James Baird Porter and Elizabeth May Eakin

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Husband James Baird Porter ¹

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           Born: 1869
     Christened: 
           Died: 1939 - ? Tulsa, OK
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Alexander Porter (1842-1921) 1
         Mother: Mary Ruhamah Baird (1844-1923) 1

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       Marriage: 1899

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Wife Elizabeth May Eakin ²

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            AKA: Mae Elizabeth Eakin
           Born: 1869 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Thomas Jefferson Eakin (1840-Abt 1890/1893) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Mary Adeline Coulter (1846-1931) 8 9 10

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Children

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1 F Mary Elizabeth Porter

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           Born: 1900
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Harry Burnett Harter (1899-      )
           Marr: 1923

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2 M Harold James Porter

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           Born: 1904
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         Spouse: Mary Katherine Graf (      -1954)

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General Notes: Husband - James Baird Porter

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Born in 1865. [JHB, 35] Two different dates of birth given in the same book.
Invented the "Ice Cream Sundae". (JHB) "...in business at Tulsa, Okla., as an ice cream manufacturer." [CAB, 980]

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 991.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 942.

3 Jesse H. Baird, Thomas and Martha Beard - Baird, Pioneers on the Scrubgrass 1796, San Anselmo, CA, 1958, pg 35.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 941, 989, 1000.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 680, 683, 911.

7 Jesse H. Baird, Thomas and Martha Beard - Baird, Pioneers on the Scrubgrass 1796, San Anselmo, CA, 1958, Pg 34.

8 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 941, 1000.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 680.

10 Jesse H. Baird, Thomas and Martha Beard - Baird, Pioneers on the Scrubgrass 1796, San Anselmo, CA, 1958, pg 34.