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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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ROBERT HUNTER, machinist, Bellevue, was born in London, England, Sept. 12, 1835, a son of John Ferrier and Sarah (Davis) Hunter, former born in Scotland, April 26, 1807, and died at the age of seventy-two; latter born in Lancaster, England, in 1809, and died in 1840. John Hunter served an apprenticeship as machinist at Edinburgh, and in 1854 immigrated with his family to Pittsburgh. Robert attended school in London; he served part apprenticeship there and finished the machinist’s trade in Pittsburgh. He followed his trade for two years in St. Louis and in Mississippi. He enlisted in August, 1862, for nine months, in Co. G, 123d P. V. I., serving in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He was married April 26, 1866, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Ann Cook, of England, and to them have been born two children: Martha and Robert Ferrier, the latter a clerk for Joseph Woodwell & Co., Pittsburgh. The family are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. Mr. Hunter is a member of the Masonic fraternity; he was elected treasurer of West Bellevue borough by the republican party, serving nine years; also a member of the school board for the same length of time, and his refusal to fill the former office longer was regretted by his many friends of the borough.
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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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