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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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WILLIAM CREIGHTON, contractor, post office Crafton, a son of David and Jane Creighton, was born in Ireland in 1837, came with his parents to this country in 1847, and settled in Allegheny county. His parents had a family of seven children: John, William, Elizabeth, James (deceased), and Jane (wife of Charles Pepper), George and Abram (deceased). The mother died in 1847, aged forty years, and the father in 1854, aged fifty-two. By occupation the latter was a bookkeeper. William Creighton married, in 1860, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Margaret Dinsmore, and their children are Jane, Margaret, William and Elizabeth. For several years Mr. Creighton was a boatman, but since then he has been a contractor. He has held the offices of assessor, supervisor and auditor, is a member of the O. U. A. M., and is a republican. He has risen from humble circumstances to a comfortable competency.
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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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