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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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P. S. POLLOCK, retired, post office Carrick, was born in February, 1825, in Pittsburgh Pa. His paternal grandfather, a native of New Jersey, settled on Beaver river, in Beaver county, Pa., and became a wealthy farmer. Here David Pollock, the father of P. S. was born; he was a gunsmith by trade, but later in life a miller for forty years in the John Brawdy mill, on Saw-Mill run. When his children had grown to maturity he sold the property; he died in New Castle, Pa , a leading member of the Concord Church, politically a whig. His wife, nee Elizabeth Barkley, bore him six children: Joseph, John, Peter S., Silas, Alvey and Mary. P. S Pollock learned the millwrights trade, and followed it for fifteen years. He married Mrs. Agnes Brawdy, nee Aber, a daughter of Jacob Aber, an old settler. Mr. and Mrs. Pollock are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is 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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