John S. Porter and Gertrude M. Kerr

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Husband John S. Porter ¹

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           Born: 28 Apr 1875 - Wayne Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: William D. Porter (      -1896) 1 2
         Mother: Martha Jane Steele (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1906 3

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Wife Gertrude M. Kerr ³

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         Father: Joel Kerr (      -      ) 3
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General Notes: Husband - John S. Porter

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He attended public school and the Glade Run and Kittanning Academies, meantime teaching several terms of school. He then entered Franklin College at New Athens, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1898, and afterward took a post­graduate course to fit himself further for the work of teaching, which profession he fol­lowed for some time after his graduation. From 1901 to 1903 he was deputy register and recorder, and during this period read law with the firm of Carmalt & Strong, of Brookville, PA, being admitted to the bar of Armstrong county April 1, 1904, in which year he established himself in the practice of his profession at Kittanning. He was recognized as one of the progressive citizens of the county, and especially be­ing an ardent advocate in the cause of edu­cation and the betterment of the public schools. He was secretary of the Applewold school board and also an officer of the County School Directors' Association for some years. As a public speaker, his services were much in demand, in political campaigns and on other public occasions, he having the faculty of be­ing both instructive and entertaining in his work. For some years he was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a member of the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Kittanning. Proud of his father's record as a soldier in the Civil war, he was active in the organization of the Sons of Veterans and was prominently identified with other fraternal societies.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 566.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 485.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 567.