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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 JEFFERSON STEVENSON, bookkeeper, Pittsburgh (see sketch of A. B. Stevenson) was born in Mifflin township, this county, in 1826. He attended the public schools in Pittsburgh, and when ten years old commenced work at grinding bark in a tanyard. In 1845 he began to learn carriage blacksmithing, but through lack of physical strength had to abandon the trade about a year after becoming a journeyman. In 1850 he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Salt-Manufacturing company, at Natrona, as bookkeeper, a position he filled sixteen years. Removing to Pittsburgh, he took a similar position with A. M. Byers & Co., iron manufacturers, which he still holds, having an interest in the profits. He is the principal shareholder in the glass business of Ripley & Co., and is also interested in a feed-cutter factory at Canton, Ohio. In 1854 Mr. Stevenson married Sarah Mary McKee, a native of Blairsville, Pa., of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and their children are Thomas F., a partner in the firm of Ripley & Co., of Pittsburgh; Mary Elizabeth (at home), Adaline (wife of W. F. Murdock, residing at Canton, Ohio), and William A. (at home). Mr. Stevenson 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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