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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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ROBERT PATTERSON, son of the above graduated at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in September, 1840; read law for three years in the office of Hon. Thomas H. Baird; was admitted to the bar of Allegheny county in October, 1843; practiced with Judge Baird until 1845; was engaged in teaching in different academies until August, 1850, when he was elected to the professorship of mathematics in Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, from which he was chosen to the same chair in Oakland College, Mississippi, in November, 1854; from this to the same chair in Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1858, which last position he left in 1864 to become associated with Rev. Dr. James Allison in conducting the Presbyterian Banner. He was married, August 27, 1851, to Eliza, daughter of Hon. T. H. Baird. They have one son, Thomas, a member of the Pittsburgh bar, and two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth.
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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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