Name: The Porters of Greene County

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Lucy Hollande Meighen: Birth: 11 APR 1883 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 2 OCT 1968 in Havencrest Rest Home, Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  2. Frank Whitlatch Meighen: Birth: 30 MAR 1886. Death: 7 NOV 1960

  3. John L. Meighen: Birth: 15 MAY 1888. Death: APR 1983

  4. Alice Margaret Meighen: Birth: 8 AUG 1889 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 26 MAY 1939 in home, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania

  5. Catherine Jane Meighen: Birth: 4 JUL 1891. Death: MAY 1976

  6. Robert Pattison Meighen: Birth: 12 AUG 1892 in Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 10 OCT 1950

  7. James L. Meighen: Birth: 26 JUL 1894 in Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: MAY 1971

  8. Adalyn E. Meighen: Birth: 13 OCT 1895 in Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: NOV 1991

  9. Mary F. Meighen: Birth: 21 OCT 1896 in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 1897

  10. Glenn E. Meighen: Birth: 18 AUG 1904 in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Death: 1940

  11. Person Not Viewable

  12. William G. Meighen: Death: 1918 in France


Sources
1. Title:   Obituary of Lucy M. Porter
Text:   Given name/Surname
2. Title:   Marriage License Docket - David Edward Porter and Lucy Hollande Meighen
Text:   Given name/Surname
3. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Date [Year]
Author:   James Fordyce
4. Title:   "Church Records-Part 5"
Text:   Date
Author:   posted by "Helen in Pa."
5. Title:   Obituary of Lucinda G. Meighen
Text:   Date
6. Title:   Greene County, Pennsylvania Cemeteries CD-ROM
Text:   Location
Author:   James Fordyce
7. Title:   "Church Records-Part 5"
Text:   Date [Year]
Author:   posted by "Helen in Pa."

Notes
a. Note:   N976 Given name (John), surname (Meighen), occupation (farmer) and residence (Whiteley Township) in July, 1894, from the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Birth Register 1, 1893-1903, James L. Meighen, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 114 - line 12, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org)
  Given name (John), surname (Meighen), occupation (farmer) and residence (Whiteley Township) in October, 1895, from the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Birth Register 1, 1893-1903, Addie E. Meighen, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 115 - line 34, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org)
  Given name (John), surname (Meighen), occupation (farmer) and residence (Harveys, Pennsylvania) in October, 1896, from the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Birth Register 1, 1893-1903, Mary F. Meighen, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 117 - line 30, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org)
  Given name (John), surname (Meighen), occupation (farmer) and residence (Harveys, Pennsylvania) in August, 1904, from the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Birth Register 2, 1904-1915, Glen Meighen, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 111 - line 02, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org)
  Given name (John) and surname (Meighen) from ÒMarriage License Docket,Ó 1907-1909, David Edward Porter and Lucy Hollande Meighen, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 12, page 464, No. 5214
  Given name (John), surname (Meighen) and date (September 7, 1933) of death from the obituary of Lucinda G. Meighen - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Monday, December 27, 1943
  Given name (John), surname (Meighen) and status (deceased) in October, 1950, from the obituary of Robert P. Meighen - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, October 11, 1950
  Given name (John) and surname (Meighen) from the obituary of Lucy M. Porter - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Friday, October 4, 1968, page B-8
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 25. JOHN MEIGHEN: Probably took office in 1916. Born July 9, 1843 -d. Sept. 7, 1933, son of John and Elsie (Shultz) Meighen. Enlisted in 1862, when 19, as a Private in Co. A, 140th Pa. Vol. Inf., and served throughout the Civil War. He was the last of Richhill Township's veterans of the Civil War. Married 1881, Lucinda Gordon (b. 1858 - d. 1943), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gordon. Both buried at Wind Ridge. Twelve children: Lucy (Porter), Alice (McGlumphy), Adalyn (Thomas), John L., Frank W., Robert P., James L., Kate (Minton), Mark, Glenn, Mary, and William G. Mr. Meighen was a squire in Wind Ridge, known not only for his own good humor but also for his ability to keep a group in good humor, and also for his peacemaking ability in settling quarrells and disputes. (PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com "Church Records-Part 5" posted Sunday, 15 November 1998 by "Helen in Pa."- the church is identified as the Harmony Church)
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 Monument in Jacksonville Cemetery, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania from "Greene County, Pennsylvania Area Cemeteries CD-ROM Volume 3" - James Fordyce (2002)
  MEIGHEN
 LUCINDA G. JOHN
 1858 - 1943 1843 - 1933
  There is also a smaller monument which reads as follows:
  JOHN MEIGHEN
 1843 - 1933
 PVT. CO. A 140TH. PA. VOL.
 CIVIL WAR

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