Thomas R. Fillinger and Ellen G. Porter

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Husband Thomas R. Fillinger ¹

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           Born: 25 Jan 1852 - Montgomery Co, PA 1
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         Father: Andrew Fillinger (Abt 1818/1819-1898/1899) 2
         Mother: Mary Deugler (      -      ) 1

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Wife Ellen G. Porter ¹

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           Born: 28 Nov 1862 - Lycoming Co, PA 1
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         Father: Barton S. Porter (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Fitzwater (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Mary D. Fillinger ²

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           Born: 27 Jan 1882 1
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         Spouse: Leroy E. Sibel (1882-      ) 3 4

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas R. Fillinger

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Until he was eight or nine years old he attended school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. At that very early age he began to earn his livelihood and for eleven summers was employed on the Pennsylvania canal, driving a team in the winters. In 1875 he enlisted at Columbia, South Carolina, in Company K, Second Regiment of Cavalry, which was stationed in Wyoming and Montana, and participated in battles with the Sioux Indians. Mr. Fillinger was one of those who assisted in building Fort Custer. After various migrations in the Western country he returned to Pennsylvania and took up his abode in Clearfield County, removing to Cambria County and then coming to Ligonier, Westmoreland County, where, in 1901, he was employed by the Allen Lumber Company. After living in different counties of his native state he went to Branchville, South Carolina, whence he returned to Westinghouse, Allegheny County. He built an attractive house with all the latest improvements and expected to retire and devote himself to the cultivation of his two farms.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 380.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 379.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 315.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 154, 378.