Charles Watson Clendenning and Martha Ross Porter

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Husband Charles Watson Clendenning ¹

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            AKA: Charles Washington Clendenning 2
           Born: 23 May 1788 - County Westmeath, Ireland 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 May 1889 - West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Arthur Clendenning (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Margaret Watson (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 30 Dec 1822 1 2

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Wife Martha Ross Porter ^{2 3}

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           Born: 7 Apr 1795 - York Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 28 Apr 1862 1
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         Father: Robert Porter (1773-1859) 2 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Penrose Alcock (1765-1839) 5

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Children

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1 M John Clendenning ^{1 2}

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           Born: 7 Sep 1823 1
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           Died: 10 Oct 1901 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Robert Porter Clendenning ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Oct 1824 1
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           Died: 3 Mar 1895 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Catherine Bomin (1846-1929) 2
           Marr: 12 Mar 1866 2

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3 F Margaret Ellen Clendenning ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Dec 1825 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Aug 1852 1 2
         Buried: 

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4 M William Ross Clendenning ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Sep 1826 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Mar 1910 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Hazlett (1835-1897) 6

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5 F Eliza Jane Clendenning ^{2 7}

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           Born: 20 Mar 1829 - Bakerstown, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: 31 Oct 1897 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Andrew Hare (1824-1867) 8
           Marr: 25 Dec 1851 9

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6 M Arthur Clendenning ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Jun 1833 1
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Susan Aps (      -1900) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Watson Clendenning

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He was the oldest of eight children, and at the age of twenty-two he moved to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he thrashed buckwheat. He was a weaver in the old country, and did some work in that line in Meadville during his first winter here. Six months later he came to Allegheny County, and for six years distilled whisky for Robert Porter.
His family were members of Hood's M. P. Church, and all of the Clendennings were republicans. Mr. Clendenning settled on his farm in 1826, clearing it from the woods. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and for four years was town supervisor. He was a great lover of bees, and at the advanced age of one hundred years continued to care for them.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 82.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 417.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 80.

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

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 78.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 84.

7 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 82, 164.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 84, 157, 164.

9 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 164.