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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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P. H. DUGAN, foreman of Singer, Nimick & Co.’s springshop, Pittsburgh, is a native of Ireland, and was born in 1851, to Thomas and Catherine Dugan, former of whom died in April, 1861, aged fifty-four years, and latter in January, 1871, aged sixty years. Thomas Dugan followed various occupations, among which were mining, farming, working in a glass-factory, and as shearer in the steel-rolling mill. He and his wife were the parents of seven children: Bartholomew, Thomas, Margaret, Mary (wife of Irvin Hummell), P. H., Andrew and Richard (deceased). P. H. Dugan came with his parents to this country in 1854, and settled in Allegheny county, Pa. He was married, in 1871, to Mary, daughter of Owen and Bridget Brislin, and their children are Catherine H., Ellen B., Thomas F., Mary C, Clara B. and Irene T. Mr. Dugan has worked in the springshop of Singer, Nimick & Co. since he was nine years old, and has been foreman of same since 1875. He is a member of the C. M. B. A., St. James Total Abstinence society, Sovereigns of Industry, and of the Catholic Church.

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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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