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Edward "Allegheny" Johnson (April 16, 1816 – March 2, 1873) was a United States Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Highly rated by Robert E. Lee, he was made a divisional commander under Richard S. Ewell. On the first evening of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), Ewell missed his opportunity to attack ...
The hospital was chartered in 1882 and on February 15, 1886, the forerunner to today's Allegheny General Hospital opened its doors. [5] In 1887, the hospital established a children's wing, and in 1889, an ambulance was donated to the hospital; AGH would operate its own ambulance service for the next 64 years.
William Robinson Jr. (17 December 1785 – 25 February 1868) was an American politician, business executive, and militia general active in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now the North Side of Pittsburgh. He was the first mayor of Allegheny and a state legislator.
After McGinnis left Allegheny General Hospital in 1971, he used his wife's US$7,000 inheritance and $50,000 from colleagues at hospital to found Lanz Medical Products in his house. McGinnis created ceramic anesthesia masks and tracheotomy tubes, using the kitchen oven as a kiln and the basement as a drying area.
In 1931, he was appointed Special Deputy Attorney General to Governor Gifford Pinchot. [1] From 1939 through 1954, he served in the State Senate, representing parts of Allegheny County. He gained a reputation for his combative anti-tax viewpoints while in the Senate. He later served as a member of Allegheny County's Board of Commissioners.
In 1796 he was appointed justice of the peace for "the Township of Mead in the county of Allegheny" and served as associate judge from 1803 until his death. He was major general of the 14th and 16th divisions of the Pennsylvania Militia and reappointed by Governor Snyder for the War of 1812. He was a charter member of Allegheny College.
Robert Ward Duggan (January 27, 1926 – March 5, 1974) [1] served as Allegheny County District Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for a decade, from January 1964 until his shooting death under mysterious circumstances in March 1974.
Joseph G. Armstrong was born in Allegheny City, what is today the Northside neighborhood of the U.S. city of Pittsburgh. He became a glassmaker and eventually participated in the glass union and labor movement. From his labor connections he was elected to City Council and then ran successfully for County Coroner in 1904.