Dr. Samuel Smith Porter, M.D. and Helen Van Zandt

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Husband Dr. Samuel Smith Porter, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Apr 1840 - Fairfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Father: William Porter (1805-1869) 1 4
         Mother: Sarah Custard (      -Aft 1885) 1 4

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       Marriage: 2 Jun 1869 5

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• Residence: : Meadville, Crawford Co, PA.

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Wife Helen Van Zandt ⁵

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            AKA: Nellie Vanzant 1
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Children

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1 M Van Mott Porter, Esq. ⁵

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           Born: 4 Apr 1870 - Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL 5
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Samuel Smith Porter, M.D.

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Meadville, Crawford Co, PA - a physician

He practiced medicine in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and in St. Louis, Missouri. During the Civil War he held a surgeon's commission in the Federal Army. He was interested in the production of petroleum later in life, and in 1905 was engaged in that business in Marietta, Ohio.

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General Notes: Wife - Helen Van Zandt

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from Canajoharie, Montgomery Co, NY

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

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 112.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 113.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 81, 112.

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