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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 HUSTON, merchant, Tarentum, son of William and Betty Huston, was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1826, and immigrated to this country, locating in Allegheny City June 9, 1848. He learned the trade of chair-making in Pittsburgh, and with the exception of about five years his time was passed in those two cities until his removal, in 1874, to Tarentum. Mr. Huston married, Nov. 4, 1851, Mary Hawlks, of Pittsburgh, of which city she was a native, and their children were Lizzie H., Nancy J., William C. and Johnston F. (deceased), and Joseph W., Emma J., Johnston C. and John D. (living). Johnston C. married Clara Marshall, and resides in Ford City. Mrs. Huston died, and Mr. Huston next married, Nov. 4, 1869, Esther English, of Allegheny City, who bore him two children, William E. and Maggie E. In 1874Mr. Huston established a chair-factory in Tarentum, which he continued for six or seven years, his goods being sold in this portion of the state. Deciding to discontinue his factory in Tarentum, he is now solely dealing in household furniture.
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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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