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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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GEORGE ROSS DOUGHERTY, miller, post office Drennen, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., March 25, 1848, a son of Andrew and Sarah (Albert) Dougherty, natives of this county, the former a farmer in Westmoreland county. George Ross Dougherty received a common-school education, and worked with his father until about 1870. He was in the rolling-mills two years at Blair, Ohio, and for eighteen years has operated his father’s gristmill in Plum township. He married, Feb. 17, 1876, Mary Wall Smith, a native of Westmoreland county, and two sons and four daughters have been born to them. Mrs. Dougherty is a member of the Lutheran Church; Mr. Dougherty is a member of the I. O. O. F., and 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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