A Biographical History Of Greene County, Pennsylvania

A Biographical History of Greene County, Pennsylvania; By Samuel P. Bates; 338 pp; Paperback; Published: 1888; Reprinted: 2007; ISBN: 9780806306766; Item #CF390 Comprising the entire biographical and genealogical section of Bates' History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, this useful offprint contains biographical sketches of approximately 800 southwestern Pennsylvania residents. The sketches are of Greene County families, though unavoidably some sketches concern families of Washington or Fayette County provenance. The biographies are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order within township and borough and treat subjects who were born in the early nineteenth century, with reference to immediate forebears of the late eighteenth century. Typical sketches mention the date and place of birth and marriage of the biographed; the name of his wife and the names of his children; names with dates and places of birth of his parents and often grandparents; sometimes the name of the first ancestor