Floyd Clinton Porter

  General Notes:

Research of James W. Straw

1920 - 1930 Holt County, MO
Floyd Porter 1893

research of D. R. Henry on www.familysearch.com - info on 1918 marriage

obit - Porter Estate Papers [see Library] excerpts
Floyd Porter age 67 died at Missouri Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph on Sat 2 July [1960]...Floyd Clinton Porter s/o Clinton and Julia (Fries) Porter was born at the farm home near Mound City 16 March 1893...lived his entgire life on the farm...member of Odd Fellows Lodge Order #341...besides farm interests he pioneered in appliance merchandising in Mound City...married 18 June 1918 Miss Addied Morris who preceded him in death 5 Aug 1941...married Miss Sidney Thomas 16 Mar 1944...devoted to Delores Johnson Simmons and her two sons who made their home with Mr and Mrs Porter for years....preceded in death by his parents and three brothers: Clarence, Donald and Earl...survived by wife Sidney, broher Jess Porter of Mound City, nephew Wm Porter of Mound City, neice Mrs Gene (lucille Porter) Straw of Syosset, NY, and several neic e and nephews of his first wife Addie....interment Mt Hope Cemetery...

Find A Grave Memorial 137664564

Floyd married Sydney Thomas, daughter of Oliver Hazzard Perry Thomas and Hattie Hays Patton, on 16 Mar 1944. (Sydney Thomas was born on 14 Nov 1896 in Holt County, Missouri, USA, died on 6 Nov 1979 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

Porter Estate Papers

Floyd next married Addie Belle Morris, daughter of J. D. Morris and Fannie L Hunt, on 1 Jun 1918 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. (Addie Belle Morris was born on 8 Feb 1899 in Fortescue, Holt County, Missouri, died on 5 Aug 1941 in Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

marriage certificate [see Library]