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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 TIDBALL, farmer, post office Remington, a well-to-do citizen of Robinson township, was born in 1838. His grandfather, Thomas Tidball, a native of Maryland and a blacksmith by trade, came to Snowden township and purchased three hundred acres of land about 1776. (Bethel Presbyterian church and cemetery grounds are located on this property.) Of his five sons, William, the youngest, was born in 1796, and married Elizabeth Nicholson, of Washington county, who bore him fourteen children. William purchased one hundred acres of land, in 1835, from Samuel Scott, Sr., and resided on that place until he died, in 1884. Andrew, the ninth child, was born and reared on this place, and inherited the property after his father’s death. He has always been a farmer. He married, in 1861, Anna Eliza, daughter of James and Amelia (McMichael) Neely, and seven children were born to them, four living: James E., Carrie Emma, William F. and Maud Estella. Mr. Tidball and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are highly respected; he is a republican.
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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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