Porter, George (1808-1890)

Name:

Porter, George (1808-1890)

Born:

11/21/1808

Birthplace:

Denville, VT

Died:

08/23/1890

Death Location:

Pittsburgh, PA

Residence:

Concord, NH -- by 1830. Address in 1844, 16 Green St. Address in 1850, 106 State St.
Pittsburgh, PA -- 1880 census

Occupation:

Clerk -- Concord, NH, 1830 census
Owner, Hardware Store, Importing Business -- Concord, NH, by 1834 through at least 1850, directories, census
Iron Manufacturer -- Pittsburgh, PA, 1880 census

Father:

Porter, Isaac Adams

Mother:

Porter, Catherine Buel

Relations:

Hardware Store, Porter & Rolfe, with George Porter and Herman M. Rolfe, 1843-1853. David Warde worked for Porter & Rolfe in 1844. In 1852, Warde and a partner, Gustavus Walker, purchased the business from their employers.
Business Names:
George Porter -- 1834 directory ad, Main St., Stephen P. Breed's bldg, lists crockery and glass ware.
Porter & Rolfe --1844 directory ad, 170 Main St., lists hardward, crockery (china, earthen), glassware, table and pocket cutlery, Sheffied & Birmingham hardware, saws, stoves, fire frames and furnaces, funner, copper and tin ware, lead pipe, sheet and pig lead, zinc & spelter, copper pumps, window glass, paper hangings, and large assortment of iron and steel.
Porter, Rolfe & Co. -- as impressed on nameplate (1992.55), no other info on this name.
Porter, Rolfe & Brown -- 1850 directory ad, 170 Main St., lists hardware, iron & steel, sheet iron, tin plates, wire, zinc, stoves & funnels, axletrees, carriage springs, railroad spikes, nails, glass, lead pipe, pumps, sheet and pig lead.

Spouse:

Ayer, Phoebe Clarissa (a.k.a. Clara) (1809-1893; b. Haverhill, MA; d. Pittsburgh, PA). Married 1836, Dover, NH.

Children:

Porter, George Loring (1838-1919; b. Concord, NH; Physician; m. Catherine Maria Chaffee 1862; children; res. Bridgeport, CT, 1880)
Porter, Henry Kirke (1840-1921; b. Concord, NH)
Porter, Mary Buel (1846-1920; b. Concord, NH; m. William L. Lincoln; child Kirk Porter Lincoln)

Notes:

Buried: Alleghaney Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
SEE ALSO (partner): Rolfe, Herman M.