Son of Lewis Porter, cabinet maker and merchant, and Sarah Hockenhull, of Astbury parish. Married Emma Susan Crick on 26 Mar 1857 in Astbury and worked with her father, a noted boot maker, before leaving England and eventually enlisting in the Union Army in the American Civil War (pvt., Co. E., 10th Massachusetts, infantry, 1861-1864). Reunited with wife after the war. Eleven known children (5 survived to adulthood). Wife received veteran's survivor pension until her second marriage.
Sources: Census, newspaper, & marriage records....U.S. military service and pension records....Burial transcripts (Leicester & Rutland Family History Society).... Other family information and records.
Sources: Census, newspaper, & marriage records....U.S. military service and pension records....Burial transcripts (Leicester & Rutland Family History Society).... Other family information and records.
Son of Lewis Porter, cabinet maker and merchant, and Sarah Hockenhull, of Astbury parish. Married Emma Susan Crick on 26 Mar 1857 in Astbury and worked with her father, a noted boot maker, before leaving England and eventually enlisting in the Union Army in the American Civil War (pvt., Co. E., 10th Massachusetts, infantry, 1861-1864). Reunited with wife after the war. Eleven known children (5 survived to adulthood). Wife received veteran's survivor pension until her second marriage.
Sources: Census, newspaper, & marriage records....U.S. military service and pension records....Burial transcripts (Leicester & Rutland Family History Society).... Other family information and records.
Sources: Census, newspaper, & marriage records....U.S. military service and pension records....Burial transcripts (Leicester & Rutland Family History Society).... Other family information and records.
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