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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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HUGH DAVIDSON, retired, post office Sardis, was born on his present farm Jan. 27, 1820, a son of Elias and Martha Davidson. His parents were born in Franklin county, Pa., and died in 1840, aged fifty-eight and forty-eight years, respectively. Mr. Davidson’s grandfather, Hugh Davidson, was judge of Franklin county, and held many offices in Plum township after coming to Plum. He died in 1821, aged sixty-six years, his wife, Katharine, having preceded him. Elias Davidson bought the old farm in Plum township about 1813, and then his father came to live with him from Franklin county. The subject of this memoir received his schooling here, worked on the farm, and at his father’s death he and his brother carried it on for some time. He now has 125 acres of the old homestead. He has been assessor; is a member of the M. E. Church.
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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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