Steven Mark Porter

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He was buried in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.

Robert married Virginia Ternent Grindle on 19 Dec 1944. Virginia (daughter of John Edward Grindle and Mahala Ternent) was born on 12 Apr 1921 in Lonaconing, Allegany Countyt, Maryland.; died on 8 Feb 2014 in Anaheim, Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Porter, Virginia G., matriarch of the Porter Clan, 92 years young, jumped into the loving arms of Jesus on Saturday, February 8th, at 1:40 p.m. "Ginny" was born April 12, 1921, the last of six children of John and Mahala Grindle of Lonaconing, Maryland. On January 14, 1944, after completing her training as a registered nurse, she married Robert L. Porter of Ellerslie, Maryland. They would spend the next 63 years together, living in Cumberland, Maryland; Columbus, Kansas; Oak Park and Bellwood, Illinois and Erie, Pennsylvania; finally moving to Anaheim, California in 1964. Ginny is preceded in death by her loving husband "Bob," by brothers John Grindle, George Grindle and Melvin Grindle; and sisters Elsie Klipstein and Naomi Kuhnle. She is survived by sons Gary Porter of Yorktown, VA; Michael Porter of Fairview, TN and Steven Porter of Santa Monica, CA; four grandchildren and seven great-grandkids. Over the years, Ginny and Bob welcomed many "waifs and wanderers" to their home, each becoming an "adopted" son or daughter; the recipient of as much love and care as their biological family. Ginny loved to play her autoharp, take naps with her cairn terrier, Abby, and tend to her flower garden. She will be sorely missed, but we rejoice in the knowledge that she can once again dance with her Bob. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 8th, 2:00 p.m., at First Nazarene Church, 1340 N. Candlewood St. Anaheim, CA, 92805. Email condolences may be sent to rngport@aol.com. Ginny had no single favorite charity, she gave to many; in lieu of flowers, donations are requested to go to either First Nazarene Church or Hope Community Church of Anaheim. Submitted by Gary Porter, 757-817-1216, OC Register, Anaheim, CA

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He died on 16 Jun 1966 at the age of 82 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

James V. Porter, Ellerslie, Md., died June 16, 1966, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md. He was born March 27, 1884. He was the son of Norman Porter and Sara (Staier) Porter. He was married first to Kathryn Raley and second to Grace Hosselroth, both deceased. He is survived by the following: Mr. James N. Porter, Greensburg; Fred P. Porter, Hyndman; Robert L. Porter, Anaheim, Calif., and a daughter, Janet R. Williams, Ellerslie, Md. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Ellerslie, the POS of A and Lodge 440, Brotherhood of RR Trainmen. The Bedford Inquirer, June 23, 1966

He was buried in Porter Cemetery, Hyndman, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.

James, Grace and Kathryn all share a single grave marker.

James + Kathryn (Minnie) Raley. Kathryn (daughter of Albert Raley and Annie Elizabeth Shuckhart) was born on 6 Jun 1888 in Ellerslie, Allegany County, Maryland.; died in Apr 1938 in Ellerslie, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mahala Ternent on 29 Jun 1898. Mahala (daughter of George S. Ternent and Mary Frances (Mollie) Crowe) was born on 7 Jun 1881 in West Virginia; died on 3 Apr 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes sent by Phyllis Rosley from Gary Porter on January 10, 2015

Norman was orphaned in 1855 at age 4 and, with his three sisters, raised by relatives.

About 1870, he married Anna Stair (1850 - 1875), the daughter of Augustus Stair (originally spelled Stohr, immigrants from Hesse, Germany) and produced sons Oscar Howard and William Augustus and two daughters who apparently died at or near birth. Anna herself died prematurely of pneumonia in 1875 and two years later Norman asked Anna's sister, Sarah Stair, to marry him. She is reported to have said "not until you get a headstone for my
sister," which apparently was speedily done. Norman's marriage (on December 18, 1877) to "Sarah E. Stoer" (sic) is recorded in records of the Wellersburg Reformed Church, Somerset County, Pa. A fee of $3.00 was paid. Earlier that year (August 28) Norman's Uncle Thomas Jackson Porter and Aunt Rebecca Porter had left him 39 acres of land in Londonderry Township, Pa., including all the buildings and improvements. Later in 1877 he sold some of this land to his sister Sarah (Porter) Clites. He sold additional land to Daniel Clites (Sarah's husband) in 1890 and to Shannon Brant in 1891. Norman and Sarah produced sons Harry Robert (1878), John Ross (1882) and James Vernon (1884) and a daughter, Anna M. Porter who died in 1882 at age 2. When Sarah also died (in 1890) Norman is said to have farmed out the boys to various families, taking son John Ross to live on the Cook farm in Ellerslie, Md. Norman worked as a hosteler on the Pennsylvania Railroad and when each of his boys turned 15 he also got them jobs on the railroad. Norman served as president of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America Lodge located in Ellerslie. He lived in a house just below the present Porter Cemetery near Stringtown, Pa. and donated the land used for the cemetery. In August 1917, Norman was living with son John Ross at John's farm in Ridgeley, West Virginia, when he fell from a peach crate onto a stake. Although treated at the Western Maryland Hospital, peritonitis set in from a lacerated bowel and a hernia, causing his death at age 66 years, 6 months, 9 days. Louis Stein was his undertaker. Norman's will, which had been signed April 11, 1907, named James Vernon as Executor and divided Norman's estate into fifth's, a fifth for each of his four living sons (Oscar, Harry, John and James), and a fifth to be divided by Clara (Lowery) Porter, (by then the widow of William Augustus) and their daughter Mildred Viola Porter.

Norman married Sarah Stair on 18 Dec 1877 in Wellersburg, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Sarah was born in 1855; died in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert + Annie Elizabeth Shuckhart. Annie died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lonaconing, June 17 — Relatives and friends of George Ternent of Detmold, near Lonaconing, surprised him with a party on his eighty-fourth birthday, Saturday, June 14. Many were anxious to hear the history of Mr. Ternent's years of life, and his brother, John, reminisced from his store of memories, taking the listeners back to the year 1868, when Mr. Ternent began work in the coal pits of England at the age of 9, then four years later, setting sail for America and settling in Lonaconing, where he has lived ever since. Being an ardent outdoorsman, he spent much time in the woods and along the streams, and attributes much of his present physical fitness to this outdoor recreation. Having a keen mind, good sight and hearing and a firm step, he enjoys the church services he attends regularly, walking the near mile to do so, winter and summer. Guests presented him with gifts of cash, among other things, and all expressed the hope that he live to see the hundredth year. (a long list of attendees follows this article) The Cumberland Evening Times, June 17, 1941


He died in 1943 at the age of 86.

He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lonaconing, Allegany Co., Maryland.

George married Mary Frances (Mollie) Crowe on 25 Mar 1880 in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland.. Mary (daughter of Thornton J. Crowe and Mahala Rohm) was born on 7 Mar 1863 in Vale Summit, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 21 Apr 1951 in Westernport. Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lonaconing - Services for Mrs. Mary Ternent, 88, widow of George Ternent, who died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Florence Foster, Westernport, will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in Pentecostal Assembly of God Church here with Rev. C. E. Hunt, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving are three other daughters, Mrs. Mahalie Grindle, Westernport; Mrs. John Johnson and Mrs. William Crowe, Lonaconing; a son, James Ternent, also of Lonaconing; a sister, Mrs. Ida McGee, Parkersburg, W. Va.; 27 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. The body will remain at the Crowe residence in Detmold until noon tomorrow when it will be taken to the church. The Cumberland Evening Times, April 23, 1951