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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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GEORGE MASON FERREE, farmer, post office Coraopolis, was born on the homestead of his father and grandfather, near Coraopolis, April 21, 1831, a son of William P. and Mary (Stoddart) Ferree, and was educated at Coraopolis. He married, Dec. 31, 1862, Rachel O. Curry, who was born Dec. 30, 1841, on her father’s farm in Moon township, a daughter of John and Anna (Onstott) Curry. Mr. Ferree worked on his father’s farm and conducted a sawmill with R. B. Kindle until his father was killed. He then located on his present farm at Coraopolis, it being part of the place his grandfather, Jacob, purchased prior to 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Ferree have a family of two sons and two daughters: Emery Howard, clerk in the Chartiers Steel-works; Westanna J., Ralph Nevine and Beulah V., all with their parents. Mr. Ferree is a republican. He and his wife are members of Forest Grove Presbyterian Church.
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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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