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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 McMILLEN, contractor, Sewickley, was born March 15, 1836, in Moon township, Allegheny county, Pa. His paternal grandfather, who was of Scotch descent, came from Ireland, and settled permanently in Hopewell township, this county, where he carried on farming. He was married to Martha J. Jeffrey, a daughter of an old pioneer in Jeffreystown, this county, and she still survives her husband, at the age of seventy-eight. Of their six children, Charles was born in Beaver county, Pa., came to Allegheny county, where he followed his trade, that of cooper; he died in Middletown, Moon township, a member of the Presbyterian Church. John was educated at Sharon, Pa., and in 1853, at the age of seventeen, he came to Sewickley, where he learned the carpenter’s trade with the Miller brothers. After one year of journeyman-work, Mr. Miller began contracting, and has resided in Sewickley up to the present time. He has one brother, John W., and two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Watson and Mrs. Anna Cole, still living. Mr. Miller has been councilman and assessor several times.
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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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