John Porter

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Husband John Porter ¹

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 Cause of Death: Drowning
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         Father: John Porter (1777-1824) 2 3
         Mother: Mary May (      -      ) 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Porter

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He was engaged in the boat building business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was accidentally drowned in the Monongahela River while trying to rescue a workman in his employ.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 81, 114.

2 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 868.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 77.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 81.