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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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ELISHA P. DOUGLASS, attorney at law, McKeesport, was born in Elizabeth township, this county, February 22, 1849, a son of Thomas and Lydia C. (Peairs) Douglass. His paternal grandfather, James Douglass, was a native of this county, and his parents were among the pioneers of Elizabeth township. He had five brothers: Thomas, Samuel, Andrew, John and William. His wife was Mary E. Drenen, by whom he had seven children: Robert, John, Thomas, Mary E. (Mrs. William Caldwell), David, William and James. He was a carpenter, and Thomas, his third son, by occupation a farmer, is now a resident of Elizabeth township. He (Thomas) married Lydia C, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Wycoff) Peairs, early settlers of Elizabeth township, and by her had five children: Elisha P., Mary E., Sarah J. (Mrs. J. B. Billick), James D. (deceased) and David P.
Elisha P. Douglass was reared in Elizabeth township, and educated at the University of Wooster; Ohio. He began the study of law in November, 1878, with Maj. R. E. Stewart, of Pittsburgh; was admitted to the Allegheny county bar February 20, 1880, and in November of the same year located in McKeesport, where he has since resided, with offices both in that borough and Pittsburgh. Mr. Douglass married, August 24, 1880, Elvira P., daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (McClellan) Weddell, of Elizabeth township, and has two sons, Howard Weddell and Earle Le Roy. Mr. Douglass is a member of the United Presbyterian Church; has just served a term as councilman of his ward in McKeesport, of which body he was elected chairman in 1888. He is a member of the board of directors of the People’s bank of McKeesport; is solicitor for that institution, and also assistant solicitor for the McKeesport & Belle Vernon Railroad company. In politics he is a democrat.
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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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