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Note: N1086 Name, address, date of birth, marital status, date of death and location of interment from "Weaver's Funeral Home Records, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania January 1919 - October 1977" as copied from the files of the Cornerstone Genealogical Society in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
Residence (Franklin Township) and status (not deceased) in November, 1906, from the obituary of William A. Porter - ÒWaynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, November 22, 1906, files of the Cornerstone Genealogical Society and ÒWaynesburg DemocratÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Friday, November 23, 1906
Given name (Thomas) and status (deceased) in August, 1954, from the obituary of Jennie A. Porter - "The Glenville Democrat" newspaper, Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia, Thursday, August 26, 1954, page 5
Given name (Thomas) and status (deceased) in April, 1968, from the obituary of Helen P. Hiller - ÒObserver-ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, April 2, 1968, page A8
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The following information is found in the Greene County, Pennsylvania - Birth Register, 1893-1903, County Court House, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Page 148 - line 04, Copyright, 2001, James Fordyce (genealogy@fordyce.org). The URL is http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/greene/vitals/births/births1893-1903nqsur.txt.
Surname: Porter
First Name: Thomas
Sex: Male
Color: White
Name of Father: William Porter
Name of Mother: Jennie Porter
Residence: Franklin Twp.
Occupation of Father: Farmer
Date of Birth: February 8 1901 (NOTE: THE DATE OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH THAT FROM OTHER SOURCES)
Place of Birth: Laurel Run, Pa.
Date of Record: May 25, 1901
Notes: __________
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1910 (April 15) census data from the census images for East Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 101 - sheet 1A - image 1 - line 31) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was 9 years old, living in a house on Greene Street with his grandmother, mother, a brother and a sister. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Thomas W" in this census.
1940 (April 4) census data from the census images for Franklin Township (Morrisville), Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 30-13 - sheet 2B - image 4 - line 54) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that he was a 39 year old foreman, working for the township road, as a wage or salary worker in private work. He had worked 24 hours for pay or profit during the week of March 24-30 and 48 weeks in 1939, earning $1,000. He did not receive income of $50 or more from other sources. He had completed the eighth grade. He was single and living with his mother in a house, which was owned and valued at $1,000, on Morrisville Route 19-188. On April 1, 1935, he lived in the same place. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Thomas W" in this record.
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William T. Porter
William Thomas Porter, 47, son of the late William A. and Jennie Strosnider Porter, of Morrisville, died at his home, Monday, March 22, 1948 at 3:25 p. m. after an illness of the past two years. He was born Oct. 8, 1900, in Franklin Twp and spent most of his life in that community where he once served as a township supervisor. Surviving besides his mother is a sister, Mrs. J. Harold Hiller, Morrisville, and a brother, Charles E. Porter, Glenville, W. Va.. One niece and four nephews are living. He was a member of the Morrisville Methodist Church and the Waynesburg Eagles Lodge. He never married.
Source - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, March 23, 1948, page 5
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Monument located in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania "William Thomas Porter October 8, 1900-March 22, 1948"
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