OBIT: Porter KINPORTS, 1912, native of Blair County, PA

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Porter Kinports Dead 

  One of the noted men of affairs in this region, Porter Kinports died 
at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at his home in Cherrytree, Indiana county, 
following a stomach ailment which eventuated in pleurisy.  Mr. Kinports 
was in his 81st year and was born in 1831 at Frankstown, Blair county.  
He located at Cherrytree in 1856 and had made his home there during the 
past 56 years.  He was a pioneer in the lumber and coal industries of 
the region and became wealthy.  He was president of the First National 
Bank of Cherrytree and owned large timber and coal properties in West 
Virginia.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, March 8, 1912