William Porter and Mary Wallace Crawford

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Husband William Porter ¹

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           Born: 2 Apr 1802 - West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: 22 May 1875 - Tarentum, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Porter (1773-1859) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Penrose Alcock (1765-1839) 5

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       Marriage: 29 Jan 1829 2

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   Other Spouse: Catherine Boyd (      -1858) 2

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Wife Mary Wallace Crawford ²

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         Father: Maj. John Crawford (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Sample (1780-      ) 2 6 7

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth J. Porter ²

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           Born: 9 Jun 1830 2
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           Died: 21 Mar 1920 8
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         Spouse: Samuel G. McAllister (1820-1902) 2
           Marr: 14 Feb 1861 8

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2 M John Crawford Porter ²

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           Born: 3 Nov 1831 8
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           Died: 17 Feb 1910 9
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         Spouse: Angeline L. Thomas (1835-1896) 8

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3 F Mary Ann Porter ²

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           Born: 17 May 1834 - West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: John Nease (1833-1915) 9
           Marr: 12 Nov 1863 9

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4 F Martha Jane Porter ²

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           Born: 4 Sep 1836 - West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 10
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           Died: 5 May 1921 11
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         Spouse: Thomas Morton Armstrong (1836-1908) 10
           Marr: 11 Oct 1860 10

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General Notes: Husband - William Porter

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He was engaged in farming in West Deer Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The first postoffice in the township, called Rural Ridge, was established at his house on the old Kittanning Road. In middle life he retired to Pittsburgh, and later to Tarentum.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 80.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 89.

3 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 417.

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

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 78.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 796.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 252.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 90.

9 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 91.

10 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 92.

11 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 93.