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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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MRS. MATILDA ALLISON, post office Wildwood, is a daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Wright) Kennedy, of Maryland, and the widow of George Allison, son of George, Sr., and Susanna (McRoberts) Allison, also natives of Maryland, who came to this county about 1810, settling on two hundred acres of land where Dehaven station now stands. George, Sr., who was a soldier in the war of 1812, died in 1839, his widow in 1854. George Allison, Jr., was born in Maryland in 1810, and same year was brought to this county by his parents. He was a farmer, and during life held many township offices, and in his honor the name of Allisonville was first given to Dehaven station. He died in 1881, leaving his widow and four children: William H. H. (a farmer of Richland township, who married Mary, daughter of William Hare), Susanna, (wife of Marion Collins, of Wildwood station, who has two children, Carrie E. and Fletcher Y.), Charles W. and John (at home). In 1887 Mrs. Allison rented her farm, and commenced general merchandising at Wildwood. Since that time the farm has been laid out in lots, and many houses are being erected; the place is called Allison Park. She and family are members of Allison Chapel, located on a part of her farm, and which she was instrumental in building. Her husband was a member of Herr’s Chapel, U. B., being steward and class-leader.

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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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