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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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THOMAS TATE, merchant, Pittsburgh, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, April 18, 1835, a son of Samuel and Jane (Koay) Tate, who were farmers in that county, where they died. Mr. Tale received a common-school education in Ireland, and Nov. 13, 1854, immigrated to Pittsburgh. For the first three years he labored at different kinds of work, then for six years was employed on a steamboat, and from 1861 to 1867 on the Pennsylvania railroad. After engaging in the gardening business for three years at the East End, he came into Pittsburgh in 1877, and commenced the produce business, under firm name of Steele, Tate & Co. Eighteen months later he bought out Mr. Steele, and the firm became Thomas Tate & Co., which continued until 1880. In 1882 he again embarked in the commission business, the style of the firm being the Pittsburgh Produce Commission company, Myers & Tate, proprietors. Mr. Tate was married in the old country when eighteen years old, but that wife and her children died several years ago. In 1880 he married Elizabeth Hibler, of Allegheny, who is the mother of one child, named Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Tate are members of the U. P. Church; he 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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