James Porter, Jr. and Nancy Jane Ross

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Husband James Porter, Jr. ¹

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           Born: 16 Jun 1812 - near Dillsburg, York Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Porter (1782-1862) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Black (1787-1863) 4

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       Marriage: 26 Apr 1855 or 1856 5

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   Other Spouse: Isabella Campbell (      -1852) 4 - 21 Feb 1837 6

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Peoples (      -      ) 4 - 28 Dec 1852 6

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Wife Nancy Jane Ross ⁷

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           Born: 12 Nov 1820 - "Tipperary", Warrington Twp, York Co, PA 7
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           Died: 20 Dec 1885 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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         Father: Hon. William Ross (1789-      ) 8
         Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Bigham (1795-1827) 9

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Children

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1 M Ross Porter ¹

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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Elizabeth Jane "Lily" Porter ¹

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            AKA: Elizabeth Ann "Lillie" Porter 6
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           Died: when twenty-five years old
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General Notes: Husband - James Porter, Jr.

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He was born near Dillsburg, York Count, Pennsylvania, but in 1836 he removed to Harrisburg where he took an active part in the civic and moral development of that city. Although by training a Presbyterian, he very soon became interested in the affairs of the Locust St., later Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. He was one of the founders and charter members of the Vine St. Church, of which organization he was recording secretary and class leader until his death. In 1860 he organized a Sunday School in a frame dwelling on the west side of South Second St., later Paxton. This school soon outgrew its accommodations and until better arrangements could be made was forced to meet in the bar-room of a nearby hotel. The school flourished under the leadership of Mr. Porter and from this humble beginning sprang the church of Saint Paul's in Vine St.
In 1866 Governor Curtin appointed Mr. Porter to fill the unexpired
term of Mr. Heimmel as coroner of Dauphin County, to which office he was elected for twelve succeeding years and at the expiration of his last term declined another on account of conflicting duties. In 1873 he was appointed superintendent of the Harrisburg City Hospital, which position he resigned in 1888 owing to ill health and his advancing age.
In the early days, when Harrisburg had a curfew bell, Mr. Porter was one of the citizens appointed to see that the law was enforced.
During the Civil War, when Lee's Army made its celebrated raid through the Cumberland Valley, Mr. Porter, together with a number of citizens, organized a company of Home Guards, known as the Silver Grays, to protect the city of Harrisburg. Mr. Carson was captain and Mr. Porter sergeant of the company.

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Jane Ross

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She was as active a worker in the Presbyterian Church as her husband was in the Methodist. She was very efficient and helpful to Mr. Porter in the management of the city hospital.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 64.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 119.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 77.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 81.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 64, 120.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 120.

7 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 63.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 55.

9 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 62.