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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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SAMUEL AUSTEN, farmer, post office Gibsonia, is a son of Thomas P. and Lydia B. (Allison) Austen, former a native of England, latter of Richland township, this county, where she was reared, and where she died. Thomas P. came to America with his parents, Charles and Sarah, in 1821. They settled in McCandless township, near Pearce’s Mill. Charles Austen died at Bakerstown, Dec. 5, 1856. There Thomas P. lived until 1844, when he moved to Richland township, and here he remained until his death, in 1886; his wife died in 1878. Samuel was born on the Grubbs farm, near Bakerstown, in 1854. He received his education at Bakerstown Academy, and engaged in teaching for several years; then commenced farming, which he has since followed. He married, in 1877, Eliza, daughter of John and Jane Love, of West Deer township, and they have three children living: Hester S., Thomas P. and Clyde Sylvester. Mr. Austen has held the office of school director of the township for seven years. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church at Bakerstown, of which he is an elder.
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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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