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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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THOMAS J. GIST, clerk, McKeesport, was born in Allegheny City, April 12, 1841, son of Thomas and Barbara (Richards) Gist, the former a native of Baltimore, the latter of Allegheny county. Our subject was reared and educated in the city of Allegheny, and Feb. 22, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 112th P. V., participating in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna river, South Edisto and Petersburg July 17th to 30th, where he received a gunshot wound in the head and right leg, and had his side crushed in by a shell and his spine injured, which reduced his stature four inches. On account of these wounds he was honorably discharged Jan. 20, 1865. He served five years in the internal revenue service in the Twenty-second Pennsylvania revenue district, and has been a resident of McKeesport eleven years. Mr. Gist is a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.; in politics he has always been a stanch high-tariff 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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