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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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PHILLIP BURKHARD, foreman of the car department on P. & L. E. R. R., post office McKee’s Rocks, was born in Monroe county, in 1847, a son of John and Barbara Burkhard. His parents, who came to this county in 1888, had a family of twelve children: Adam, Philip, Maria (deceased), Mary (wife of Andrew Heinour), Joseph, John, Charlie, Frank, Philomena (deceased), Lena (wife of John Wisend), Teresa (deceased) and Benjamin. The father of this family has spent most of his life in the shoe business. Phillip passed his early life on a farm. He enlisted in April, 1863, in Battery A, 1st Va. Art., for three years, or during the war, and was always with the battery and ready for duty. He married, April 20, 1869, Philomena, daughter of Anthony and Rachel Babst, of this county, and their children were Clara, Albert A., Andrew P., John J., Frank F., William (deceased), Harmon M., Aggie, George S. and Bertie. Mr. Burkhard has followed various occupations, but for the past seven years has been in the employ of the P. & L. E. R. R.
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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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