Winfield Scott Port and Mary Caldwell
Husband Winfield Scott Port 1
Born: 4 Nov 1841 - Clarion Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Henry Port (1810-1891) 1 Mother: Rebecca Clover (1816-1902) 1
Marriage: 21 May 1872 - Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA 2
Wife Mary Caldwell 2
Born: 12 Apr 1856 - Clearfield Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Garry Bishop Caldwell (1826-1904) 1 3 Mother: Jane Read (1827-1871) 2
Children
1 M Henry Bishop Port 1
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2 M Paul Myron Port 1
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3 F Rebecca Jane Port 1
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4 F Mabel Eliza Port 1
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5 M John Scott Port 1
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6 M Frederick Seymour Port 1
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7 F Lorena Edith Port 1
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8 M Talmadge Winfield Port 1
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9 F Mary Naomi Port 1
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10 F Alice Caldwell Port 1
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11 F Ethel Blanche Port 1
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12 F Marion Margaretta Port 1
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General Notes: Husband - Winfield Scott Port
He was raised on a farm, attended public school, and took a business course in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For a time he kept books in that city. For thirty-two years he taught school during the winters; for two years he lived in Reno County, Kansas, engaged in teaching. Later he lived retired in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and owned two farms, consisting of two hundred and thirty acres of land.
August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, known as the second Bucktail regiment. His service continued until July 15, 1865; he was in the battles of Petersburg, the Wilderness, Hatcher's Run, and others.
He was a Republican; while in Kansas he held township offices, and kept books in the county treasurer's office. All the members of his family were Presbyterians.
1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 810.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 811.
3
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 727.
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