William Henry Porch and Fannie Moose

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Husband William Henry Porch ¹

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            AKA: William Poarch 2
           Born: 19 Sep 1837 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: Frederick Porch (      -1878) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Barclay (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: Lydia Trauger (      -Abt 1871) 2 5 - Abt 1861

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Wife Fannie Moose ⁵

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Children

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1 F Gertie Porch ⁵

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         Spouse: Edgar B. Fisher (      -      ) 5

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2 M Edgar B. Porch ⁵

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           Died:  - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Carrie Kels (      -      ) 5

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3 M Trauger Porch ⁵

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - William Henry Porch

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He continued to reside at the old family place until his marriage, which occurred at the age of twenty-four, after which he purchased his own farm, which contained one hundred acres of excellent land and was situated about nine miles east of Greensburg, six miles south of Latrobe and one mile north of Pleasant Unity. He had received one hundred and fifty dollars from his father to assist in the purchase. When coal was discovered about 1880 in that region, the farmers thereabouts, finding that much of this valuable mineral underlaid their farms, were anxious to dispose of it to the operators who were at that time beginning to develop the great industry. About that year Mr. Porch disposed of a portion of the coal discovered under his land at the rate of seventy-five dollars per acre, but with a foresight quite unusual reserved a large portion of these rights for many years. In 1915 he disposed of the remaining coal rights at the rate of two thousand dollars per acre. During these years Mr. Porch has carried on an extensive stock business, his operation being to purchase a herd of young steers, stall them and feed them for the market. In later years he also turned his attention to horses, and became well known as a dealer in fine young animals, which he would purchase, and, after personally supervising their preparation for use, sell them again at an advance.

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General Notes: Wife - Fannie Moose

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from Virginia

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1067.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 6.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1068.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 176.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1069.