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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 McCHESNEY, farmer, post office Verona, is a son of James and Mary (McClure) McChesney, and was born in Killalee, County Down, Ireland, April 15, 1824. His mother died in Ireland, and in 1851 he came to America, his father following him in 1853. He received an ordinary education in his native land, and has always followed farming. For three years after coming to this country he was employed as a laborer and mason in Pittsburgh, and was a short time in the Squirrel Hill mines. In 1859 he settled on his present home, and works considerable land beside his own. He enlisted in 1864 in Co. D, 6th P. H. A., and did garrison duty until the close of the civil war. He has served as supervisor, and votes the republican ticket. In 1846 he married Agnes Kirk, who was born in the same parish as himself, and their living children are James and Agnes; Mary, wife of Peter Nell, died in 1888, aged forty; four children died in infancy. The family are members of the U. 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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