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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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MOSES HICKMAN, farmer, post office Cecil, Washington county, is a son of Stewart Hickman, Sr., who was born in 1805, the fifth son of Peter and Abigal (Faucitt) Hickman. Stewart, Sr., married, in 1844, Nancy Alexander, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Fife) Alexander, and they became the parents of five children, four of whom are living: Moses, Abigal, Isabella and John Alexander. Stewart was a farmer, and died in 1871, aged sixty-six years. His widow, now sixty-eight years old, resides with her son Moses. Moses Hickman was born in 1845; educated at the common schools, and, like his ancestors, has followed farming. He married, in 1880, Esther McNary, an estimable lady, and a daughter of Joseph and Jennie (Allison) McNary. Mr. Hickman now owns 170 acres of the tract left him by his father. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in politics a republican.
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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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