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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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E. W. DEAN, M. D., Braddock, is a native of Ohio, born in 1849, eldest son of Henry and Ellen (Armour) Dean, who were the parents of ten children, five of whom are deceased. Henry Dean was a well-known merchant, doing an extensive business in St. Louis and Pittsburgh. Our subject was educated until fifteen years of age by Miss Sarah Wallace, as private, tutor, in St. Louis, graduated at Wilkinsburg (Pa.) Academy and studied at Greenville College, Pennsylvania. In 1869 he commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. David Cowley, and in 1873 entered the Hahnemann Medical College, where he graduated in 1875. The doctor has practiced his profession continuously in Braddock since 1876, and has secured the confidence of the general public. In 1876 he married Helen D., daughter of James Anderson, of Pittsburgh, and they have had six children, five of whom are living: Cecil, Howard, Charles, Nettie and Harvey. Clifford (third child) died, aged four and one-half years. Dr. Dean is a Freemason, a member of the I. O. O. F.; in politics 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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