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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 P. CARLSON, machinist and inventor, McKeesport, was born in Sweden, June 17, 1845, a son of Charles P. and Eva M. Carlson. He was reared in his native land, where he learned the machinist’s trade, came to America in 1867, and located in Boston, Mass., where he worked at his trade as a journeyman six years. In 1873 he came to McKeesport, where he has since been in the employ of the National Tube-works company. Mr. Carlson is a practical machinist, and of an inventive turn of mind. In 1884 he took out a patent for a driving-coupler for coupling rolls, and in 1886 a patent for a pump for pumping coal boats and barges. In 1888 he invented two machines for making wire nails and two for cutting nails off plates, the patents for which are now pending; they are self-feeders, and will make nails faster and better than any other machines. Mr. Carlson married, in 1865, Caroline Anderson, of Sweden, by whom he has three children: Eva, Gust and John. He is a member of the S. L. Church, K. of H., K. of P. and Mystic Chain; 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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