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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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SAMUEL McCUNE, merchant, Homestead, was born Aug. 14, 1846, at Lockport station, Westmoreland county, Pa., son of James and Eliza (Bannon) McCune, who emigrated to America when quite young, and were married in this country; they had six children, of whom five were sons. Samuel attended the common schools of his native county, and at the age of seventeen, while Gen. Morgan made his famous raid, he enlisted, June 17, 1863, in Co. B, 1st battalion P. C. After six months’ service he re-enlisted in Co. D, 186th P. V. I., served until the close of the war, and received an honorable discharge Aug. 19, 1865. After the war he was clerk for F. H. Eaton & Co., a large trimming and fancy-goods firm in Pittsburgh. In January, 1882, he opened a small dry-goods store in Homestead, which he enlarged until today he owns a handsome brick store, in which he does the largest dry-goods business in the place. He married Mary E. Alexander, a native of Moundsville, W. Va., and they have two children: Joseph B. and Samuel W. Mr. McCune is a member of the I. O. of H., politically an independent 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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