Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Abraham Van Gorder Porter and Margaret Snyder




Husband Abraham Van Gorder Porter 1

           Born: 28 Oct 1810 - Reading, Schuyler Co, NY 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 May 1892
         Buried:  - Weiler Cemetery, Yankee Bush, Conewango Twp, Warren Co, PA


         Father: Robert Porter (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Nellie Houghtaling (1787-1851) 1


       Marriage: 1836 1



Wife Margaret Snyder 1

           Born: Cal 17 Feb 1818
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jan 1880
         Buried:  - Weiler Cemetery, Yankee Bush, Conewango Twp, Warren Co, PA


         Father: William Snyder (Abt 1792-1861) 1 2
         Mother: Hannah [Unk] (Abt 1794-1853) 1 2




Children
1 F Hannah Maria Porter 1 3

           Born: 25 Mar 1837 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. George W. Powell (      -      ) 3


2 F Sarah Abigail Porter 1 3

           Born: 12 Jan 1839 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Peter M. Smith (      -      ) 3


3 M William Snyder Porter 3

           Born: 5 Apr 1840 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jul 1843 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 F Alice Marian Porter 3

           Born: 7 Oct 1841 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jun 1843 or 24 Jun 1843 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 M John Wesley Porter 1

           Born: 14 Feb 1843 - Conewango Twp, Warren Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Caroline Gross (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1866 4


6 F Alice Iantha Porter 1 3

           Born: 17 Mar 1844 or 1845 - Warren Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Apr 1922 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Augustus Blanchard (      -      ) 3
         Spouse: James Upton (1834-1905) 3 5
           Marr: 3 Jan 1872 - Warren Co, PA 6


7 F Emma Jane "Jennie" Porter 1 3

            AKA: Emor Jane Porter 3
           Born: 19 Oct 1846 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Isaac R. Hare (      -      ) 3


8 M Norman Abraham Porter 1 3

           Born: 4 Mar 1850 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane Jones (      -      ) 7


9 F Letitia Isadore Porter 3

           Born: 30 Mar 1848 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Oct 1863 3
         Buried: 



10 M William Eugene Porter 1 7

           Born: 30 Dec 1851 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1916 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Mathill (      -1881) 7
         Spouse: Margaret "Maggie" Brown (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 16 Oct 1882 1
         Spouse: Mary Pier (      -      ) 7


11 F Rosalie Adell "Dell" Porter 7

            AKA: Delia Porter 1
           Born: 30 Jan 1854 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James L. Andrews (      -      ) 7


12 F Josephine Arabell "Belle" Porter 1 7

           Born: 2 Jun 1856 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Albert A. Davis (      -      ) 7


13 M [Infant] Porter 7

           Born: 24 Mar 1859 or 27 Mar 1859
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Abraham Van Gorder Porter

Conewango Twp, Warren Co, PA

He was born in Reading, New York, and came to Warren County, Pennsylvania, in 1831, and assisted in building the first stone jail in Warren. He settled in Conewango with his mother in 1832, on a farm, all of which he cleared and improved himself.

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Sources


1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP lxxvii.

2 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 26.

3 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 22.

4 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP lxxviii.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 367.

6 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 37.

7 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 23.


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