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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 McGOGNEY, M. D., Castle Shannon, was born Feb. 20, 1856. His grandfather, John McGogney, came to Jefferson township, this county, in an early day, and attained the age of one hundred and three years and three months. His son, David, the father of Dr. McGogney, was born in 1800, and died in 1871. He married Margaret Bradshaw, who survived him, and they became the parents of twelve children. Of these Samuel, the youngest, was educated in this county and at Washington and Jefferson College. He read medicine with Dr. C. H. Black, of McKeesport, attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, and graduated in the class of 1879. He located in Castle Shannon, where he has built up a good practice. The doctor married Nannie C., daughter of William Young, and they have three children: Jessie May, William H. and Paul R. Dr. McGogney is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of M; he is 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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