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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 McCORMICK, retired farmer, post-office Ewing’s Mills, was born in Moon township, Feb. 13, 1813, on the old homestead farm, a part of which he resides on. He is a son of Hugh and Margaret (Nichle) McCormick. The former was born in Maryland, and when a boy came with his parents to what is now Moon township, Allegheny county. He was a son of Benjamin and Ann (Brown) McCormick, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, who were among the first settlers of Moon township. Hugh McCormick died on the homestead in 1852, aged eighty-six years. He and his wife had four sons and one daughter: Benjamin (deceased), John (deceased), Mary (widow of Joseph Scott), James and Hugh. James married, March 24, 1842, Mary, daughter of John and Rachel (Shaffer) Stonecipher. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick had ten children: A. Margaret, wife of Henry Knopf; Rachel A., wife of Nathaniel Mulholland; Mary E., wife of William McClinton; Eliza J., wife of John Wilson; John married Anna Knopf; Joseph Scott manages the farm for his father; Emma M., at home; Kate L. M., wife of Joseph A. McCurdy; James I., deceased at twenty-two, and Elmer A., at home. Mrs. McCormick died July 29, 1886, aged sixty-four years. She and her husband early united with the U. P. Church. Our subject is one of the oldest residents in the township. He has always voted the whig and republican tickets.
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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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