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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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CAPT. EDWARD WEST, Homestead, was born May 1, 1839, on the old homestead in Mifflin township, the son of Joseph West. He was reared and educated in this county, where he farmed in early life, and at the age of sixteen floated coalboats during the winter for several years. Subsequently he was two years in the wholesale business in Pittsburgh, with the firm of Hill, West & Co., then sold out and bought stock in a steam boat, of which he became the captain. His first boat was the Boston, and he subsequently was captain of the Kangaroo and Willie Austen. In 1885 he sold his interest in the boats, and the following year made a trip west; thence to St. Andrew’s Bay, Fla., where he merchandised, and he now resides in Homestead. Capt. West married here Maria A., daughter of Henry and Hannah (Clark) Noble. The great-grandfather of Mrs. West was Charley Clark, an English officer, who settled at Scotch Bottom, now Hazelwood, with Charles Duke, also a great grandfather of Mrs. West. Capt. and Mrs. West reared a family of six children, viz.: Mrs. Sadie Race, Mrs. Flora Ackard, Joseph A., Hattie B., Edwin L. and Lillian. Capt. West is a member of the A. F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F., and 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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