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Note: N4 Given name (Nannie), residence (at home, East Finley Township) and status (not deceased) in March, 1904, from the obituary of Simon Sprowls - "Waynesburg Republican" newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, March 17, 1904
CONFLICTING GIVEN NAME (Nellie), married surname (Porter), residence (near Nineveh) and status (not deceased) in January, 1930, from the obituary of Mrs. Jane W. Sprowls - ÒThe Waynesburg RepublicanÓ newspaper, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, January 30, 1930
Married surname (Porter), residence (Nineveh) and status (not deceased) in May, 1947, from the obituary of Mary M. Flynn - "The Washington Observer" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, May 8, 1947, page 2
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1900 (June 21) census data from the census images for East Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 145 - sheet 12A - image 23 - line 15) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 18 years old and born in August, 1881. She was single, had attended school for 7 months and was living with her parents, a brother and three sisters 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 and middle initial are listed as "Nancy M" in this census.
1910 (May 2) census data from the census images for Morris Township (West), Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 113 - sheet 6A - image 11 - line 28) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 28 years old and the mother of 1 child, who was living. She had been married for 6 years and was living with her husband and 1 son in a rented house on Booth Run. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Nannie" in this census.
1920 (March 16) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 140 - sheet 6A - image 11 - line 10) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 39 years old and living with her husband, 1 son and her nephew on a farm, which was rented. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Nannie" in this census.
1930 (April 16) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 20 - sheet 9B - image 18 - line 83) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 48 years old and was first married at the age of 23. She was living with her husband and 1 son on a farm, which was rented, on Booth Run. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Nannie M" in this census.
1940 (April 18) census data from the census images for Morris Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (ED 30-27 - sheet 10B - image 20 - line 70) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 58 years old and engaged in home housework. She had not worked for pay or profit during the week of March 24-30 and had worked 0 weeks in 1939, earning $0. She did not receive income of $50 or more from other sources. She had completed the 8th grade. She was married and living with her husband and 1 lodger on a farm, which was owned and valued at $9,000, on Road No. 430. 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 "Nannie" in this record.
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Nannie Sprowls Porter
Mrs. Nannie Sprowls Porter, 84, of 69 South Cumberland, Street, Waynesburg,
died unexpectedly at 12 noon Tuesday, July 19, 1966, in her home of a heart
attack.
She was born Aug 27, 1881, in East Finley Township near Enon, a daughter
of David and Jane Wise Sprowls.
Mrs. Porter resided most of her life in the Nineveh and Enon area until the
death of her husband William J. Porter, on July 10, 1960, when she moved
to Waynesburg.
She was a member of the Union Valley Methodist Church, near Enon.
Surviving are: one son, Ralph E. ÒJakeÓ Porter, of Waynesburg; two grandsons,
William E. and Ralph E. Porter II both of Waynesburg; three sisters, Mrs.
Elsie Huffman, of Graysville, Mrs. Sophia Barker, of Washington, and Mrs. Pearl
McGlumphy, of Houston, Texas, and several nieces and nephews.
Three brothers and six sisters, are deceased.
Services will be held today, with burial in Enon Cemetery.
Source: newspaper clipping (papers of Margaret B. Porter)
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IN MEMORY OF
NANNIE SPROWLS PORTER
LATE RESIDENCE
Waynesburg, Pa.
BORN
August 27, 1881
East Finley Township, near Enon
DIED
July 19, 1966
FUNERAL SERVICES
Friday, July 22, 1966
at 1:30 p. m. in the
Mariner and Milliken Funeral Home
OFFICIATING CLERGYMAN
Rev. J. W. Lofgren
INTERMENT
Enon Cemetery
Mrs. Porter was a daughter of the
late David and Jane Wise Sprowls. She was
married to William J. Porter, who died July
10, 1960.
Surviving are one son, Ralph E. (Jake)
of Waynesburg; two grandsons, William E.
and Ralph Edward II, both of Waynesburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Essie Huffman, of Grays-
ville; Mrs. Sophia Barker, of Washington,
and Mrs. Pearl McGlumphey, of Houston,
Texas, and several nieces and nephews.
Three brothers and six sisters are de-
ceased.
Source - ÒIn RemembranceÓ, Mariner and Milliken Funeral Service, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, William Thompson papers
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The following is from a letter from Louis Sprowls to William Porter dated February 20, 2004 (the wedding referenced is that of his sister, Louise):
"This was a home wedding in the Sprowls homestead which was in the Sprowls family as of 1839 and remained in Sprowls until 1952 when your father sold it. The farm was bounty land given to Revolutionary War Veteran, Matthew/Mathias Newland, whose daughter (apparently) then married William Sprowls (your grandmother Porter's grandfather) in 1839. Your grandmother Porter's girlhood would have been on this farm. However the house burned around 1890 and a new house was then constructed across the road which was my boyhood home until I married. The farm is pretty well grown up now by woodland and the buildings are in bad state of repair (that is the ones that are still standing). My parents lived on the farm from 1932 until 1950 when your father purchased it and rented it for a couple of years. (before selling it)"
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Monument located in Enon Cemetery "Nannie S. Porter August 27,1881-July 19, 1966"
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