Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Andrew Porter and Anne Lowrie




Husband Andrew Porter 1 2 3 4

           Born:  - Chester Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Nov 1839 4
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 28 Oct 1794 4



Wife Anne Lowrie 1 2 3

           Born:  - Edinburgh, Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1867 - Petoskey, Emmet Co, MI
         Buried: 


         Father: John Lowrie (Abt 1748-1840) 3 5 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Catharine Cameron (Abt 1756-1837) 2 9




Children
1 M John Lowrie Porter 3 4 11 12

            AKA: John F. Porter 10
           Born: 27 Jul 1795 - Huntingdon Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jul 1882 4
         Buried:  - Richland Presbyterian/Old Brick Church Cemetery, Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA 13
         Spouse: Nancy Stephens (1806-1887) 10


2 F Katharine Porter 4

           Born: 27 Jan 1797 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1797 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 F Sarah Porter 4

           Born: 16 Jan 1798 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jul 1822 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Bell (      -      ) 4


4 F Katharine Cameron Porter 4

           Born: 17 Feb 1800 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 M William Porter 4

           Born: 27 Feb 1802 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 M [Infant] Porter 4

           Born: 9 Apr 1804
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Apr 1804
         Buried: 
         Status: Stillborn



7 F Elizabeth Porter 4

           Born: 16 Jun 1805 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Howe (      -      ) 4


8 F Rebecca Porter 4 14 15

            AKA: Rebeckah Porter 4
           Born: 21 Aug 1807 - Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1890
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Glenn (Abt 1800-1880) 14 15 16


9 M Hugh Cameron Porter 4

           Born: 29 Oct 1809 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1809 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 F Anne Porter 1 4

           Born: 25 Feb 1811 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


11 F Jane Porter 4

           Born: 9 May 1813 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



12 M Andrew Porter, Jr. 1 4

           Born: 14 Dec 1816 - Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1899 - Petoskey, Emmet Co, MI 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Glenn (      -      ) 4



General Notes: Husband - Andrew Porter

Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA


General Notes: Wife - Anne Lowrie


She was born and reared to adult age in Edinburgh, Scotland. She immigrated to America with her father and was married to Andrew Porter, of Richland township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, where they resided during his life.

When a widow seventy-five years of age, in the year of 1852, she accompanied her son, Andrew Jr., and her daughter, Anne, as missionaries to the Chippewa Indians (in whom her brother, Walter, had been so deeply interested) at the Bear River Mission, now known as Petoskey, Michigan. [RLFT, 27]

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 971.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 674.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 149.

4 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 27.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 445.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 968.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 974.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 245.

9 Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 26.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 488.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 972.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 378.

13 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 97.

14 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 416.

15 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1045.

16 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 572, 1063.


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