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From: "Wilma Fleming Haynes" <>
Subject: [ANDERSON-L] My PORTERS in Maryland / Delaware & Ohio
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 09:11:16 -0700

I would very much like to find someone who had some knowledge no matter how
small of my family - This is what we know and it isn't much on my PORTERS

Josiah PORTER
b 1792 ,,Maryland
d 1863 Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio
md July 1812 Kent county, Delaware
TO
Catherine/Katherine ANDERSON
b 1793 Kent county, Delaware
d Nov 1865 Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio

Catherine/Katherine ANDERSON was the d/o

Alexander ANDERSON
b c 1765 .........
d 1816 county Kent, Delaware
md bef 1793 county Kent, Delaware
TO
Catherine/Katherine.............
b .........
d 1812 Kent county, Delaware

Josiah PORTER and Catherine/Katherine ANDERSON were parents of 5 children
all born Kent county, Maryland -

This is my 2nd great grandparents
1. Mary Melvena PORTER
b 3 March 1818 Kent county, Maryland
d 27 Oct 1909 Cabell county, W. VA
md 24 March 1839 Jefferson co., Ohio
TO:
Osiah/Ozias Cullen STEVENS
b 1 Sep 1815 ,Brooks co., West VA
d 22 Sep 1877 Glenwood, Mason, W. VA

Osiah was the only child of
James Madison STEVENS [dead end]
b 1791 ,, Maine
d ... lost on the Ohio River, Ohio
md abt 1814 ........
AND
Naomi CULLEN [another dead end]
b ........
d 1830 ,, Virginia

Ozius and his wife Mary Stevens moved
their family down the Ohio river on a
flat boat to Buffington Island in the
late fall of 1861 - he farmed there
I have no idea when he drowned.


2. William PORTER
b 1823/25 ,, Maryland
SOURCE: 1850 census of Steubenville,
Jefferson, Ohio

3. Emily PORTER
b 1827 ,, Maryland
d ......
md abt 1850 Steubenville, Jefferson,
OH
TO: Josiah WHEELER
b 1828 ,, Maryland
SOURCE: 1850 census of Steubenville,
Jefferson, Ohio.

4. Sarah PORTER
b abt 1830 Maryland
d ...... Steubenville, Jefferson,Ohio
SOURCE: death records from "

5. Andrew Jackson PORTER
b 31 Oct 1832
d 15 Dec 1871 Steubenville,
Jefferson, Ohio
md bef 1856 ...Ohio
TO: Martha .......
b 1836 Ireland
They had 3 children
i. Josiah PORTER
b 1857 ,, Ohio
ii. William PORTER
b 1859 Jefferson co. Ohio
iii. Martha PORTER
b Apr 1860 Harrison co,
Ohio
d 19 Oct 1872 Stoneville,
Jefferson, Ohio
NOTES for Andrew Jackson PORTER
According to Andrew's death records
which were recorded in Jefferson
county, OH 1867-1887 says..."he was
born in Maryland, he was a farmer and
was killed by cars!!"
SOURCE: 1860 US census record from
Jefferson county, Ohio and death
records from Jefferson county, Ohio

Thank you

Wilma Fleming Haynes

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