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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 ROBINSON, farmer, post office Imperial, was born in Robinson township, this county, in 1828. His father. George Robinson, a farmer, married Susan Brown, a native of New York, who became the mother of three sons and three daughters. James Robinson was educated in his native township, where he remained until 1875; then came to North Fayette township and purchased his present farm of 147 acres. He married, in 1870, Sarah Anna, daughter of John McMichael, of this county, and four children, Sarah Anna, James Clare, Sylvia Edna and Zulu Madge, have blessed their union. Mr. Robinson and family are members of the Presbyterian Church; he is a democrat.
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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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