This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: suelong2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.huntingdon/1812.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It's always fun to meet a new cousin. (The minister David Long that you met was my uncle.) I have quite a bit of information on the LaPorte family, as well as the families of Conrad, Watson, and Jones that they married into. Here's a piece to get started. Anson Parson LaPorte was the fifth son of John and Mary Ann LaPorte. He and Nancy A. Watson were married in 1864 in Altoona by Rev. William Mills. According to my grandmother Ada LaPorte Long, Anson worked for the Carnegie Company at one time and had an opportunity to go to Pittsburgh with Carnegie, but refused, thereby missing a chance to make the family fortune. From his veteran's records we know that Anson served in the Civil War. He enlisted in 1864 in Hollidaysburg, giving his occupation as carpenter. His papers describe him as 5' 8", with gray eyes, light hair and a fair complexion. He later claimed a pension based on a fractured ankle caused by a fall at the Battle of Fort Steadman, Petersburg, Va. on March 25, 1865. After the war he worked as a wagon maker and carpenter. He and Nancy lived at first with her father in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, later moved to Centre County for a time, then ended up in Tyson. They had seven children who lived to adulthood: Harry, Ella, Charles, Caroline, Margaret, Mary Ann, and Emma Florence. Nancy died in 1906 of TB; Anson died in 1913. They are buried in Tyrone Cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.