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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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CAPT. THOMAS McMASTERS (deceased) was born in Pittsburgh June 15, 1822. His parents, John and Rachel (Hughey) McMasters, of Irish and American birth, respectively, settled, when Thomas was a child, on a farm near Turtle Creek village, where they died. Thomas inherited some city property and the farm on which he made his home all his life. He was an active worker in the republican party, but sought no office for himself. He was associated with the U. P. Church, and was widely known as the friend of the poor, and a generous contributor to all good objects. He was physically strong, but died from the effects of a carbuncle on his neck, in 1872. This occurred two months after the completion of his fine mansion, in which his widow and daughter now reside. In 1860 he married Margaret, daughter of Gen. C. P. and Sarah A. (Lippincott) Markle, of Westmoreland county. Gen. Markle was of German, and his wife of English extraction. The only child of Capt. and Mrs. McMasters, Rachel H., is the wife of M. C. Miller. Our subject was for several years captain of a militia company, which gave him his title.
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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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