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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 FLEMING, deceased, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 22, 1819. He received his education in Pittsburgh, and engaged in the wholesale and retail drug business with the firm of Holms & Kidd, who were also proprietors of Dr. McLane’s celebrated vermifuge and liver pills. At the death of Mr. Kidd, John Fleming sold the drug business and devoted his entire attention to the patent medicine, which is still carried on by Cochran Fleming, a brother, under the firm of Fleming Brothers, 24 Wood street, Pittsburgh. John Fleming exhibited tact and enterprise, and has been eminently successful in business. Mr. Fleming came to Sewickley in 1853, making it his home, and became identified with the growth of the place. Politically he was a whig and a republican. He died November 2, 1870.
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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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