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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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DR. ANDREW SMITH, post office Putnam, was born in Allegheny county, in 1838. His father, Robert Smith, a farmer, came from Ireland to America in 1833. He married Catherine McFarland, and Dr. Andrew is now the only remaining member of his family. Robert Smith died in 1875, aged eighty-two years; his widow died in 1881, aged seventy-six years. The subject of these lines was educated at the public schools in this county, and at the Curry Institute of Pittsburgh. In 1866 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. H. Dick, of Indiana county, Pa., received his medical education at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and began practice at Walker’s Mill in 1870, where he remained four years. In 1874 he came to Chartiers borough, where he has since remained engaged in successful practice. Dr. Smith was married, in 1882, to Lizzie M. Hoffman, daughter of Daniel Hoffman, of Washington county, Pa., and they have had one child, Clyde, now deceased. Dr. Smith is a democrat.
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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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