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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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JAMES BROWN, brick-manufacturer, McKeesport, was born in Pittsburgh, April 9, 1843, a son of Robert and Mary (Ray) Brown. His father, who was a cooper by trade, was a native of Carlisle, Pa., and settled in Pittsburgh about 1835, but is now a resident of Allegheny. James was reared and educated in Pittsburgh, where he learned the trade of brick maker, in which he has since successfully continued, and has the oldest establishment in that line of business in the city. His wife was Mary J. Forsythe, a daughter of Alexander Forsythe, Esq., of Beaver county. Mr. Brown served three years and three months in the war of the rebellion, in Co. B, 46th P. V., and participated in the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Atlanta, Resaca, Lookout Mountain, besides other engagements.
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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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