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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 McKINNEY. About the year 1822 this pioneer emigrated to America from County Derry, Ireland, and for a time resided in Pittsburgh, Pa., whence he removed to Braddock, and purchased 200 acres and its allowances, originally the Frazier property, bounded by the Monongahela river and Turtle creek, a spot rendered historic as having been the retreat of Gens. Washington and Braddock after the defeat of the latter. Mr. McKinney was married in Ireland, and became the father of five children: John, Robert, Sarah, Mary and Nancy. The father, who was by occupation a farmer at time of his death, owned a large tract of land, which was then divided between his two sons, Robert and John. Robert McKinney was born in 1812; was a farmer by occupation; was married to Mary Dick, who died leaving him one child, W. J. McKinney; was afterward married to Catherine Lannon, who bore him nine children, five of whom are living: Samuel, Harvey, Catherine, Sarah and Eleanor A. He departed this life July 14, 1887, aged seventy-four.
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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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