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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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JONATHAN H. WOOD, steamboat captain, Pittsburgh, a son of Jonathan H., Sr., and Wilhemina Wood, was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1840. Like his brother, John A., he has followed boating from childhood to the present time, and for seventeen years was captain of a steamer plying between Louisville, Ky., and New Orleans. For fifteen years he was a member of the firm of D. B. Wood & Bros., coal merchants, in New Orleans. He married in 1865, Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Michael, and by her has had seven children: John, Stella H. (wife of William Philip), Jonathan H., George W., Edna M., Daniel T. and Joseph D.
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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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