Joseph Porter and Martha Van Dyke

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Husband Joseph Porter ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1792 - Washington Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 25 Feb 1886 - ? Butler Co, PA 3
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         Father: Alexander Porter (1765-1847) 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Bredin (1769-1859) 7

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       Marriage: 1817 4 8

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Wife Martha Van Dyke ^{3 4}

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         Father: John Van Dyke (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 F Lucy Porter ⁴

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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: Robert M. Seaton (      -Abt 1861/1865) 4

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2 M John Porter ^{3 9 10}

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           Born: 13 Feb 1823 - Cherry Twp, Butler Co, PA 3 10
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Martha C. Turner (      -Aft 1883) 3 10 11
           Marr: 21 Oct 1847 3 10

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3 F Isabella Porter ⁴

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            AKA: Isabel Porter 3
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           Died: 1857 12
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         Spouse: Cyrus Kerr (      -      ) 4

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4 F Mary Ann Porter ⁴

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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Abner McCallen (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 1850 13

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5 M Braden Porter ⁴

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         Spouse: Mary McCallen (      -      ) 12

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6 F Martha Porter ⁴

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           Died: 1878 12
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         Spouse: David Dunn (      -      ) 4

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7 M Alexander Porter ⁴

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         Spouse: Mary Dunlap (      -      ) 12

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8 F Sarah Porter ⁴

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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Robert Sankey (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Porter

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He represents a family noted for longevity, his great-grandfather having died in Ireland at the great age of one hundred and twenty years. [HBC 1883, 436]

During the war of 1812-15, Joseph Porter, with the Venango County troops, marched to the northern frontier twice - in August, 1813, and again in the following winter. He now [1883] draws a pension. In 1818, he settled in Cherry Township, Butler County, PA, on the boundary line be­tween Cherry and Marion Townships. His nearest neighbors then were the Waddles and McEnallys, in Marion Township, the Thompsons and Christys in Cherry Township. [HBC 1883, 424]

He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and removed with his parents to Clinton township, Venango county, when two years old. He there grew to manhood, and in the year following his marriage, located in Cherry township, where he cleared and improved the farm later occupied by his son Alexander, and resided thereon the remainder of his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics, he was a Republican.

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Van Dyke

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from Venango Co, PA.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 424, 436.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 990.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1312.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 424.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1310.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 990.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 492.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), P 1312.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 407, 424.

10 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 17.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 407, 437.

12 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 437.

13 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 423.