Levi Portser and Isabella Cochran

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Husband Levi Portser ¹

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         Father: Joshua Portser (      -      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Martz (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 5 Jun 1870 2

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Levi Portzer.

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Wife Isabella Cochran ²

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Belle Cochrane.

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1 M Robert K. Portser ²

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2 M Idin M. Portser ²

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         Spouse: Jeannette Sarver (      -      ) 2

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3 F Carrie B. Portser ²

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         Spouse: Joseph W. Steel (      -      ) 2

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4 F Bessie V. Portser ²

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5 M Wallace W. Portser ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Culp (      -      ) 2

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6 F Edwinna Portser ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Levi Portser

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After spending his early life on the home farm, receiving such education as was possible in a public school, he left home at the age of twenty years and went to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to learn the plasterers' trade. His apprenticeship lasted for about three years, but at the end of that time, he branched out into contracting, in which line he is still engaged, although eventually his many activities made it necessary for him to leave the active management of it in the hands of his employees. Through his building operations he was brought into contact with real estate values in a most practical way, and soon found he could increase his income by taking up real estate in addition to his other work.
For some years he was also engaged in the coal business. After spending several years in developing coal properties in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, he found he could dispose of these holdings at very large profits and was quick to take advantage of the opportunity. Beginning in 1882 Mr. Portser was affiliated with the Building and Loan Company in Greensburg and beginning in 1888 was president of the company. He was also director in the Merchants' Trust Company of Greensburg and the Westmoreland National Bank. In politics he was an Independent, having been raised a Whig. He held the office of burgess of East Greensburg, was a member of the school board, and for some years was assessor of the Seventh Ward of Greensburg. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 225, of Greensburg, and Kedran Commandery, No. 18; also Olivet Council, No. 13.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 68.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 69.