Gov. George Bryan Porter and Sarah Humes

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Husband Gov. George Bryan Porter ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 9 Feb 1791 - Montgomery Co, PA 1 3 4
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           Died: 18 Jul 1834 - Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 4 5
         Buried:  - Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI

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         Father: Gen. Andrew Porter (1743-1813) 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Parker (1751-1821) 1 3 8

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       Marriage: 31 Oct 1816

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Wife Sarah Humes

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Children

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1 M Gen. Andrew Porter ^{3 5 9}

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           Born: 10 Jul 1820 9
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           Died: 3 Jan 1872 - Paris, France 4
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         Spouse: Margaret Falconer Biddle (      -      ) 9

         Spouse: Eliza Bradish (      -      ) 9

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2 F Sarah Louise Porter ⁹

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         Spouse: Oliver Phelps (      -      ) 9

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3 F Rosa Porter ⁹

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         Spouse: Lewis Shissler (      -      ) 9

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4 M Lafayette Porter ⁹

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5 M Humes Porter ⁹

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General Notes: Husband - Gov. George Bryan Porter

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Having graduated at the law school at Litchfield, Connecticut, then enjoying a national reputation, he settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and subsequently represented that county in the Legislature. In 1832, President Jackson appointed him Governor of the then Territory of Michigan, and having held that office for about two years, he died.

He was graduated at the Law School at Litchfield, Connecticut, and admitted to the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Bar in 1813. He became a leading lawyer, and was an active Democratic politician. He was appointed prothonotary of Lancaster County in 1818, and became adjutant general of the state of Pennsylvania in 1824. In that year he made the address of welcome at Lancaster to Lafayette. He was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from Lancaster County in 1827. In 1832 he was appointed Governor of the Territory of Michigan, a position that he occupied at the time of his death.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 526.

2 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 499.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1303.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 444.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 527.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 525.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1300.

8 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 432.

9 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 445.