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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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JOHN CARLIN, supervisor, Thirty-sixth ward, Pittsburgh, a son of Patrick and Mary Carlin, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1826. His father was born in Ireland, in 1800; in 1818 came to America, and settled in Pittsburgh, where he resided until his decease, in 1840. His widow survived him forty-four years, and lived to the advanced age of seventy-eight. Patrick Carlin’s principal occupation through life was building roads, and he was quite an extensive contractor in that line for several years. He married Mary McCaffrey, by whom he had following-named children: John, James (deceased), Sarah A. (wife of John Daugherty), Isabella (married first to Charles McCullough, and afterward to John McGinnis), Catherine (deceased), Catherine, second (wife of Thomas Bozel), and Jane. John Carlin married, in 1854, Mary, daughter of Edward and Ann Blundon, and their children were James (deceased), John C., Mary, Sarah A. (a teacher), Margaret (wife of Frank Lutz), Ellodie (a teacher), Susan and Francis L. Mr. Carlin has been in the coal trade for many years, mining and selling coal. He has been school director, and is now supervisor in Chartiers township The family are members of the R. C. Church.
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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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