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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, JR. (deceased), the eldest son of John McKinney, was born Nov. 23, 1842, and lived with his father on the homestead. March 4, 1867, he married Miss J. C., daughter of Thomas West, a native of his county, and seven children were born to them, three now living: Charles, William and Martha Elizabeth. Their father died May 8, 1884, and his widow and children now live on the old homestead.
John McKinney, the eldest son of William McKinney, was born Aug. 1, 1802, in the County Donegal, Ireland, and came to this country with his parents when he was eighteen years old. His father, with his family, after coming to this country, first settled in Pittsburgh for a short time. Then removing to Braddock (then called Braddock’s Field), with his wife and five children, two sons and three daughters, he purchased a farm, then called Frazier’s field. In June, 1837, John married a Miss Rebecca McGlinn, of Albany, N. Y., and by her had three sons and four daughters, of whom but three daughters are living: Mrs. William Curry, of Lawrence county; Mrs. L.C. Brinton, of Beaver county, Pa.; and Mrs. Dr. Matlack, of Braddock, Pa. John McKinney died at the old homestead, Sept. 25, 1887; his wife died Sept. 23, 1872.
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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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