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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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ABIJAH HAYS, JR., retired, post office Carrick, was born Aug. 6, 1818, in Franklin county, Pa., a grandson of James Hays and a son of Abijah Hays, Sr., a stonemason and bricklayer by trade. The last named married Margaret Updegraff, a fine specimen of the woman of that period, and to them were born eleven children: Rebecca, Jacob, William B., Mary, Abijah, Maria, Eliza, Catherine, James, Ann and George. The family settled in this county in 1820, in Plum Creek township, but finally went to Westmoreland county, where the parents died. Abijah Hays, Jr., whose name heads this sketch, returned to this county, where he married Elizabeth Fagg, who bore him two children, both sons, Cyrus and Charles. His second wife, nee Jane A. Sands, was the mother of three children: James, Mary and Edward. His present wife, nee Juliette A. Steck, is the mother of following-named children: Grant W., Lizzie, Walter L. and Howard S. Mr. Hays has led an active life. He was a carpenter and builder, and had a planing-mill on the South Side for over twenty years. He is a republican, and cast his first vote for W. H. Harrison.
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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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