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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 N. DERSAM, proprietor of hat and gents’ furnishing-store, McKeesport, was born in Coal Valley, this county, Nov. 17, 1864, a son of William and Elizabeth (Egly) Dersam. His father, a native of Hesseparmstadt, Germany, settled in McKeesport in 1853, and was superintendent of Robert Blackburn’s coalworks, in Coal Valley, sixteen years; he is now a resident of Pittsburgh. His children were William H., John N., Kate, George and Adam, all living but William H., who died June 16, 1881. John Egly, maternal grandfather of John N., and a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, settled in 1853 in Dravosburg, this county, where he was a coal miner, and resided sixteen years. John N. was reared in McKeesport, was educated in the public schools of the city, and Iron City Business College, of Pittsburgh, and March 19, 1887, embarked in his present business in McKeesport. He married, Jan. 5, 1887, Kate, daughter of Louis and Elizabeth (Bangert) Nagle, of McKeesport, and they have one son, born Nov. 23, 1888. Mr. Dersam is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., P. O. S. of A., Order of Solon, Heptasophs, Electric M. & S. Club, and German Leiderkranz, and is a republican. He attends the service of the G. L. 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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