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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 R. FIFE, physician, post office West Elizabeth, is a son of Andrew and Sarah (Robinson) Fife; was born in Elizabeth township, in 1833. John Fife and his brother at a very early date settled in Upper St. Clair township, where they purchased a tract of land from the Indians. Upon this place the grandfather of S. R. Fife was born, and there also the birth of his father, Andrew occurred, in 1790. Andrew died in 1879, and his wife, who was born in 1795, died in 1881. They had a family of eleven children: John (deceased), Margaret, Thomas (deceased), Martha (deceased), Mary (deceased), Andrew, Elizabeth (deceased), Clara, Matthew (deceased), Noah H. G. and Samuel R.
Samuel R. received his early education in the schools of Allegheny and Washington counties, and his medical education at the Cleveland (Ohio) Medical School, from which he graduated in 1862. He began the practice of his profession in West Elizabeth, in 1863, and during that year married Amanda, daughter of William Linn, of West Newton, Westmoreland county, Pa. They have six children, all of whom reside with their parents: Mabel, who ably assists her father in the discharge of his duties as postmaster; George L., Lizzie, Grace, Ollie and Earl.
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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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