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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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F. McK. WHITE, physician and surgeon, post office Hoboken, Pa., was born in Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pa., in 1858, a son of Judge White, of that county. He was educated in the common schools and academies of Allegheny county, and at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., and in 1881 commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Lashell, of Crawford county, graduating at the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, February 27, 1883, and taking a post-graduate course at the University of Pennsylvania in June, 1884. He commenced the practice of his profession in Allegheny City on May 19, 1885; was elected by the managers of the Allegheny County Workhouse physician and surgeon of that institution, which position he now holds. The doctor is numbered among the rising young men of his profession in the county. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and J. O. U. A. M. In religion he is a Methodist, in politics 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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