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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 HERR, retired, post office Bennett, was born June 4, 1805, in Pittsburgh, Pa., son of Benjamin Herr, a native of Lancaster county, Pa., where his grandfather, who was a native of Switzerland, had previously settled. Benjamin Herr came to Pittsburgh, and built the third brick house in the city. About 1808 he removed to his farm, on the north side of Allegheny river, which he had purchased in 1797 from George Wallace and Ann Wilson. He was a fruit and hop-grower, and lived on his farm until his death, which occurred April 9, 1846, when he was eighty-five years of age. He was also the owner of Herr’s island. Henry Herr was reared on the farm, and is a blacksmith by trade. For a number of years he was employed as finisher with the firm of Knapp, Wade & Totter, who manufactured cannon, etc. Eventually he moved to Millvale, where he now resides. Here he was married to Mary P., daughter of Daniel Mathias; she died on her birthday, March 30, 1884, aged eighty-five years. They were the parents of two children, one of whom, Samuel, enlisted in Co. A, 62d regiment, and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Politically Mr. Herr is 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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