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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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JAMES E. DICKSON, real-estate agent, Swissvale. About the year 1810 one Thomas Dickson emigrated from his native county, Tyrone, Ireland, locating first in Allegheny county for a few years, and then, with his family, removing to Butler county, Pa., where he purchased some four hundred acres of land. This pioneer married Margaret Lucas, also a native of Ireland, by whom were born four sons and two daughters. Thomas, one of the elder children, born in Ireland in 1791, and the only male member of his father’s family who remained in Allegheny county, was for many years identified with the manufacturing and mercantile business of Pittsburgh. In 1843 he purchased ninety acres of land in Wilkins township, whither he removed with his family, and died in 1870. He married Mary Jane, daughter of James and Jane (McNickel) Dickson, and to them were born eleven children, six of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, viz.: James E., Isabella, T. B. (now deceased), David, Susan and R. E. Mrs. Dickson’s grandparents came to America some time previous to 1800. The entire family are identified with the Presbyterian Church or its branches. Mr. Dickson 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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