John Alexander Porter and Mary Ruhamah Baird
Husband John Alexander Porter 1
Born: 17 Apr 1842 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 2 Aug 1921 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA Buried: - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 2
Father: John Porter (1809-1852) 3 4 5 6 Mother: Julia Ann Black ( - ) 1 6 7
Marriage: 23 Jun 1868 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
Wife Mary Ruhamah Baird 1
Born: 1844 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA Christened: Died: 1923 Buried: - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 2
Father: James Baird (1807-1865) 9 Mother: Mary Kilpatrick (1810/1813-1890) 9
Children
1 M James Baird Porter 1
Born: 1869 Christened: Died: 1939 - ? Tulsa, OK Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth May Eakin (1869-1957) 10 Marr: 1899
2 M John Jeffers Porter 1 12
AKA: John A. Proctor 11 Born: 1871 Christened: Died: 1948 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 13Spouse: Hannah Cross (1874-1941) 12 14 Marr: 1896 - ? Venango Co, PA
3 M Frederick Kerr Porter
Born: 1873 Christened: Died: 1937 Buried: - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 2Spouse: Alice Brown ( -1905) Marr: 1903Spouse: Almina "Mina" Kohlmeyer (1874-1939) Marr: 1911 - ? Venango Co, PA
4 F Anna Mary Porter 1
Born: 1876 Christened: Died: 1896 Buried: - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 2
5 M Arthur William Porter 1
Born: 1879 Christened: Died: 1948 - ? Portland, Multnomah Co, OR Buried:Spouse: Myrtle McCurdy ( - ) Marr: 1915
6 F Ella Aurelia Porter 1
Born: 1881 Christened: Died: 1919 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 15Spouse: William Montier Ward (1869-1923)
7 M Utillis A. Porter 1 16
Born: Oct 1883 16 Christened: Died: Jan 1925 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 16 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 17Spouse: Grace Sevilla Hovis (1887-1961) 16 Marr: 1908 16
8 F Ada Pearl Porter 1 18
Born: 1887 Christened: Died: 1927 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 19Spouse: Denton Herman Blair (1886-1927) 18 Marr: 1908
General Notes: Husband - John Alexander Porter
He enlisted for service in the Civil war Aug. 15, 1861, as the first recruit from Clinton Township, Venango County, PA, joining Company I, 102d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which was the 13th Regiment during the three months' service but reorganized as the 102d. He went to Pittsburgh to enter the service, and was the only member of the regiment from this county, which then had no special organization in the army; others from Venango County joined the regiment subsequently. Mr. Porter veteranized at the end of three years, in the same company and regiment, his service covering three years and ten months, extending to the close of the war, and his field service included participation in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg (both engagements), Salem Heights and the Wilderness. At Salem Heights, May 3, 1863, he was wounded and captured, being one of ninety-eight members of the regiment held at Belle Isle for three weeks, when he was paroled and rejoined his command, then on the march to Rappahannock Station, being in time to take part in the action there. On March 14, 1864, he was promoted to first sergeant. In May, 1864, during the battle of the Wilderness, while acting as color bearer of his regiment, he received a wound in the left leg which kept him in various hospitals for over a year, during which time, in October, 1864, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, and he was discharged as such. He never recovered sufficiently to rejoin his regiment, and always suffered thereafter from his injury.
In 1867 Mr. Porter engaged as a drug clerk in New Castle, Lawrence County, PA, where he lived several years, returning to Venango County in 1876. That year he settled on his farm and built the residence there which he occupied until his removal to Clintonville, and he improved the property along modern lines, and also had the oil developed under lease. Farming occupied all his time until 1887, when he took up the business of torpedo operator, shooting many wells in Venango and surrounding counties, especially in the Bullion territory, before his retirement in 1916.
While in New Castle Mr. Porter was elected treasurer of Lawrence County, and he also took some part in the administration of public affairs in Clinton Township, holding a number of local offices. Socially he kept up his associations with his old comrades in arms, attending the regimental reunions and the national encampments of the Grand Army at Pittsburgh, Rochester, Los Angeles and Detroit. He held membership in John M. Phipps Post, No. 427, at Clintonville, of which he was commander and adjutant, and also belonged to the Union Veteran Legion, No. 45. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. [CAB, 979]
1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 991.
2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 104.
3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 902.
4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 990, 991.
5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1311.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 35.
7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1305.
8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 575.
9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 986.
10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 942.
11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 323.
12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 519.
13 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 86.
14 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 996.
15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 60.
16 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 116.
17 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 58.
18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 624.
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Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 48.
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