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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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DANIEL A. FARLEY, foreman welding department National Tube-works. McKeesport, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1851, a son of John and Sarah (Stuart) Farley. He was reared and educated in Boston, Mass., where he was engaged in pipemaking for several years, beginning at the age of fourteen. In 1870 he entered the employ of the National Tube-works company in Boston, Mass., as roll-hand and furnaceman, at which he continued in that city up to 1873. He then came to McKeesport, in the interest of the same firm, and followed the above occupation until 1878, from which time until 1887 he was assistant foreman in the welding department of their works. In May, 1887, he was appointed foreman of that department, which position he has since satisfactorily filled. He married, March 1, 1870, Sarah, daughter of John and Bridget (McDevitt) Friel, of Boston, Mass., and has six children living: Sarah, John, Nicholas, William, Rose and Daniel. Mr. Farley and family are members of the Catholic Church; politically he 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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