Iowa Family Group Sheet for the John J. PORTER Family

Submitted by: Barbara CONNER 


HUSBAND: John J. PORTER
Birth date: 03 Mar 1818
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: 11 Aug 1885
Place of death: Rochester, Cedar, Iowa
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Other Spouse: 
Father: Aaron PORTER
Mother: Lavina CHAPMAN

Marriage date: 30 Dec 1858
Marriage place: Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa

WIFE: Margaret MATTER
Birth date: 05 Sept 1833
Birthplace: Alsace, France-Germany
Death date: 07 Apr 1901
Place of death: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa
Burial date: 
Burial place: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa
Other Spouse: Richard KINNAN
Father: George MATTER
Mother: Marguarite BURR


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John Lewis PORTER
Sex: M
Birth date: 26 Nov 1860
Birthplace: Rochester, Cedar, Iowa
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Place of death: Houston, TX ?
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Spouse's name: Mary ?
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Child No. 2: William H PORTER
Sex: M
Birth date: 13 July 1862
Birthplace: Rochester, Cedar, Iowa
Death date: 22 Nov 1954
Place of death: Coon Rapids, Iowa
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Spouse's name: Carrie May BARNHART
Marriage date: 25 Oct 1887
Marriage place: Tipton, Iowa

Child No. 3: George Washington PORTER
Sex: M
Birth date: 04 Apr 1864
Birthplace: Rochester, Cedar, Iowa
Death date: 01 Mar 1944
Place of death: Junction City, Oregon
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Burial place: Oregon
Spouse's name: Anna Mary MCCOWAN
Marriage date: 03 May 1894
Marriage place: Oregon

Child No. 4: Mary Ellen PORTER
Sex: F
Birth date: 19 Apr 1867
Birthplace: Rochester, Cedar, Iowa
Death date: 06 May 1952
Place of death: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa
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Spouse's name: Edward DEARDORFF
Marriage date: 14 Feb 1889
Marriage place: Tipton, Cedar, Iowa

Child No. 5: Margrett PORTER
Sex: F
Birth date: 09 Oct 1870
Birthplace: Greenleaf, Minnesota
Death date: 15 Sept 1931
Place of death: Stanwood, Iowa
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Spouse's name: Sam BRESLAN
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Child No. 6: Harry Edward PORTER
Sex: M
Birth date: 1872
Birthplace: Minnesota
Death date: 1898
Place of death: Lehigh, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
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Documentation and Sources:

Porter Bible
Birth, marriage, death records
Newspaper articles
Census records
Verbally from family members
Correspondence with Helen Strine from Oregon


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