Thomas Conrad Porter and Susan Kunkel

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Husband Thomas Conrad Porter ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Jan 1822 2
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         Father: John Porter (1797-1881) 1 3 4
         Mother: Maria Bucher (1801-1892) 1 3 4

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       Marriage: 24 Dec 1850 5

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Wife Susan Kunkel ⁶

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         Father: George Kunkel (1784-1850) 7 8
         Mother: Catharine Ziegler (1797-1833) 7 8

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Children

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1 F Mary Porter ⁵

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           Died: 18 Aug 1893 5
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         Spouse: P. V. D. Conway (      -      ) 5

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2 M John Porter ⁵

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           Died: 5 Jun 1887 - Oveido, Spain 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Catharine Kunkel Porter ⁵

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            AKA: Katherine Kunkel Porter 9
           Born: 12 Mar 1853 9
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           Died: 20 Mar 1899 9
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         Spouse: Rev. Samuel Albert Martin (1853-1921) 5 9 10
           Marr: 21 Feb 1881 9

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Conrad Porter

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He graduated at Lafayette College in 1840, and after passing through the full course of Princeton Theological Seminary, was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, May, 1844. After serving churches in Georgia, and in Reading, Pennsylvania, he was appointed in 1849, Professor of Natural Sciences in Marshall College, Mercersburg, and after removal and consolidation with Franklin College at Lancaster, he was elected to the same chair, which he resigned in 1866 to accept the chair in Lafayette College, which he then filled for over a quarter of a century. In 1865 he received the degree of D.D. from Rutgers College, and the degree of LL.D. from Franklin-Marshall College in 1880. Beyond official duties Dr. Porter delivered a great many sermons, lectures and addresses, did much scientific work, especially in Botany, contributed to the Reviews, made many translations, being familiar with several modern languages, and published several volumes. He was a thorough theologian and had the art of wise exposition, with a charming voice he was persuasive and demonstrative in delivery, and always held attention.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 420.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 133.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 126.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1380.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 140.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 133, 358.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 514.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 357.

9 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 34.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 13.