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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 M. WATSON, attorney at law, Swissvale, was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1855, to James and Maria (Morgan) Watson, latter a daughter of George Morgan and granddaughter of Col. George Morgan, of Princeton, N. J., whose name has become historic through his exposure of the treachery of Aaron Burr. James Watson was for many years a prominent attorney of Washington county. He was the father of ten children, seven now living, our subject being the youngest born. William M. Watson was reared and educated in his native county, graduated from Washington College in 1875, and at once commenced the study of law. After reading one year he entered the Harvard law school, from which he graduated in 1878, and the same year was admitted to the bar of both Washington and Allegheny counties. He was married in 1884, to Sarah Ormsby, daughter of William McKnight, a prominent iron-merchant of Pittsburgh. Mr. Watson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and 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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