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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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CAPT. JOHN J. HARRISON, engineer, post office Elizabeth, is a son of James and Jane Harrison, natives of England, and was born in Yorkshire, England, July 3, 1836. He came to America in 1840, with his parents, and settled in Brownsville, Fayette county, Pa., where his father died in 1863. The mother then moved to Elizabeth borough with her son, and died in 1885. Capt. Harrison is a machinist by trade, but when quite young commenced to work on the river, and has held an engineer’s license for over twenty-five years, being engaged on the Enterprise, Dick Fulton, Belle McGowan, etc., and at present is engineer of the Joseph A. Stone. He was in the government service during the late war, on the boat Westmoreland, which plied between Cincinnati and New Orleans. He was married, in 1855, to Henrietta Wilkinson, of Fayette county, who died in 1867, leaving no children. He was next married, in 1870, to Mary Creider, of this county. They have three children: James, Bertha and Grace. Capt. Harrison has held the office of councilman; his family are members of the Presbyterian 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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