John Porch and Nancy Shafer

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Husband John Porch ¹

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           Born:  - Donegal Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died:  - Ohio
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Nancy Shafer ²

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Children

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1 M Jacob Porch ^{2 3}

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           Born: 3 May 1840 2
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           Died: Jun 1916 2
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery

         Spouse: Caroline Newill (Abt 1847-1908) 3
           Marr: Abt 1863

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2 M John Porch ²

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           Born: Abt 1846
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           Died: May 1915 2
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3 M Allen Porch ²

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4 F Mary Porch ²

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         Spouse: William Overly (      -      ) 2

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5 F Elizabeth Porch ²

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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Spouse: Joseph Slater (      -Bef 1918) 2

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6 M George Porch ²

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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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7 M Benjamin Porch ²

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 Cause of Death: Accident
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8 F Amanda Jane Porch ^{2 3}

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           Died: 23 Nov 1886 3
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         Spouse: William Newill (      -1885) 3 4 5

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9 F Ellen Porch ²

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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Spouse: W. G. Newell (      -Bef 1918) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Porch

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Soon after his marriage he settled on a farm in Mount Pleasant township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and continued to live there until a few years before his death. When his children had grown up to maturity, he sold his various properties to them, making provision in the meantime for his wife. He then migrated to the west and settled in Ohio, where his death eventually occurred.

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Shafer

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She was an orphan, and was reared near Laurel Hill in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
She survived her husband and lived to the venerable age of eighty years.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 984.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 985.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 111.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 130.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 33.