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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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ALEXANDER M. HARBAUGH, carpenter, post office McKee’s Rocks, son of Jacob and Hannah Harbaugh, was born in Stowe township, this county, in 1843. Jacob came from east of the mountains, settled in this county about 1832, and was married in 1834 to a widow whose maiden name was Hannah Kimberlin, and who died July 17, 1888, aged ninety years. By this marriage there were six children: Elizabeth (wife of Adam Shaner), Joseph L., James (deceased), Alexander M., Ellen H. (deceased) and George. Jacob Harbaugh for many years followed teaming over the Alleghany mountains, and died in 1858 at the age of fifty-six years; his widow is still living. Alexander M. married, in March, 1863, Mary E., daughter of Francis Harbaugh, of Washington county, Pa. Mr. Harbaugh enlisted, in 1862, in the state service, and was with the troops that captured Gen. Morgan in Ohio. In 1864 he enlisted in the United States service for one year in Co. B, 101st P. V. I., and was mustered out under general order mustering out troops, in 1865. He is a carpenter by trade, and has by industry and economy secured a good home in Stowe township.
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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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