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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 HARDY (deceased) was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1828. His father, George Hardy, married Rose Mains, who bore him eight children. George was a merchant in Ireland, and died in 1838, aged forty-five years; his widow died at the age of seventy-three years. The subject of this memoir was educated at the academy in his native town, and from early life was engaged in mercantile business, in which he was successful. He married, in 1852, Sarah Woodhouse, also a native of Ireland; and six children (one deceased) were born to them: Mary, Elizabeth, Jessie Rose, Annie W., George and Robert J. Mr. Hardy came to America in 1883, and purchased property in Mansfield. His two sons are engaged in business, R. J. Hardy being a druggist in Mansfield and part owner of the Shamrock Fertilizer-works near Mansfield. George Hardy is also in the drug business at Crafton, a few miles from Mansfield. All the family are members of the Episcopal 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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