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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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M. L. McCLURE, contractor and builder, post office Homestead, was born Dec. 24, 1841, in Homestead, and was educated in the country schools. He enlisted Sept. 28, 1862, in Co. H, 14th P. C., and fought under Gens. Sheridan, Hunter and Crook until the close of the war. Before enlisting he had been in business with his father four years, and returning home was for three years interested in a planing-mill in Pittsburgh, and was four years in Erie county, where he was engaged in building. He was also a bookkeeper in Pittsburgh six years. He married Hannah Reed, and they have two children: Abdiel R. and Florence L. Mr. McClure is an elder of the Presbyterian Church, and 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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