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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 S. WADDLE, blacksmith, post office Bakerstown, is a son of Thomas and Sarah J. (Swaney) Waddle. His grandfather, William Waddle, was a native of Ireland, and one of the early settlers of this county. Thomas Waddle was born in Allegheny county, and followed blacksmithing. Three of his children still live here — John C., Mary Jane, widow of James McElwain, of Allegheny county, and Sarah Jane, wife of Nathan White, of Allegheny. John S., the eldest of the family, was born Sept. 9, 1838, on the place now occupied by him. In 1857 he married Maria, daughter of William and Annie McKibbins, of West Deer township. They have four children living: William M., a merchant of Bakerstown; Thomas A., of Allegheny; Margaretta A., wife of Charles Karbin, of Sharpsburg, and Charles Howard, at home; a daughter deceased, Elizabeth I., was the wife of Harry Cowan, a merchant in Pittsburgh. Mr. Waddle and family are members of the Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown.
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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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