She bore three children of that marriage, giving birth to the youngest at the age of 36. She encouraged her husband to make the transition from farmer to full time lawyer and evidently insisted that the family move to town in the mid 1880's so that her son, Mayhew, could get the full benefits of the educational system there and follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer.
From (http://madisoncountynewyork.com/CazJub/Ladies/P.htm) - First Fifty Years of Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, N.Y., MDCCCLXXVII. Printed by Nelson & Phillips, 805 Broadway, New York:
"Porter, Harriet L., Chittenango, N.Y. 1857. Preceptress of Vernon Academy, Vernon, N.Y.;
Preceptress of Cortland (N.Y.) Academy; teacher of French and Mathematics in Warrenton (N. C.)
Collegiate Institute; and since Preceptress of Yates Polytechnic Institute, Chittenango, N.Y.
Married, May 29, 1871, to Wesley Mott. Residence, Winchester, Wis."
She bore three children of that marriage, giving birth to the youngest at the age of 36. She encouraged her husband to make the transition from farmer to full time lawyer and evidently insisted that the family move to town in the mid 1880's so that her son, Mayhew, could get the full benefits of the educational system there and follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer.
From (http://madisoncountynewyork.com/CazJub/Ladies/P.htm) - First Fifty Years of Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, N.Y., MDCCCLXXVII. Printed by Nelson & Phillips, 805 Broadway, New York:
"Porter, Harriet L., Chittenango, N.Y. 1857. Preceptress of Vernon Academy, Vernon, N.Y.;
Preceptress of Cortland (N.Y.) Academy; teacher of French and Mathematics in Warrenton (N. C.)
Collegiate Institute; and since Preceptress of Yates Polytechnic Institute, Chittenango, N.Y.
Married, May 29, 1871, to Wesley Mott. Residence, Winchester, Wis."
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