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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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HENRY DONALDSON, farmer, post office Library, was born in March, 1826, on the farm where he now resides, a son of William and Elizabeth (Morrison) Donaldson, born in Maryland in 1790, and Washington county, Pa., Jan. 18, 1795, respectively. His father moved on the place in 1819, having purchased it three or four years previously, and died thereon in 1863. Henry’s mother still lives with him, and has reached the age of ninety-four years. Henry attended the common school at home and Bethel Academy, where he read Greek and Latin, etc. He lived at home until the death of his father, when he bought out the heirs, and continues to reside on the homestead. His paternal grandparents were David and Mary Lyons, former of whom was born in Ireland in 1760, and who came to Maryland in 1771, and to Washington county, Pa., in 1792, and participated in the whisky insurrection. Mr. Donaldson’s maternal grandparents were Henry and Patience (Sears) Morrison.
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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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