and Catherine (Reidensberger) Pfeiffer, who emigrated to Pittsburgh May 1, 1847. His father was a wine-gardener and farmer, and died in 1854; his mother died in Pittsburgh in 1877. Martin was educated in Germany, and after coming to Pittsburgh he carried brick for twenty-two brick houses. In 1849 he entered the rolling-mills at seventy-five cents per day. The mills shutdown, and he began farming in Lower St. Clair township. He was married in June, 1848, to Juditha Ackerman, a native of Germany, a daughter of Aloes and Elizabeth (Wealbuyer) Ackerman. After remaining on the farm for five years Mr. Pfeiffer returned to Pittsburgh, where he opened a flour and feed-store which he continued successfully from 1853 till 1862. He then moved to Verona, where he bought property, and built a house in 1857. Politic ally he is a democrat. The family are members of the Verona Catholic 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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