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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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MILTON L. WOODS, pilot, post office Bellevue, was born Sept. 7, 1828, in Greene township, Beaver county, Pa., where his parents, Joseph and Catharine (Barnes) Woods, were old residents. He received his early education in Georgetown, Pa., and at the age of fifteen years went on the river with Capt. Jacob Poe, on the steamer Belmont. At the age of eighteen years he was pilot of keelboats, and the following year he was pilot of the Wheeling packet Ionian. He was on the steamer Lake Erie No. 3 for ten years, and never had an accident nor met with a loss of any kind in the ten years, and has never missed a trip on account of ill health. He has been employed by W. H. Brown & Sons for the last fourteen years. Mr. Woods was married to Eliza Bradley, a native of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of eight living children (three being deceased): Francis M. (carpenter and builder), Mrs. Katie Ford, Clara, George W. (a pilot on the river), John, Harry, Etta and Percy. Mr. and Mrs. Woods are members of the M. E. Church; he is a democrat.
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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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