 1850 - 1926 (76 years)
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| Name |
Charles Dorwin Porter |
| Birth |
3 Apr 1850 |
Decatur, Adams Co., Indiana  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Dec 1926 |
Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana |
| Person ID |
I57893 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
3 Oct 2004 |
| Father |
John Pomeroy Porter, b. 21 Apr 1822, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio d. 1 Nov 1864, Near Lexington, MO (Civil War) (Age 42 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Dorwin, b. 4 Oct 1825, Guernsey Co., Ohio d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
29 Jun 1847 |
| Family ID |
F24409 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
| Biographical and Historical Record |
Charles Dorwin Porter, druggist, Geneva, was born in Decatur, this county, April 3, 1850, the eldest son of Dr. John Pomeroy Porter. He remained at home and attended the common school until sixteen years of age, then engaged in the drug trade at Fort Wayne, remaining in the business a few months, and removed to Decatur, where he remained until 1872. He then came to Geneva and established the first drug store in the place. He started with limited means, but by good management and economy he is able to carry a stock of $6,000. Mr. Porter is a staunch Republican, and has been a member of the county central committee six years; has also served as treasurer of Geneva three years; is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Sons of Veterans, being a member of McPherson Camp, No. 11, Geneva, the G. A. R. post being named for his father, who was killed in the war. Mr. Porter was married April 21, 1886, to Geneva Stratton, a daughter of Mark and Mary Stratton, of Wabash, Indiana. She was born on a farm near North Manchester, in August, 1863; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
(Adams and Wells Co. Indiana Lewis Publishing Co. Chicago, IL 1887) |
Lived in the household ot Lawrence W. Watson in the 1880 Census of Wabash, Adams Co., Indiana. Listed as a druggist. Father and mother born in Ohio.
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