Samuel Smith Porter and Mary Ann Smith

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Husband Samuel Smith Porter ¹

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         Father: Moses Porter (1804-1880) 2
         Mother: Emly Wade (1810-Aft 1889) 2

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       Marriage: 19 Feb 1852 - near Scottdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3

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Wife Mary Ann Smith ¹

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         Father: Henry E. Smith (1803-1888) 2
         Mother: Margaret Barr (1800-1872) 2

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Children

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1 F Margaret E. Porter ³

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           Born: 17 Apr 1853 3
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2 M Moses E. Porter ¹

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            AKA: M. O. Porter 4
           Born: 14 Jul 1854 1
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         Spouse: Belle Stacy (      -      ) 4 5
           Marr: 11 Apr 1883 5

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3 F Mary Alice Porter ³

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           Born: 16 Oct 1855 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Rachel Jane Porter ³

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           Born: 28 Dec 1856 3
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           Died: 8 Feb 1858 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Ella Porter ³

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           Born: 24 Aug 1858 3
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6 M Nathan S. Porter ³

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           Born: 31 Dec 1859 3
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           Died: 13 Jun 1870 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Alcinda E. Porter ³

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           Born: 1 Feb 1862 3
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8 M Samuel E. Porter ³

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           Born: 25 Apr 1863 - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Della Jenkins (      -      ) 3
           Marr: Oct 1886 3

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9 F Hettie Porter ³

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           Born: 7 Sep 1866 3
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Smith Porter

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He came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from Maryland when quite young. He received a good education and engaged in teaching tor sixteen years. After the breaking out of the "Great Rebellion," he enlisted as a private in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, and by successive promotions attained to the rank of second lieutenant under General Sheridan, in Second Maryland Volunteers. He participated at Gettysburg, was in several other battles and was honorably discharged September 30, 1864.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 374, 470.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 374.

3 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 470.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1242.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 376.