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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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JAMES M. DUMM, engineer National Tube-works company, McKeesport, was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, June 5, 1843, a son of E. W. and Mary (McLain) Dumm. He was reared and educated in West Newton and Pittsburgh, and at the age of sixteen entered the employ of the P. & C. R. R. Co. serving in the machinery department for five years, and in the transportation department about twelve years, nine years as passenger conductor. Leaving the P. & C. R. R. Co. in 1875, he went to California, where he remained about two years, and on returning home entered the service of the National Tube-works company, of the transportation department of which he has been engineer for past nine years. He is a member of the K. of L. and I. O. O. F. He has served two terms as assessor of this city, and in politics 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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