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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. 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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JOHN STUART SEARIGHT, who is engaged in conducting a livery and boarding stable in Carlisle, is one of the successful business men of the city. He was born Jan. 21, 1864, near Carlisle, son of George Peter and Martha Ann Searight, and grandson of Gilbert and Sarah (Kew) Searight and John and Barbara Ann Stuart.
Mr. Searight received his early education in the local public schools, and later attended Coleman’s Business College, at Newark. N. J. He is a useful and public-spirited citizen, and has served acceptably as a member of the town council of Carlisle, to which position he was elected as the choice of the Democratic party. He is quite well known in fraternal circles, affiliating with the Knights of Pythias, the Jr. O. U. A. M., the Improved Order of Red Men, the Modern Woodmen and the Elks. His religious connection is with the Second Presbyterian Church.
On Nov. 19, 1885, Mr. Searight was united in marriage with Elizabeth Coover Brandt, daughter of George W. and Susan Brandt, and they have three children, George Peter, Clarence Lee and John Walter.
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