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Leah "Mary" Porter 1796–1853 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Mar 1796

Birth Location: Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 10 Nov 1853

Death Location: Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: John Porter

Mother: Margaret Baird

Spouse(s): Samuel Cochran

Children(s): Cephas Cochran, Samuel Cochran, John Cochran, William Cochran, Margaret Cochran, James Cochran, Harriett Cochran, Mary Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran, Benjamin Cochran, Sarah Cochran

Leah "Mary" Porter was born in 1796 in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John Porter And Margaret Baird. Leah "Mary" Porter married Samuel Cochran, and had children including Benjamin Cochran, Cephas Porter Cochran, Elizabeth Jane Eliza Cochran, Harriett Ann Cochran, James Cochran, John Porter Cochran, Margaret Cochran, Mary Ellen Wilson Cochran, Samuel Newell Cochran, Sarah Caroline Cochran, William Davis Cochran. Leah "Mary" Porter passed away in 1853 in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Leah "Mary" Porter was born in 1796 in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of John Porter And Margaret Baird.
  • Leah "Mary" Porter married Samuel Cochran, and had children including Benjamin Cochran, Cephas Porter Cochran, Elizabeth Jane Eliza Cochran, Harriett Ann Cochran, James Cochran, John Porter Cochran, Margaret Cochran, Mary Ellen Wilson Cochran, Samuel Newell Cochran, Sarah Caroline Cochran, William Davis Cochran.
  • Leah "Mary" Porter passed away in 1853 in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Leah Porter's Ancestors

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Leah Porter
1796–1853
Birth Place: Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
John Porter
1770–1812
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret Baird
1770–1853
Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Moses (James) Baird
1736–1782
Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland
Margaret Brown
1732–1787
Reedville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
John Brown
1710–1753
Hannah Hague
1707–1769
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William BROWN
1682–1716
Hester Baker
1680–1715
Francis Hague
1678–1711
Pleasent 'Powlin'
1670–1739

Leah Porter's Descendants

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Leah ("Mary") Porter (12 Mar 1796–10 Nov 1853) m. Samuel Cochran (15 Apr 1788–15 Oct 1860)
  1. 1. Cephas (Porter) Cochran 1826–1908
  2. 2. Samuel ("Newell") Cochran 1823–1892
  3. 3. John (Porter) Cochran 1823–1872
  4. 4. William (Davis) Cochran 1824–1849
  5. 5. Margaret Cochran 1826–1833
  6. 6. James Cochran 1828–1833
  7. 7. Harriett (Ann) Cochran 1829–1903
  8. 8. Mary (Ellen Wilson) Cochran 1832–1917 m. James (Milton) Craig 1825–1886
    1. 1. Leah (Anna) Craig 1854–1928
    2. 2. William (Cochran) Craig 1857–1942
    3. 3. Harriet (Ellen) Craig 1859–1924
    4. 4. Mary (Bell "Minnie") Craig 1861–1935
    5. 5. Emma (Margaret) Craig 1864–1951
    6. 6. John (Edmund) Craig 1868–1884
    7. 7. James ("Leroy") Craig 1875–1930
  9. 9. Elizabeth (Jane "Eliza") Cochran 1834–1894
  10. 10. Benjamin Cochran 1831–
  11. 11. Sarah ("Caroline") Cochran 1838–1901

Leah Porter's Timeline

2 Records

1796
12 Mar 1796
Birth of Leah "Mary" Porter in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
1853
10 Nov 1853
Age 57
Death of Leah "Mary" Porter in North Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
North Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1796
    Event Place: Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1853
    Event Place: North Strabane, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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