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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 H. GUY, farmer and director of the county poor-farm, was born on the homestead of his father and grandfather, in Findlay township, Sept. 11, 1823. His parents, Josiah and Margaret (Stewart) Guy, also natives of Findlay township, were married March 17, 1814. Mrs. Guy was a daughter of James and Margaret (McCune) Stewart, who were early settlers of Findlay township. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were John, James, Richard, Thomas, Joseph, Jane, Ellen, Mary, Margaret, Ann and Sarah. Josiah Guy was born July 31, 1786, a son of William and Martha (Peoples) Guy, natives of Cumberland county, Pa., where they were married, coming to Findlay township soon after; they were Presbyterians, as were also Josiah and Margaret (Stewart) Guy, former having been an elder in old Montour Church. The last-named couple had ten children: Matilda (deceased wife of Rev. John K. Cunningham), Margaret (wife of Dr. McCandless), Rebecca J. (deceased wife of John McCandless), Sarah (wife of Andrew Burns), William H., Eleanor (wife of Morris Duncan), James (deceased in infancy), Josiah (married to Tarza Wiley), Mary E. (widow of Joseph Duncan) and Jacob J. William H. Guy finished his education at Frankfort Springs Academy, and, Oct. 29, 1844, married Mary Jane Duncan, who was born at Uniontown, Payette county, Pa., Aug. 3, 1826, a daughter of Elisha and Mary (Hyatt) Duncan, natives, respectively, of Washington and Fayette counties, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Guy had nine children, six of whom are living: Anna M., wife of John S. Burns, of Findlay township; Mary A., widow of Samuel J. Ewing; William E., manager for Colby & Co., Pittsburgh, married to Pauline Dye; Samuel J., M. D., married to Janette Parry, and residing at Winfield, Kan.; Nettie, wife of Rev. John J. Srodes, Coraopolis, and Alexander D., a merchant at Coraopolis, married to Maggie L. Neely. Mr. and Mrs. Guy are members of the Presbyterian Church at Sharon, in which he served as deacon several years, and is now elder and trustee. In 1852 he went to California, mined and kept hotel and merchandised two years. He has held various offices of trust, as school director, justice of the peace, etc., and in November, 1883, was elected county director of the poor, being re-elected in 1887.
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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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