Thomas Porter and Elizabeth "Betsey" Waugh

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Husband Thomas Porter ¹

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           Born: 1790 or 1791 - County Down, Ireland 1
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           Died: 5 Apr 1886 - Lackawannock Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 1826 2

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   Other Spouse: Hannah Pomroy (      -1877) 1

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Waugh ³

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           Died: 1838 2
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         Father: Thomas Waugh (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Sarah A. Porter ¹

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           Died: Bef 1888
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         Spouse: William Glendening (      -      ) 2

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2 M Robert M. Porter ¹

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3 F Rachel J. Porter ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 20 Mar 1854 - ? Mercer Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: George Allen (1823-1888) 4
           Marr: 2 Nov 1852 4

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4 M Thomas B. Porter ⁵

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           Born: 25 Mar 1835 - Wilmington Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Margaret J. Allen (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 18 Sep 1860 2

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5 F Elizabeth Porter ¹

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         Spouse: Allen Watson (      -      ) 1

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6 U [Infant] Porter ²

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           Died: in infancy
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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Porter

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Wilmington Twp, Mercer Co, PA

He was born in County Down, Ireland. [HMC 1888, 887] In County Donegal. [HMC 1888, 902]
At the age of twenty-six he immigrated to America, and worked for four years on a farm for Squire Abrams, near Philadelphia, PA. He then visited Mercer County and purchased a farm of sixty acres of Mr. McConnell. He soon after returned to Philadelphia, where he was employed by Stephen Girard, as overseer of his farm hands, where he remained two years. He then returned to Mercer County. He was married and they located on a farm, where they lived about ten years, when they sold it to Joseph Douglass, and bought 100 acres of Dr. Smith, near Wilmington. In 1856 he purchased a farm of 100 acres in Lackawannock Township, on which they went to live. He was a Democrat. They were members of the Presbyterian Church.
He died April 5. [HMC 1888, 887] He died April 15. [HMC 1888, 802]

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 887.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 902.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 879, 887.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 879.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 802, 879, 887.