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Note: N523 Middle initial (R), CONFLICTING DATE (1850) OF BIRTH and location of birth from the Inghram family files of Nola Elliott.
Middle name, date of birth and date of death (April 8, 1886) from the "Porter-Inghram- Rinehart Bible" , entries from which were copied from Greene Hills Echo.
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An entry in the "Inghram-Porter-Rinehart Bible" , Greene County Historical Society, Greene County, Pennsylvania, reads as follows:
"Thomas Rinehart Porter Son of Hiram Porter Margaret his wife was Born December the 5 in the year of our Lord 1849 Died April 8, 1886"
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The following information is from "Caldwell's Centennial Atlas of Greene County, Pennsylvania" by J. A. Caldwell, 1876:
Thos. R. Porter, Penna, Waynesburg, Franklin Township
Farmer and stock raiser
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1850 (August 9) census data from the census images for Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Page 258B - image 26 - line 41) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was 8/12 year old and had not attended school within the year. He was living with his parents, 1 brother and 2 sisters. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Thomas R" in this census.
1860 (August 18) census data from the census images for Franklin Township (Post Office-Waynesburg), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Page 193 - Image 188 - line 17) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was 10 years old, born in Pennsylvania and living with his mother, 1 brother and 1 sister. He had attended school within the census year. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Thomas R" in this census. This information can also be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/ ~usgenweb/pa/greene /census/1860/0420.gif.
1870 census data (page 18 - line 5) from http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/ greene/census/1870/0228b.gif.
1880 (June 8) census data from the census images for Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 71 - page 9 - image 9 - line 49) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was a 30 or 31 year old farmer. He was single and living with his mother. He was born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Thomas R" in this census.
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Greene County Deed Book 354, page 62 William Rinehart as administrator for Thomas R. Porter to A. I. P. Rinehart of Waynesburg undivided one-fourth part of a tract of land in Franklin Township containing 142 acres for the sum of $1286.87 1/2. August 5, 1888
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Thos. R. Porter Died - At his home, in Franklin township, on Thursday the 8th last, Thos. R. Porter, of consumption, aged 36 years. He was a son of Hiram Porter, deceased, and had only been sick about four weeks. He was unmarried and a kind, honorable and upright gentleman, and a member of the M. P. Church. His remains will be interred in Greene (sic) Mount Cemetery at this place, today, (Saturday) at 2 o'clock, a. (sic) m.
Source - "Inghram-Porter-Rinehart Bible", Greene County Historical Society, Greene County, Pennsylvania (unknown newspaper clipping pasted in the Bible)
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PORTER
Thomas Porter, Esq., died at his home in Franklin township, this county, Thursday evening, April 8th, 1886, aged 36 years, of consumption and a complication of diseases.
Deceased was unmarried unmarried (sic) and a very highly respected citizen.
He was a member of the Coallick M. P. church and a consistent Christian.
The remains were followed to their last resting place, in Green Mount cemetery, on Saturday, by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.
Source - ÒWaynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, April 13, 1886
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CONFLICTING DATE (April 6, 1886) OF DEATH in Greene County Will Book 6, page 103, No. 3575, Probated 06-22-1886.
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Monument located in Green Mount Cemetery, Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Section ?). This monument was observed by me and photographed.
"Thomas R. Porter Dec. 5, 1849 - died April 8, 1886 aged 46 (?) yrs 4 mo 3 days"
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