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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 GREENAWALT, tanner, Allegheny, is a son of Abraham and Rebecca Greenawalt, and was born in Hamburg, Mercer county, Pa., Oct. 22, 1844, one of a family of sixteen children, nine of whom are yet living. The mother died in 1865, at the age of sixty-two years, and the father in 1868. In 1875 he formed a partnership with David Beitler, and embarked in the tanning business in Reserve township, where the firm still carry on that business in connection with the buying and selling of wool. Mr. Greenawalt was married in December, 1871, to Annie, daughter of Christian and Catherine Beitler, and by her had following-named children: Otto, Estella, and Edward and Arminia (both deceased). Mr. Greenawalt’s family are members of the G. L. Church.
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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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