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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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CHARLES A. BLACK (deceased) was born near Six-Mile Ferry, Allegheny county, in 1845, a son of Hamilton and Rebecca (Cox) Black. In 1853 the family moved to Patton township, and twenty years later to Turtle Creek village. Hamilton Black died in 1876, aged seventy, and his widow in 1881, in her fifty-eighth year. Charles A. secured a good education, and taught school for some time. He was very successful in teaching the violin, and spent considerable time in literary labors, being a frequent contributor to Demorest’s Magazine. He married Rose Ann, daughter of Degery and Nancy (Myers) Morcom, now residents in Westmoreland county. In 1877 Mr. Black opened a general store on Church street, Turtle Creek; in 1887 he was compelled by failing health to sell out his stock, and death closed a useful life on the 10th of January, 1888. He is survived by a widow and three children: Jennie Mabel, Charles Ashley and William Noble.
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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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