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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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M. ROBBINS SMITH, superintendent of Robbins & Co.’s mines, McKeesport, a son of Samuel I. and Mary Jane (Robbins) Smith, was born in Cumberland county, Pa., in 1849, and came to this county Oct. 13, 1872, locating in Lincoln township. Samuel I. died in Cumberland county, and his widow removed to Lincoln township in 1880, where she died Dec. 8, 1887. Their children were William Lloyd, of Streator, Ill., Annie M. (Mrs. Nimmo) and M. R. The last named has been superintendent of mines in Lincoln township, now owned by W. N. Robbins & Co., of McKeesport, since 1880. These mines were established in 1846 by Pollock & Dunseth, who were succeeded by Pollock & Lee, and they by Stone & Phillips, following whom Mr. Stone became sole owner. In 1870 they were purchased by Robbins & Jenkins, and in 1880 the firm changed to W. N. Robbins & Co., present owners. The mines afford employment to 150 men, have a daily capacity of 10,000 bushels of coal, are among the oldest on the river, and contain the last coal between Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers west of Murrysville anticlinal.

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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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