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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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HENRY HOHMANN, farmer, post office Emsworth, was born Sept. 11, 1827, in Helpersheim, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, son of John and Gertrude (Pepler) Hohmann. They had four children: Henry, Adam, John and Katie. Henry came to America in 1848, and settled in Allegheny county. He was a soldier in the German army, and during our late war he left his wife and five children to fight in the northern army. He married Anna E. Reel. They have nine children, viz.: J. Henry, John, Elizabeth, Ernest, George, Matilda, Katie G., Fred and Charley. Mr. Hohmann was on the river for eighteen years, and during the war served in Co. A, 5th P. H. A. He has a farm of seventy acres. Politically he is a republican, and was tax-collector one year and constable seven years.
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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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