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Agnew and Chambers Families

Buyer and Feldman Families

Hamerschlag and Brummel Families

Hunter and Porter Families

Michael and Abrahams Families

Patterson and Powell Families

Stein and Grunbaum Families

Stier and Barbour Families

John Porter Hunter was descended from Scots-Irish families in Pittsburgh--Hunter, Porter, Armstrong, Glover.  John's father, Thomas Armstrong Hunter, was an immigrant from County Tyrone, Ireland, and a nailer.   John Porter Hunter was a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer and City Soliciter.

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Biographical sketch of Thomas Armstrong Hunter

Biographical Sketches of John Porter Hunter

John Porter Hunter law practice--an advertisement

Olive and Mary Hunter at Mount Vernon Seminary, Washington DC

Sketch of Richard Townsend, husband of Olive Hunter

John Porter Hunter's brother Frank Milton Hunter, singer, voice teacher, golfer, Rose Bowl Parade Grand Marshal

Pittsburgh Social Directories

Family photos

Pittsburgh Locations

1873 Subdivision Plan for Thomas Armstrong Hunter in Verona, also showing Robert Porter

1876 Map of Penn Township showing both Thomas Armstrong Hunter and Rt. Porter in close proximity in the north part of the township, in the hills above Verona.

1882 Amended Subdivision Plan, also showing Robert Porter  (multi-page tif file)

1903 Map of Penn Township showing the heirs of Thomas Hunter still owning the Hunter land above Verona.  Rt. Porter's land has apparently been sold. However, the south part of the map shows Mrs. J. Porter Heirs and John Porter.

Pittsburgh Houses

Photos from Oakmont, PA, home of Agnews and Hunters

Photos from Highland Park in Pittsburgh, residence of the John Porter Hunter family after about 1905