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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 MULLEN CRIBBS, druggist, Turtle Creek, was born in Homer City, Indiana county, Pa., June 4, 1865. His grandfather, Daniel, was a farmer, near Clarksburg, Indiana county, and was probably born of German parents. George, a son of the latter, kept a hotel for many years at Homer City, and died in 1875; his widow, Isabella Devers, of French ancestry, resides with William at Turtle Creek. A younger son and a daughter are the only other living children and are all together. William Cribbs finished his education at the Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, and when his eldest brother, James, died took control of his drug business. Although only seventeen years old at that time, he managed the business successfully, and does a retail and jobbing trade amounting to from ten to fifteen hundred dollars per month. Besides the family residence and a farm of eighty-five acres in Patton township he owns real estate in Homestead and Millwood. He is a supporter of the republican party; is treasurer of the M. E. Sunday-school, and a member of the official board in that church, with which all the family is associated.
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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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