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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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JOHN F. HASLETT, dairyman, Tarentum, was born in what is now the city of Allegheny, Dec. 18, 1827, son of Samuel and Eleanor (Stark) Haslett. His grandfather Stark was one of the early settlers of the county. Samuel Haslett was born in Ireland, and when a lad of ten years of age came with his parents to America, locating in Lancaster county, Pa.; thence moved to what is now Allegheny; here he was married. In 1837 he removed to West Deer township, where he resided until his death, which occurred Feb. 5, 1889, aged one hundred and three years and eleven months; Eleanor, his wife, died several years since. Their children were Robert, Samuel (deceased), Jane, Martha, Mary, Annie and John F. In 1856 John F., our subject, married Miss R. A., daughter of Thomas Watt, of Trumbull county, Ohio; located in West Deer township, this county, and in 1868 removed to Harrison township, where he engaged in farming, and later at dairying. Their children are E. J., Nancy G., Emily M., S. B., Bertha C. The family are members of the R. P. 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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