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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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THOMAS M. FIFE, physician, post office Bennett, was born March 24, 1849, in Upper St. Clair township, son of Thomas and Jane (McGoun) Fife, latter of whom is of Scotch birth. The progenitors of the Fife family in America were William and John, natives of Ireland, who in an early day came to this country. The paternal grandfather, James Fife, was a native of Ireland, coming to America when he was three years old. They were all farmers by occupation, and Presbyterians. James farmed and married here, and reared a family of eleven children. Of these, Thomas, aged now eighty-four years, is the only one living; his wife is also living, and they are the parents of three children: James, Robert and Thomas M. The subject of this sketch was educated at Bethel Academy, and subsequently attended Washington and Jefferson College; after the division in the college, in 1868, he read medicine with Dr. D. Donaldson, and in the spring of 1871 graduated from the Cleveland College, located in Noblestown, Pa. After five years he came to Millvale, where he has a fine practice. The doctor was married Sept. 4, 1873, to Isabella G. Elliott, and they are the parents of four children: Morgan E., Jessie I., Thomas M. and Walter G. Dr. Fife is a democrat, and is a member of the A. O. U. W.
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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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