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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Genealogy Memoirs
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Illustrated -
Vol. II
The Lewis Publishing Company
CHICAGO - NEW
YORK
1906
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JOHN PORCH.
John Porch, a farmer of Kecksburg, and a member of an old
and well-known family of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania,
was there born Feb. 11, 1849, and son of John and Nancy (Sheffer)
Porch.
John Porch (grandfather) was the founder of this
family in Westmoreland county. It is supposed that he
came to America from Germany and settled in Donegal
township, where he followed agricultural pursuits all his
life. His wife bore him the following named children:
George, Jacob, Sarah, wife of Adam Howard;
Rebecca, married John Wymer; Susan wife of
Emanuel Barkley, and John.
John Porch (father) was born and reared in Donegal
township. He was a cooper by trade, and followed his
occupation in connection with farming for a number of years.
The last ten years of his life he resided in Wooster, Wayne
county, Ohio. He married Nancy Sheffer and she
bore him children as follows: Elizabeth, wife
of Joseph Slater; Mary, wife of William Overly;
Benjamin, George, Jacob, Jane, married William
Newell; Ellen, wife of W. G. Newell; John,
see forward; and Allen. The father of these
children died in 1895.
John Porch, following in the footsteps of his
ancestors, has always engaged in the occupation of a farmer,
and has achieved the most gratifying success in this line.
He married Eliza Overly, daughter of John A. and
Elizabeth (Griffith) Overly. Mr. and Mrs. Porch
are the parents of the following named children:
Florence, wife of Sanford Bitner; Luther J., a
farmer of Mount Pleasant township; Rachel Elizabeth,
wife of Judson Grimm; Sarah J., the wife of Robert
Altman.
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