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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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JOSEPH WALL was born Nov. 17, 1811, married Frances, daughter of the late David Allen, and resided on the farm given his wife by her father, near Sunny Side, in Allegheny county, Pa. He held the office of justice of the peace for fifteen years. He was treasurer of the Forward township school board for several years, and for some time was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. He possessed the confidence of all who knew him for strict honesty and truthfulness. The following named were his children: Mary Jane, Erneline, Josephine, Flora, Sidney M. (all deceased unmarried); Henrietta, Harriet, Letitia (deceased), Arabella (deceased), Adaline and Frances (twins) and Allen, all married. Mrs. Frances (Allen) Wall, the mother of these children, was born Aug. 18, 1811, and died March 11, 1855. Joseph Wall married, for his second wife, Sept. 6, 1860, Susan Gilkeson, and died July 13, 1881; his widow subsequently moved to Monongahela City, Pa., where she still resides.
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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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