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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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ALEXANDER McKIM, manufacturer, P. O. Sharpsburg, is a native of Scotland, born in 1845. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Cahoon) McKim, had a family of six sons and one daughter, of whom Alexander is the third child. At nine years of age he was left an orphan by the death of his father, and in 1862 came with his mother and brother to America. He commenced to work in iron at an early age, learning the trade of hammer man, which he followed for twenty-six years. In 1885 he came to Sharpsburg and commenced his present business, being engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel forgings. He married, in 1871, Jennie McKinney, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and six children have blessed their union: Robert, Matthew, Samuel J., James Henry, Mary Jane and Elizabeth L. Mr. McKim has been a successful operator in the iron business. He is a member of the U. P. Church at Braddock, in which he is an elder; politically he 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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