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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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J. B. McGREW, M. D., West Elizabeth, is a son of John B. and Sarah M. (Lynn) McGrew, and was born in Jefferson township in 1856. He is a descendant of one of the old Quaker families of Westmoreland county. His father came to Jefferson township about1842, settling in West Elizabeth, and, having previously been engaged in the practice of medicine in Westmoreland county, he continued it here. He received his medical education in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he graduated. He entered the army during the civil war as captain, of Co. G, 11th P. V., and was twice wounded while in the service. He reared a family of five children: Rev. W. L. McGrew (of Pittsburgh M. E. Conference), David P. (a farmer of Jefferson township), Thomas B. (druggist of Gill Hall), J. F. (a physician of Baltimore, Md.) and J. B., our subject, who received his medical education in Baltimore and is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He began the practice of his profession in 1883, in which year he married May, daughter of Eugene and Sarah Brownfield, of Smithfield, Fayette county, Pa., and they have one child, Ibelia.
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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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