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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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MRS. RACHEL (GALBRAITH) JONES, post office Jones Station, was born at Pittsburgh in 1826, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (McPherson) Galbraith, former of whom was a native of this country, latter of County Tyrone, Ireland, born in 1804. Their children were Mary (now Mrs. Joseph Caldwell, of West Virginia), James, Eliza (deceased), Hugh (who died when a child), Sarah Jane, Elizabeth (deceased) and Rachel. The last named married George Jones (now deceased), and they settled at Point Perry, where he was engaged in the coal trade; later he purchased works near Saltsburg, and finally bought works near Jones Station, in Jefferson township, this county. Their children are Fanny (now Mrs. W. V. Mickey), Thomas M., Mary (now Mrs. Robert Donaldson), Jennie (now Mrs. M. G. Conlin), Eva (now Mrs. Payne), Kate, Will, Addie, George, Alice, Edward P., Annie, George and John, all living except the last two. Jones Station and Jones post office were named in honor of this family, and their property occupies a delightful site on the river.
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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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