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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 HERSHEY, farmer, post office Negley, the largest real-estate holder in Penn township, was born in 1816. His father, Christian Hershey, was born in York county, Pa., of German blood, and married Nancy N. Stoner, of Fulton (then Bedford) county. They came to Penn township between 1810 and 1816, and settled where John Hershey resides. Christian was a whig, and was elected supervisor and tax-collector. His father bore the same name, and probably came from Germany. John is the fourth of six children born to Christian and Nancy Hershey, former of whom died in 1859, and latter in 1865, each aged about seventy-five years. Their children are Mary (Stotler), Ann (Adair), deceased; Betsey (Newcomer), John, Christian and Susan (Soles). John Hershey inherited the homestead, to which he has added by industry and shrewd management. He now owns five hundred acres in the township, besides a farm in Wilkins and property in, the East End, and gives his whole attention to stock-raising; also owns a half interest in a first-class roller flouring-mill in Saltsburg, Pa. In 1866 he married Elizabeth Conliffe born in Soho. a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Conliffe, of this county, of English descent. Mr. Hershey’s children are Kate, Elizabeth Jane, Mary, Daisy and Harry Walter.
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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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