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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 GEORGE was born in Ireland in 1801, and came to America in 1819, his brother, Alexander, having preceded him to this country one year. They both remained in Baltimore until in or about 1822, when they came to Pittsburgh, and engaged in the wholesale grocery business, in which Samuel continued until 1868, when he retired to private life; he died Jan. 4, 1888, aged eighty-six years. Samuel George married, April 15, 1831, Ann, daughter of John and Mary Love, and to them were born seven children: John L. (in business in Pittsburgh), Mary (twice married, first to A. J. Angell, of Leavenworth, Kan., and next to A. A. Fenn), Archibald (deceased), Robert A. (deceased), Joseph, Anna and Samuel, Jr. (deceased). Samuel George, Jr., was president of the Farmers’ Deposit National Bank of Pittsburgh, and is said to have been the youngest bank president ever in this country; his father was a director in the same bank. Samuel, Sr., was also a very active and prominent member of the U. P. Church, a successful business man, and a most highly esteemed citizen of Allegheny. John Love, father of Mrs. George, came to Washington county, Pa., in 1786, where he purchased a farm that has remained in the family ever since, and Mrs. George is now the only surviving heir to the old homestead.
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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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