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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 HODGES McNEILL, machinist, post-office Verona, was born in Philadelphia March 28, 1861, and is the son of Irish parents, Robert and Martha (Hunter) Hodges. His father died in 1865, and he was adopted and reared by an uncle, John McNeill. In 1873 they came to Allegheny City, and when seventeen years of age our subject began to learn his trade in that city. For the last six years he has been employed in the A. V. R. R. shops. He is a member of the Jr., O. U. A. M. and R. A., and an independent republican. April 29, 1885, Mr. McNeill married Miss Mattie K. Cable, daughter of Edward and Sophia Magdalene Cable, for fifty years residents of O’Hara township, and Edward Cable is a native of England and Sophia M. Cable is a native of America, born in Allegheny county. Lily May is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. McNeill.
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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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