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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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J. M. McCURDY, M. D., Dravosburg, was born May 27, 1846, in Indiana county, Pa., a son of Samuel McCurdy, of Scotch-Irish descent, and an old resident of the above-named place. Dr. McCurdy received his primary education in his native county, where he subsequently became a teacher. In June, 1864, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in Co. F, 204th H. A., and served his country until the close of the war. After wielding the rod three years he was persuaded by his mother, Margaret (Miller) McCurdv, an excellent woman, to study medicine. He attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated at the Long Island Medical College in the class of 1871. The doctor has been a successful practitioner, and in Dravosburg has built up a good practice. He married Clara Bell, and has two children, Wilda N. and Garvin P.
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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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