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Cummings Porter
(1778-1861)
Eleanor Johnson
(1796-1861)
Reuben Skeen
Cummings Porter Jr
(1819-1910)
Frances Skeen
(1823-1858)

DeWitt Clinton Porter
(1852-1930)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Julia Anna Dora Fries

DeWitt Clinton Porter

  • Born: 24 Jan 1852, Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA
  • Marriage (1): Julia Anna Dora Fries on 18 Mar 1886
  • Died: 31 Oct 1930, Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA at age 78
  • Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA

bullet   Cause of his death was pernicious anemia.

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bullet  General Notes:

Research of James W. Straw

1870 Holt County, MO
Cummings Porter 1820
Ella 1850
Clinton 1852
David 1854
Elijah 1856
Emma J. 1861

1880 Benton, Holt County, MO
Clinton Porter 1852 MO; he is single

1900 Holt county, MO
D. Clinton 1852
Julia D. 1855
Earl B. 1887
Jesse 1889
Clarence 1891
Floyd 1893
Donald 1896

1910 Holt county, MO
Clinton Porter 1852

misc notes - Feb 13, 1926 (Ida Porter Brasfield's letter to J. C. Porter)
D.C. Porter 1914 with Mrs David P:orter's family in Albany, Ore (Christmas) and left for California. Previous, for a month, D. C. P. waswith Brasfields in Newport Or (on coast)...Mrs Ida Brasfield visited D.C. P. family in 1904 and 1910 at Mound city, MO

1920 Holt County, MO
Clinton Porter 1853
Julia A. 1856

Death certificate 32721 on file Holt county, MO; cause of death: pernicious anemia with circulatory collapse

Find A Grave Memorial 139127562
Spouse: Julia FRIES Porter
Father: Cummings Porter
Mother: Frances SKEEN Porter
Dewitt Clinton Porter, farmer, section 25, is a son of Cummings Porter, who was born in Washington county, Ohio, where he was married to Miss Frances L. Keene, a native of Virginia.
In 1850 they emigrated to Missouri and located in Holt county. When DeWitt was born, Jan. 24, 1852, he being the second child in the family, which consisted of three boys and one girl. Of these two boys and the girl are now living.
During life the subject of this sketch has resided in Holt county, and now has a farm of 440 acres. D.W. Porter, is only brother, was born in Holt county, Missouri on Jan. 28, 1854, and is now attending school at Columbia, Missouri.
Bio Source: Holt County History, 1882, Paged 179.
From The History of Holt County Missouri, Circa 1917, Page 398:
"D. Clinton Porter, whose fine farm of 550 acres is in north Benton Township, owns and lives on the old homestead of his father. He was born there January 24, 1852, in the old frame house which stands on the place and which now serves the purpose of a garage. The house was built in 1855. D.C. Porter built the present brick residence in 1886.
Mr. Porter was married in Holt county March 19, 1886, to Miss Julia Fries, who was born in New York. They have five children; Earl, Jessie, Clarence, Floyd and Donald. They are still living on the farm, the father overseeing the work and enjoying the evening of his life.
Earl, the eldest, married Pearl Thomas, who was born in Holt county and is the daughter of Matt Thomas, one of the early settlers of this county. They reside in Benton Township on one of his father's farms. "


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DeWitt married Julia Anna Dora Fries, daughter of John George Fries and Wilhemina Buntz, on 18 Mar 1886. (Julia Anna Dora Fries was born on 28 Nov 1854 in Jeffersonville, Sullivan County, New York, died on 28 Jun 1945 in Benton, Holt County, Missouri and was buried on 1 Jul 1945 in Mt Hope Cemetery in Mound City, Holt County, MO.). The cause of her death was ulcerative colitis.




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