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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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SAMUEL G. BROWN, farmer, post office Talley Cavey, is a son of George and Mary (Eliott) Brown, of Middlesex, Butler county, Pa., where our subject was born Jan. 13, 1813, and was educated at the public schools. In April, 1849, he moved to his present farm in Hampton township, where he has since lived. He married, in 1841, Mrs. Mary Colwell, widow of Thomas Colwell, of this county. She died in 1866, leaving one son, John G., who enlisted in Co. G, 102d P. V., and lost an arm at the battle of Fair Oaks, returned home, and for a number of years acted as clerk of the court in Pittsburgh. He died May 2, 1874. Our subject married for his second wife, in 1869, Margaret, daughter of John Porter, of this county. She died in 1872, leaving one daughter, Margaret, who lives at home. Mr. Brown has held the offices of justice of the peace, auditor and assessor of the township, and is a member of the U. P. Church of Talley Cavey.

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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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