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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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ANDREW McFERIN, farmer, post office Bennett, was born Aug. 26, 1826, in Shaler township, the son of John McFerin. Grandfather McFerin, who was a gardener, came from Ireland with his family, consisting of his wife and five children — William, James, John and two daughters — and located in Allegheny City, being among the early settlers of that place. John McFerin was a boss carpenter and an able workman. He married Susan, daughter of Andrew Wible, and she died, aged eighty-two years, the mother of two children: Mrs. Nancy J. Hatch, and Andrew, the subject of these lines, who was educated here. He is a farmer, and is in possession of fifty acres of land. He married Sarah B. Reynolds, and their children are Jane, Susan, Anna Wilson, James and David R. Mr. and Mrs. McFerin are members of the Presbyterian Church at Millvale, of which he is an elder.
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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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