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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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G. Y. C. CHESS, farmer, was born in Union township, now Green Tree borough, in 1842. He was educated at the public schools, and has followed farming and gardening through life. He owns sixty-two acres of land, part of which was left by his father. He was married in 1884 to Rachel Sterrett, daughter of Robert Sterrett, of Chartiers township, this county, and they have one child, Grace M. Mr. Chess enlisted, in 1861, in Co. A, 9th P. R., and for two years and ten months served as a private. He is a republican; has been school director for Green Tree borough, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.
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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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