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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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WILLIAM BORLAND HARRISON, tax-collector, Wilkinsburg, was born at Port Perry, Pa., March 15, 1853, and is a son of George and Rachel (Bond) Harrison, now residents of Wilkins township. His grandfather, William Harrison, was an early settler in this county. Benjamin Bond, father of Rachel Harrison, came of English Quaker stock, and lived on Saw Mill run, where Mrs. Harrison was born. George Harrison was born at what is now North Homestead. William B. Harrison was reared in Wilkins, and was employed several years at the Hampton Coalworks, where he was boss driver for six years. For two years he was yard brakeman at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Pittsburgh, and was promoted to extra conductor. While coupling cars on the 15th of May, 1887, his left knee was crushed, and he was obliged to retire from the road. In 1888 he was elected collector of Wilkinsburg borough on the anti-borough ticket. Mr. Harrison was married, Oct. 28, 1878, to Miss Maggie J., daughter of Thomas D. Palmer, of New England parentage, and their children were Maggie May (deceased), Annie Mary and Maud Simpson (deceased). Mr. Harrison is a republican and a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.; he is a Presbyterian, of which church Mrs. Harrison is a member.
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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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