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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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OSMAN LYNN EATON, Verona, was born at Shoustown, Allegheny county, June 28, 1863, and is a brother of C. H. Eaton, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. His early education was received in the public schools at various points, and an academy at Irwin’s station. When seventeen years of age he went into the telegraph office of the A. V. R. R. in Pittsburgh, where he remained three years. For some time he had charge of Connellsville station, on the B. & O., and was train dispatcher for two years of that time, at Pittsburgh. Since 1876 he has been a resident of Verona, and is manager of the store established by Eaton Bros, in 1886. He is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., and is an enthusiastic 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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