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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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Dr. S. R. KIDDOO, Bridgeville, is a native of this county, born in 1850. His father, Samuel Kiddoo, a farmer, was born and reared in this county, and married to Margaret, daughter of Rev. Samuel Ralston, of Washington county. Pa., and by her had seven children; he died in 1850, aged forty-five years. The subject of this memoir, the youngest of the family, received a public-school education, and was a student at Bethel Academy and at Friendship, N. Y. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Wilson, of Mount Washington, in 1873, and entered Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in 1874, graduating in 1876. He commenced the practice of his profession at Hill’s station, Washington county, and there remained until 1884, when he removed to Bridgeville, and has since practiced here. Dr. Kiddoo married, in 1874, Miss Champlain, of New York, and two children bless their union: Carrie B. and Maggie R. The doctor is a member of the R. A., and of the Presbyterian Church; he is a republican.
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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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