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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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DANIEL L. McGREEVEY, farmer, post office Chartiers, son of Daniel and Ellen McGreevey, was born in Philadelphia in 1832. His father came from Ireland to America in 1831, and located in Philadelphia, where he remained until 1839, when he moved with his family to Squirrel Hill, East End, Allegheny county, and followed farming and gardening. In 1850 he bought the place where his son, Daniel L., now resides. His wife died in 1865, at the age of sixty-seven years, and some years after her death he sold the property to his son, Daniel L., and moved to Robinson township. He died in 1881 at the age of seventy-five years. Of his eight children only two are living: Daniel L., on the old homestead, and Hugh H., in Pittsburgh. Daniel L. has always followed farming and gardening. He was married, in 1859, to Ann Matthews, of this county, and they have one child, Ellen C., now wife of William Debold, of Pittsburgh.
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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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