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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 WEST, retired, East Liberty, is a native of Killalee, County Down, Ireland, and came to Allegheny county when seventeen years old. His parents, Thomas and Jane (Dunn) West, lived on a farm, and gave the son a good common-school education. Three brothers besides himself are residents of this county, and all are prosperous. Another brother is a resident of Liverpool, England. The subject of this memoir was employed for a time at farm labor, and kept store two years in Allegheny City. He then bought a farm near Latrobe, and tilled it for eighteen years with marked success. In April, 1876, he took up his residence at Brushton, where by building and purchasing he has become the owner of twelve houses and other property. In 1853 Mr. West married Mary Jane Fleming, who died in 1860, leaving a daughter, Mary Jane, now wife of Albert Herron, a dairyman near Bucyrus, Ohio. In 1863 Mr. West married Susan, nee Forbes, who is also the mother of one daughter, Maggie, wife of Oscar Mowery, a ticket-examiner, Union station, Pittsburgh, and a resident of Brushton. Mr. and Mrs. West attend the M. E. Church at Homewood; he is 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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