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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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ROBERT F. CONKLE, M. D., Coraopolis, was born on the old homestead, near Hookstown, Beaver county, Pa., Nov. 28, 1848 a son of Henry (a farmer), and Catherine (Metts) Conkle, natives of Beaver county, and members of the Presbyterian Church. Henry was a son of Henry Conkle, a native of Germany, who settled on the old homestead in Greene township, Beaver county, some eighty-five years ago. Robert F. received his primary education at Hookstown Academy, and afterward entered the college at Wilmington, Ohio. During that time he began the study of medicine with Dr. R. H. Moon, of Hookstown; entered the Medical Reserve College, of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1861 and graduated May 13, 1871. He located at Summitville, Ohio, where he practiced medicine until the fall of 1878, when he located at Middletown, now Coraopolis borough. Dr. Conkle was united in marriage, Dec. 26, 1872, with Sarah Stevenson, who was born at Frankfort Springs, Beaver county, Pa., a daughter of John and Jane (Ewing) Stevenson, the former a miller and farmer. Dr. and Mrs. Conkle have one daughter, Mary Emma, born Sept. 1, 1875. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church at Coraopolis. The doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F. and O. U. A. M. at Coraopolis; he is a member of the Allegheny County Medical society.
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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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