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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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WILLIAM CARSON, farmer, post office Harmarville, was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1820, a son of James and Catharine (Allingham) Carson. James was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, emigrated to Washington county in 1819, and later moved to Pittsburgh, where he kept a store for two years. In 1830 he moved to the farm Mr. Carson now owns, and here he died in 1869, eighty-three years; his widow died in March, 1887, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years; they were members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Carson received his schooling in Harmar township, and after his father’s death took charge of the farm. He married, in 1860, Maria B. Peeples, of South Side, Pittsburgh, daughter of William and Henrietta (Boggs) Peeples. Mrs. Carson died in 1864, the mother of one child — James A. Mr. Carson’s second marriage took place in 1870, with Jennie Smith, a native of Ireland, and reared in Allegheny City, Pa., daughter of ‘Squire David and Jean Smith, of that place. One child, William S., has been born to this second union. Mrs. Carson is a member of the R. P. Church. Mr. Carson owns two hundred acres of land and fine buildings. He is a republican.
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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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