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Note: N365 Date and location of birth, death and burial from Family History Library Ancestral File AF83-027259 (Microfilm 1394129). Her AFN is 244Z-G5.
Married surname (Porter), residence (near Jefferson) and status (not deceased) in June, 1917, from the obituary of Henry Huffman - ÒWaynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, June 28, 1917
Given name (Selina), married surname (Porter) and residence ( R F D 6, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) in September, 1918, from the World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, William Henry Porter, http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/
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Greene County Marriage License Docket 1922-1925, Vol. 18, page 392, No. 7815-Greene County Court House, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania indicates she was a housekeeper, of Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania at the time of her son's marriage. This record lists her birth location Greene County, Pennsylvania.
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1870 (June 10) census data from the census images for Franklin Township (Post Office-Waynesburg), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Page 8 - Image 8 - line 36) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 7 years old and had attended school within the year. She was living with her father, stepmother and 1 half brother, James. Her given name is listed as "Selina" in this census.
1880 (June 24) census data from the census images for Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 71 - page 34 - image 35 - line 30) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 17 years old and at home. She had not attended school within the Census year. She was single and living with her parents and 2 half brothers. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Salina" in this census.
1900 census data from the census images for Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 93 - sheet 2A - image 3 - line 37) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 36 years old and born in December, 1863 (NOTE: THE YEAR OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN OTHER SOURCES). She had not been employed for 0 months during the census year. She had been married for 18 years and was the mother of one child, who was living. She was living with her husband and son on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Selina" in this census. It appears that she was affiliated with the Children's Home.
1910 (April 15) census data from the census images for Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 111 - sheet 3B - image 5 - line 74) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 54 (?) years old, but her age is difficult to read. She was the mother of mother of one child, who was living. She was a widow and living with her son on a farm which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Selina" in this census.
1920 (March 24) census data from the census images for Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 123 - sheet 4A - image 7 - line 18) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was a 57 year old widow. She was living with her son, 1 hired man and 1 servant on a farm, which was owned free of any mortgage. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Selina" in this census.
1930 (April 09) census data from the census images for Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 30 - sheet 8A - image 15 - line 30) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was a 67 year old widow. She was living with her nephew, two grand nieces and a servant in a home, which was owned and valued at $6,000, in Ward 2 at 46 Lincoln Street. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Salina" in this census.
1940 (April 9) census data from the census images for Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 30-40 - sheet 6A - image 11 - line 16) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was a 76 year old housekeeper, working in a private home, as a wage or salary worker in private work. She had worked 40 hours for pay or profit during the week of March 24-30 and had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $260. She did receive income of $50 or more from other sources. She had completed the 5th grade. She was a widow and living with her nephew and 2 grand nieces in a house, which was owned and valued at $3,000, at 46 Lincoln Street in Ward 2 (Precinct 2). On April 1, 1935, she lived in the same house. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as "Selina" in this record
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Mrs. SELINA H. PORTER
Mrs. Selina H. Porter, 90, lifelong resident of Greene County, died at 11:55 a. m. Wednesday, April 8, 1953, at her home on the Jefferson Road (Waynesburg R. D. 6).
Born December 6, 1862, she was a daughter of Henry L. and Elizabeth Herrington Huffman and was one of the county's oldest and most highly esteemed women. She married Jesse Porter, who died 45 years ago. She was matron at the Greene County Children's Home from 1890 to 1906. For a period of 14 years she made her home with a nephew, the late James T. King, well known Waynesburg hardware merchant, and following the death of Mrs. King she stayed on in the King home and reared Mr. King's two daughters, Marjorie King of Waynesburg, and Dorothy King of Pittsburgh, who were quite small when their mother died.
Surviving are one son, William H. Porter, Waynesburg R. D. 6, in whose home she died; one granddaughter, Mrs. Charles R. (Lenora) Myers, Waynesburg, R. D. 6; five great grandchildren, one half-brother, Luther A. King of Clarksburg, W. Va., and her two nieces, Marjorie and Dorothy King.
Mrs. Porter was a member of the Jefferson Presbyterian Church.
PORTER - Friends of Mrs. Selina H. Porter, widow of Jesse Porter, of Waynesburg R. D. 6, who died Wednesday, April 8, 1953 are being received at the Church Funeral Home, 197 North Maiden street, Waynesburg, where funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Saturday, April 11, in charge of the Rev. William D. Auld. Burial will be in Oakmont Cemetery.
Source - ÒDemocrat MessengerÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, April 9, 1953, page 12
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
File No. 34403
Registered No. 1?
Primary District No. 30X17-281
1. PLACE OF DEATH
a. COUNTY Greene
b. CITY (If outside corporate limits, write RURAL and give township) Rural - Morgan
c. LENGTH OF STAY (In this place) Life
d. FULL NAME OF HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION (If not in hospital or institution, give street address or location) -
2. USUAL RESIDENCE (Where deceased lived. If institution: residence before admission)
a. STATE Pa
b. COUNTY Greene
c. CITY OR BOROUGH (If outside corporate limits, write RURAL and give township) Rural - Morgan
d. STREET ADDRESS (If rural, give location) Waynesburg R D 6
3. NAME OF DECEASED (Type or Print) a. (First) Selina b. (Middle) H. c. (Last) Porter
4. DATE OF DEATH (Month) Apr. (Day) 8 (Year) 1953
5. SEX F
6. COLOR OR RACE W
7. MARRIED, NEVER MARRIED, WIDOWED, DIVORCED (Specify) W
8. DATE OF BIRTH 12/6/1862
9. AGE (In years last birthday) 90 If under 1 year __ Months __ Days If under 24 hrs. __ Hours __Minutes
10a. USUAL OCCUPATION (Give kind of work done during most of working life, even if retired) House-keeper
10b. KIND OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY own Home
11. BIRTHPLACE (Also give State or foreign country) Greene Co.
12. CITIZEN OF WHAT COUNTRY? U.S.A.
13. FATHERÕS NAME Henry L. Huffman
14. MOTHERÕS MAIDEN NAME Elizabeth Herrington
15. WAS DECEASED EVER IN U.S. ARMED FORCES? (Yes, no, or unknown) ____ (If yes, complete reverse side of certificate)
16. SOCIAL SECURITY NO. -
17. INFORMANTÕS OWN SIGNATURE William H. Porter ADDRESS Waynesburg R D 6
18. CAUSE OF DEATH Enter only one cause per line for (a), (b) and (c)
*This does not mean the mode of dying, such as heart failure, asthenia, etc. It means the disease, injury, or complication which caused death.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION
I. DISEASE OR CONDITION DIRECTLY LEADING TO DEATH*
(a) Myocarditis with auricutal (?) fibrilation INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH ___________
ANTECEDENT CAUSES
Morbid conditions, if any, giving rise to the above cause (a) stating the undelying cause last.
DUE TO (b) _______________ INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH ______________
DUE TO (c) Influenza INTERVAL BEWTEEN ONSET AND DEATH 3 weeks prior (?)
II. OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS
Conditions contributing to the death but not related to the disease or condition causing death. __________ INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH 481X
19a. DATE OF OPERATION __________ 19b. MAJOR FINDINGS OF OPERATION __________ 20. AUTOPSY? YES ___ NO ___
21a. ACCIDENT SUICIDE HOMICIDE (Specify) __________ 21b. PLACE OF INJURY (e.g., in or about home, farm, factory, street, office bldg., etc.)__________ 21c. (CITY, TOWN AND TOWNSHIP) (COUNTY) (STATE) ____________________
21d. TIME OF INJURY (Month) (Day) (Year) (Hour) __________ m. E.S.T. 21e. INJURY OCCURRED While at Work ___ Not While at Work ___ 21f. HOW DID INJURY OCCUR? ____________________
22. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from 4/6, 1953, to 4/7, 1953, that I last saw the deceased alive on 4/7, 1953, and that death occurred at 11 55 a.m., E. S. T., from the causes and on the date above stated.
23a. SIGNATURE S. J. Titus | M.D. or other _____ 23b. ADDRESS Jefferson Pa 23c. DATE SIGNED Apr 10 - 53
24a. BURIAL CREMATION, REMOVAL (Specify) Burial 24b. DATE 4/16/53 24c. NAME OF CEMETERY OR CREMATORY Oakmont 24d. LOCATION (Town, township and county) Greene Co. (State) __________
DATE RECÕD BY LOCAL REG. Apr 10 - 1953 REGISTRARÕS SIGNATURE Maud D. Titus 25. SIGNATURE OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR George I. Church ADDRESS Waynesburg Pa.
(NOTE: THE DATE OF BURIAL (4/16/53) CONFLICTS WITH THE DATE OF FUNERAL SERVICES (APRIL 11, 1953) AS STATED IN HER OBITUARY)
Source - R. and K. Myers papers, October 3, 2005
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No. 30.
Deed
THE OAKMONT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
TO
William & Selina Porter
FOR
Lot No 2 Section Circle
East (1/2)
Date February 20, 1908.
Consideration $114.00.
OFFICE:
WAYNESBURG, PA.
No. 30.
$114.00.
The Oakmont Cemetery Association
INCORPORATED 1902
Know all Men by these Presents, that THE OAKMONT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, in consideration of One hundred and fourteen Dollars, paid to it by William and Selina Porter of Morgan Township the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said William and Selina Porter, their heirs and assigns, all that Lot of Land in the Cemetery of said Corporation, called OAKMONT CEMETERY, situate in Franklin township, Greene county, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which Lot is delineated and laid down on the Map or Plan of the said Cemetery, and is therein designated by the number East (1/2) 2 in section Circle, being the half next to #3 containing One hundred ninety superficial feet. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the herein above granted premises to the said William and Selina Porter, their heirs and assigns forever; subject, however, to the rules, conditions and limitations, and with the privileges specified in the rules and regulations hereto annexed. Excepting and reserving, however, such reservations as are made in deed dated the 10th day of August A. D. 1906 from Russell Ferrell conveying the above described property to said Corporation, and recorded in the office for the recording of deeds in and for Greene county, Pa., in deed book, vol. ___, page ___ and also such rules and regulations as are now in force or which may hereafter be adopted for the government of said cemetery. And the said THE OAKMONT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, for itself, its successors and assigns doth covenant, grant and agree to and with the said William and Selina Porter, their heirs and assigns, that it will warrant and defend the title to said premises, unto the said William and Selina Porter, their heirs and assigns forever. Subject nevertheless to the Reservations as above set forth and to such Rules and Regulations as are now in force or which may hereafter be adopted for the government of said cemetery.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said THE OAKMONT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION has caused this instrument to be signed by its President, and its common and corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, the 20th day of February in the year of our Lord, one Thousand, nine hundred and eight.
THE OAKMONT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION,
By T. J. Wisecarver President.
Attest J. A. F. Randolph asst. Secretary
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1st. The within described lot shall not be used for any other purpose than the burial of human bodies.
2nd. The proprietor of said lot shall have the right to erect proper stones, monuments or sepulchral structures and to cultivate trees, shrubs and plants thereon; all such stones, monuments or sepulchral structures, however, shall be erected in accordance with the rules and regulations of the cemetery association as they now exist or may hereafter be adopted.
3rd. The proprietor of said lot shall erect or place at his or her own expense, suitable landmarks of stone or iron at the corners thereof, and shall cause the number thereof to be legibly and permanently marked on the premises. And if the proprietor shall neglect, for thirty days after notice, to erect or place such landmarks and mark the number, the said cemetery association through its board of directors shall have authority to cause the same to be done at the expense of said proprietor. All such landmarks must be approved by resolution of the board of directors of said cemetery association.
4th. Should the landmarks and boundaries of said lot become effaced, so that the lot can not with reasonable diligence to found or identified the said cemetery association shall set off to the grantee, his or her heirs or assigns a lot in lieu thereof, in such part of the cemetery as the board of directors of said association by resolution may see fit and the lot hereby granted shall revert, in such case, to the cemetery association.
5th. Should any tree or trees, shrub or shrubs, upon said lot now or at any future time by means of their roots, branches or otherwise, become detrimental to said lot or to adjacent lots or walks, ways, driveways or avenues, or unsightly, dangerous or inconvenient it shall be the duty of the board of directors of said cemetery association and they shall have the right to authorize by resolution their agent, manager, sexton or caretaker to enter upon said lot and remove the said trees and shrubs or such parts thereof as are thus detrimental, unsightly, dangerous or inconvenient.
6th. Should any monument, effigy or any structure whatever, or any inscription be placed in or upon said lot which shall be determined by the board of directors of said cemetery association to be improper or offensive, said board of directors shall have the right and it shall be their duty to authorize by resolution their agent, manager, sexton or caretaker to enter upon said lot and remove the said improper of offensive object or objects.
7th. No fence shall at any time be placed or erected on or around said lot without permission of the board of directors of said association; and such permission shall not be given until after the materials, design and manner of erecting said fence shall have been approved by said board of directors. Such approval and permission shall be by resolution of the board of directors of said cemetery association.
8th. All interments in the aforesaid lot shall be restricted to the members of the family and realtives of the proprietor thereof, except special permission to the contrary be obtained in writing at the office of said cemetery association; and no disinterment shall be allowed without permission from the board of directors of said cemetery association, which permission to disinter shall be by resolution of said board of directors.
9th. No interment shall take place in said lot without a written permission from the office of said cemetery association.
10th. All graves, post holes and excavations for vaults and foundations shall be dug by the employes of said cemetery associations and the reasonable cost thereof paid or caused to be paid to its secretary by the proprietor of said lot.
11th. The proprietor of the aforesaid lot shall not sell nor transfer same to another without permission by resolution from the board of directors of said cemetery association.
12th. The said lot is sold, purchased and holden subject to the character of The Oakmont Cemetery Association , the reservation in deed from Russell Ferrell to said cemetery association and also subject to the rules and regulations which may from time to time be adopted for the government of said cemetery.
GREENE COUNTY, SS: Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County, personally came T. J. Wisecarver, President of The Oakmont Cemetery Association who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was present at the execution of this Deed, and saw the Common Seal of the said Corporation duly affixed thereto; that the seal so affixed is the Common and Corpoarte Seal thereof, and that the said Deed was duly sealed and delivered by, as and for the act and deed of the said The Oakmont Cemetery Association for the use and purpose therein mentioned, and that the name of the deponent subscribed to the said deed as President of the said Corporation, in attestation of the due execution and delivery thereof, is his proper handwriting.
Sworn and subscribed before me this
20th day of Feb. A. D. 1908.
Harry F Baily
Notary Public.
My Commission Expires May 14, 1911
Source - R. and K. Myers papers, October 3, 2005
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Monument located in Oakmont Cemetery "Porter, Selina H. 1862-1953"
This monument was observed by me and photographed.
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