John Wilson PORTER

                   Haywood cemetery, Shenango Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
PORTER, Chloe Elsa WATSON   West Middlesex   San Francisco, CA Daughter of Charles & Kathrine Watson, wife of Karl Brandon Porter. Mother of John W. & Charles F. Porter
PORTER, John W.  1837 West Middlesex      Civil War Veteran
(see below)
PORTER, Karl Brandon   West Middlesex    At home, Sharon, PA, Complications from throat cancer Died at age 75,son of John W. Porter, husband of Chloe Elsa Watson Porter, Father of John W. & Charles F. Porter


http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/Military/CivilWar/moreCivil/john_w_porter.htm
John W. Porter
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
1st Sergeant
10th PA. Reserve Corps (39th Inf. Co. B)
3 Vol. Company
Mustered in  19 Jun 1861
Mustered out 11 Jun 1864
John W. Porter was born in Pennsylvania in 1837.  He enlisted in the war from West Middlesex, Mercer County.
He returned after the war & married Ella (unknown). They had two sons, Frederick L. and Karl Brandon. John W. Porter owned Porter & Son Mercantile in West Middlesex, PA.
research submitted by Carolyn M. Porter Patterson

1860 census:   Shenango, Mercer, Pennsylvania
1269, 1224, John McAllen, 34, male, Miller, Pennsylvania
                         Elizabeth        , 26, female, Penn
                         Esther             , 4, female, Penn
                         Ralph              , 2, male, Penn
                         Margaret        , 3/12, female, Penn
                         Esther Porter, 61, female, Penn
                         John W.         , 23, male, farmer, Penn
                         Frank             , 1, male, Iowa