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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 S. WALLACE, farmer, post office Bridgeville, was born in 1840, a son of David and Margaret (Cubbage) Wallace, latter of whom was the daughter of James Cubbage. David Wallace was born in 1800, the younger of the two sons of John and Elizabeth (Mc Kee) Wallace. He inherited one-half of the 326 acres of land owned by his father, and always followed farming. He died in 1879; his wife died in 1877, aged seventy-two years. They had a family of nine children, of whom William S. is the third son. He was born and reared on the farm and educated at the public schools and Mt. Union College, and in 1861 enlisted in Co. H, 62d regiment P. V., remained in the service three years, and was wounded at Gettysburg July 2. Mr. Wallace married, in 1871, Estella Leeper, of Beaver county, Pa., and four children, all living, were born to them: Chessie Elclare, Nettie Sarissa, James Luther and Lora Mabel. Mr. Wallace is the only representative of his family residing in Allegheny county; is a member of the Presbyterian Church and 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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