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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 Kiskadden, retired, Etna, was born June 18, 1818, in Guernsey county, Ohio, a son of George and Sarah (Russel) Kiskadden, the former a native of the above-named county, the latter of Ireland. They came to Allegheny county when John was eight years of age. They were the parents of six children, and were members of the Presbyterian Church. The mother died in Pittsburgh, Jan. 29, 1869, in her seventy-seventh year; the father died in Shaler township, Jan. 18, 1852, in his sixty-third year. The subject of these lines was a farmer until his twenty-second year, when he became a stage-driver and mail-carrier on the Butler road for many years. Of late he has lived a retired life. He married Miss Susannah Miller, who died Oct. 17, 1876, leaving five children: William J. and Everett E. (who have conducted a drugstore since 1881), Wardail (deceased, was also in same store), Mary E. and Sarah. Politically he has always been 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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