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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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WILLIAM D. O’NEIL, coal-dealer, Elizabeth, is a son of J. N. and Harriet R. (Stevenson) O’Neil, of Elizabeth, and was born in 1864 in that borough. He was educated at the public schools, the Western University and a mercantile college in Pittsburgh. He has been in the office of O’Neil & Co., at Pittsburgh, for the past six years. He was married, in 1886, to Miss Martha, daughter of Thomas Fergus, of the borough of Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. O’Neil are members of the M. E. Church of Elizabeth.

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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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