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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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S. HARPER SMITH, physician and surgeon, Reynoldton, P. O. Hero, a son of John M. and Mary (Moore) Smith, was born in 1855, in Cannonsburg, Washington county, Pa., where he lived until he was nine years of age. From that time until past the age of seventeen his home was on the farm. By his own efforts he acquired a scientific education, read medicine with Dr. J. W. Alexander, of Cannonsburg, and graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., in 1881. He first began the practice of his profession at Greenoak, Pa., April 18, 1881, and June 2d of same year married Mary N., daughter of John W. Westbay, of Elizabeth, Pa., and continued to practice at Greenoak until 1887. He then removed to Reynoldton, this county, where he established the first drugstore. He was the first resident physician of the borough, and with his nephew, A. Clark Smith, he established the first printing-office there.
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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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