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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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CAPT. W. SEWARD B. HAYS, steamboat pilot, boat-owner, and coal-merchant in Pittsburgh, was born in that city Dec. 14, 1838, the only son of Abraham Hays, whose sketch appears above. When he was six months old his parents moved to Butler county, and three years later to Mifflin township, this county, where the subject of these lines obtained his education in private and public schools. On his father’s farm he worked until eighteen years of age, at which time he commenced running on the river, assisting his father.
Capt. Hays resides on the old homestead farm in Mifflin township. He was united in marriage June 7, 1876, with Flora B. Packer, a resident of Braddock, and daughter of Capt. Wilson and Electa (Corbett) Packer, former a retired steamboat captain and coal-shipper. Capt. and Mrs. Hays are parents of one son, Abraham Packer. They are members of Lebanon Presbyterian Churchy in politics Capt. Hays 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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