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| | Co. Donegal Bios |
 | | William Porter, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1817, son of James and Isabell (Irvine) Porter, who were married in Ireland, and raised a family of nine children, eight of whom are living - William, Joseph, John, James, Samuel, Finley, Robert, Mary, Jane. |
 | | Patrick McElhinney was born in county Donegal, Ireland and coming to the United States in 1845 or 1846 he located in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and from there moved to Oil City, where he was married in 1847. |
 | | MARSHALL, boot and shoe manufacturer, Elwood; is a native of Donegal, Ireland; was born in 1829; emigrated to New York in 1856; in 1859, went to Brooklyn, N. Y., in which place he married Miss Alice McGrath; they moved to Lyons in 1862; thence to Elwood in 1877. |
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