Silas Porter

• BIRTH: 25 May 1848, Luzerne twp, Fayette co,PA
• DEATH: 19 Nov 1927, Bloomfield, Davis co,IA

FATHER: Armstrong Theodore Porter   (10 Jan 1814 - 7 Sep 1901)
MOTHER: Sarah Ann Hurford   (20 Sep 1818 - 17 Apr 1891)

SPOUSE 1: Sarah Edd Lyon   (5 Aug 1851 - 6 Jul 1886)

dau of Charles Perkins Lyon   (6 Nov 1819 - 17 Jul 1899)   &
Elmina Hobson   (11 Jun 1823 - 28 Jan 1906)

• MARRIAGE:   19 Oct 1873, Keokuk co,IA

issue:

1. Lillian Elmina Porter ,   b.25 Jul 1874,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.18 Jan 1938,   Delta, Keokuk co,IA
   marr: 31 Dec 1899, Hayesville, Keokuk co,IA
   Charles Francis Lippard   (30 May 1862 - 16 Jul 1936)
   
   son of Calvin Lippard   & Levicy Hasty
   
   
2. Charles Theodore Porter ,   b.4 Jan 1876,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d. 1 Jul 1967,   Sigourney, Keokuk co,IA
   marr: 23 Sep 1903, Martinsburg, Keokuk co,IA
   Effie Edna Moore   (abt 1883 - 11 Dec 1955)
   
   dau of Emmett Moore (ca.1851-1920)   & Mary
   
   
3. Anna May Porter ,   b.4 Sep 1877,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.29 Sep 1958,   Chula Vista,CA
   marr.1: 16 Oct 1897, Keokuk co,IA
   William Andrew Mowery   (22 May 1875 - 20 Feb 1903)
   
   son of G M Mowery
   
   
   marr.2: 23 May 1918
   Edward Franklin Boyd   (abt 1865 - ? )
   
   
4. Minda Rella Porter ,   b.12 Mar 1879,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.5 Mar 1976,   Keota, Keokuk co,IA
   marr: 11 Jul 1903, Oskaloosa, Mahaska co,IA
   Hugh Sheldon Jones   (3 Aug 1874 - 22 Dec 1939)
   
   son of William Johnston Jones (1834-ca.1890)   & Amanda Elizabeth Rash
   
   
5. Lulu Jane Porter ,   b.23 Jul 1881,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.4 Aug 1964,   Terre Haute, Vigo co,IN
   marr: 23 Nov 1904, Danville, Vermilion co,IL
   Ernest William Richmond   (1 May 1881 - 2 Jan 1961)
   
   son of Thomas Richmond (1851-1932)   & Emma Bohn
   
   
6. Stats Porter ,   b.27 Jun 1883,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.14 Aug 1883,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   
7. William Armstrong Porter ,   b.10 Oct 1884,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.6 Nov 1950,   Sullivan, Sullivan co,IN
   marr.1: 26 Jan 1905, Hayesville, Keokuk co,IA
   Agnes Josephine Shively   (abt 1889 - abt 1954)
   
   
   marr.2: abt 1910, What Cheer, Keokuk co,IA
   Edith ----
   
   
   marr.3: abt 1920, Cedar Rapids, Linn co,IA
   Delphine Rickerd
   
   
   marr.4: abt 1930, Sullivan, Sullivan co,IN
   Viola E Brodie   (11 Jan 1898 - 21 Aug 1981)
   
   
8. Victor Hugo Porter ,   b.12 Nov 1885,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.2 Feb 1887,   Steady Run twp, Keokuk co,IA
   
   

SPOUSE 2: Mrs Amanda Ellen (Nelson) Rooker   (12 Sep 1854 - 15 Jan 1931)

widow of William Rooker   (abt 1848 - abt 1887)

dau of John Nelson   &
Sayda A Casey

• MARRIAGE:   18 Feb 1889, Martinsburg, Keokuk co,IA

issue:

1. Erie Chester Porter ,   b.23 Aug 1891,   Hedrick, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.2 Sep 1974,   Pennant,SK, CANADA
   marr: 18 Jun 1911, Bloomfield, Davis co,IA
   Verda Opal Bollman   (1 Aug 1896 - abt 1975)
   
   
2. Otto King Porter ,   b.21 Jul 1894,   Hedrick, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.16 Dec 1985,   Bloomfield, Davis co,IA
   marr: 3 Jun 1917, Bloomfield, Davis co,IA
   Freeda Corintha Ritz   (19 May 1896 - Jan 1986)
   
   dau of John Ulrich Ritz (1839-1931)   & Elizabeth DeMuth
   
   
3. Walter Boyd Porter ,   b.10 Oct 1896,   Hedrick, Keokuk co,IA
   
   d.6 Oct 1964,   Ottumwa, Wapello co,IA
   marr: 2 Jan 1926, Ottumwa, Wapello co,IA
   Viola G Dale   (abt 1902 - ? )
   
   

Notes

ADDRESS Bloomfield, Davis co, IA
-Census of 1850, Luzerne twp, Fayette co,PA; #1281 (AH,2)
-Resident of Steady Run twp, near Martinsburg, Keokuk co,IA until ca.1890
-Sold farm and bought another about 1890, nearer to Hedrick, Keokuk co,IA
-Before 1917 when son Otto married (ca.1907 per obituary), sold farm in
 Keokuk co,IA & bought another in Davis co,IA near Bloomfield in Perry twp;
 Otto & wife Freeda resided with them & Otto inherited the farm in
 Davis co,IA when his father died

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