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PORTER FAMILY HISTORY, VOL. 1

 Contains the history of Sanford Porter of Brimfield, Mass. (1790) and Nancy Warriner; and Sanford's ancestry to John Porter of Westerly R.I.; plus Sanford's children,

337 pages, 206 illustrations. 6" x 9" size, softbound

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TABLE OF CONTENTS                                     Page
PREFACE                                                          ii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIFE SKETCHES:
NATHAN PORTER                                              1
  Susanna West Tanner Porter                             2
  Children of Nathan & Hannah Witter Porter        5
  Children of Nathan & Susannah West Porter       5
SANFORD PORTER, SR.                                     6
NANCY WARRINER                                          105
  Mayflower Descent                                        110
  Revolutionary Descent                                   113
  Genealogy Chart--to Adam and Eve                   115
  Children of Sanford Porter, Sr. and Nancy Warriner 117
CHAUNCY WARRINER PORTER                            119
  Pen Picture of Porterville, Utah                        121
  Children of Chauncy Warriner & Amy Sumner Porter 126
  Children of Chauncy Warriner & Lydia Ann Cook Porter 127
  Children of Chauncy Warriner & Priscilla Strong Porter 133
MALINDA PORTER                                           134
  Children of Malinda & Ezra A. Chipman              135
SARAH PORTER                                              136
  Sarah Porter & David Willard                            136
JOHN PRESIDENT PORTER, SR                           136
  Children of John Pres. & Nancy Rich                 138
  Children of John President & Mary Palmer Graves 139
  Children of Mary Palmer Graves & George Bratton 139
NATHAN TANNER PORTER, SR.                            140
  Rebecca Ann Cherry                                         155
  Children of Nathan T. & Rebecca Ann                 160
  Eliza Ford, 2nd wife of Nathan T.                        160
  Children of Nathan T. & Eliza Ford                      167
  Elizabeth Alexander, 3rd wife of Nathan Tanner Porter, Sr. 168
SANFORD PORTER, JR.                                      168
  Emma Ensign                                                    179
  Children of Sanford Jr. & Emma E.                       179
  Malinda Ann Porter, 2nd wife of Sanford Porter, Jr. 180
  Children of Sanford Porter Jr. & Malinda Ann Porter 180
  Virginia Anderson Kilgore, 3rd wife of Sanford Porter, Jr. 181
NANCY ARETA PORTER                                           182
  A Budding Romance                                           183
  Edward Stevenson                                             204
  Children of Nancy Areta & Edward S.                   208
  Ezra Thompson Clark                                         208
JUSTIN THEADORE PORTER                                  213
LYMAN WIGHT PORTER                                        213
  On the Underground in Kanab in 1887-8               224
  Electa Maria Kilbourn                                        228
  Children of Lyman W. & Electa Maria                   229
  Sarah Catherine Emmett, 2nd wife                     230
  Children of Lyman W.~ & Sarah C                        232
  Elizabeth Bailey, 3rd wife                                  232
  Children of Lyman W. & Elizabeth B.                     234
APPENDIX
  Appendix I—History of Porter Research                235

  Appendix 2--Porter Television Program                    238

  Appendix 3--Porter Relationship to Winston Churchill 243
  Appendix 4—Research in Original Records               244
  Appendix 5--Early Porter Court Records                260a
  Appendix 6--Ancestry of Nathan Porter                 261
  Appendix 7--Origin of the Porter Family                266
INDEX                                                                 273


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure                                                           Page
1. A Porter Coat of Arms                            Frontispiece
2. Map showing Porter Landmarks in East 58a
3. Map showing Travels of Sanford Porter 92a
4. Map showing Independence, Montrose, Nauvoo 94a
5. Beaded Jacket of Nancy W. Porter 94a
6. Priscilla Strong Porter 118a
7. John President Porter, Sr. 118a
8. Nathan Tanner Porter, Sr. 118a
9. Nathan Tanner Porter, Sr. 118a
10. Rebecca Ann Cherry 118a
11. Eliza Ford Porter 118a
12. Sanford Porter, Jr. 118a
13. Sanford Porter, Jr. 118a
14. Sanford Porter, Jr. 118a
15. Sanford Porter, Jr. 118a
16. Emma Ensign Porter . 118b
17. Virginia Anderson Kilgore Porter 118b
18. Nancy Areta Porter Stevenson Clark 118b
19. Nancy Areta Porter Stevenson Clark 118b
20. Edward Stevenson 118b
21. Edward Stevenson 118b
22. Ezra Thompson Clark 118b
23. Lyman Wight Porter 118b
24. Lyman Wight Porter 118b
25. Lyman Wight Porter 118b
26. Electa Mariah Kilbourn Porter 118b
27. Elizabeth Bailey Porter 118b
28 Alma Porter 126a
29. Minerva Adaline Deuel Porter 126a
30. Sarah Jane Carter Porter 126a
31. Sarah Jane Carter Porter 126a
32. Sarah Angeline Porter Leavitt 126a
33. George Leavitt 126a
34. Nancy Aretta Porter Mattice . 126a
35. Nelson Bates Mattice 126a
36. Warriner Ahaz Porter 126b
37. Warriner Ahaz Porter 126b
38. Mary Malinda Norwood Porter 126b
39. Rachel Ann Black Porter 126b
40. Cynthia C. Porter Jones 126b
41. Evan Jones 126b
42. Amy Zenora Porter 126b
43. Amy Zenora Porter 126b
44. Justin Rockford Porter 126b
45. Edson Darius Porter I26b
46. Phoebe Malinda Carling Porter 126b
47. Lydia Ann Cook Porter 126c
48. Abinadi Porter I26c
49. Annie Louisa Jensen Porter 126c
50. Porterville Ward Chapel 126c
51. Priscilla Strong, Wilford W. Mary Etta Porter 134a
52. Chauncy Union Porter 134b
53. Marietta Sailor Porter 134b
54. Francis Lysander Porter 134b
55. Mary Maria Hoyt Porter 134b
56. Mary Etta Porter Crofts 134b
57. Mary Etta Porter Crofts 134b
58. Edward Crofts 134b
59. Carmi Nephi Porter 134b
60. Carmi Nephi Porter 134b
61. Hannah Elizabeth Hoyt Porter 134b
62. Wilford Woodruff Porter 134c
63. Wilford Woodruff Porter 134c
64. Ezra Soloman Porter 134c
65. Martha Angeline (Mattie) Terman P. 134c
66. Ezra A. Chipman 134c
67. Sanford Porter Chipman 134c
68. Printha Priscilla Porter Simpson Herrick 134d
69. Austin Egbert Herrick 134d
70. Abinadi Porter, "son of Warriner Porter" 134d
71. Wife of Benny Porter 134d
72. Carmi Nephi Porter 134d
73. Hannah Elizabeth Hoyt Porter 134d
74. Ezra Soloman Porter 134d
75. Martha Angeline (Mattie) Terman P. 134d
76. John President Porter, Sr. & Mary Palmer Graves 138a
77. Home of John President Porter, Sr. 138a
78. Home of John President Porter, Sr. 138a
79. Joseph Rich Porter 138b
80. Electa Elizabeth Porter . 138b
81. John President Porter, Jr. 138b
82. John President Porter, Jr. 138b
83. Joseph President Porter & branding iron 138b
84. John President Porter, Sr. 138c
85. Sarah (Nell) Porter White 138c
86. Frederick Wm. White & Sarah (Nell) P. 138c
87. Charles Graves Porter 138c
88. Charles Graves Porter 138c
89. Betsey Amelia White Porter 138c
90. Nathan Tanner Porter, Sr. 160a
91. Rebecca Ann Cherry Porter 160a
92. Aaron Benjamin Porter 160a
93. Rebecca Margaret Poole Porter 160a
94. Nathan Tanner Porter, Sr. 166a
95. Eliza Ford Porter 166a
96. Emily Caroline Porter Parrish 166a
97. Hyrum B. Parrish 166a
98. Loraine Montague Porter 166a
99. Nathan Tanner Porter, Jr. 166b
100. Anna Adams Porter 166b
101. Nathan Tanner Porter, Jr. 166b
102. Esther Malinda Porter Smith 166b
103. James Carlos Smith 166b
104. Mary Emma Porter Walton 166b
105. Fredrick William Walton 166b
106. John Ford Porter 166b
107. Emily Wright Porter 166b
108. Mary Smith Steed Porter 166b
109. Effie May Porter Smith 166c
110. David F. Smith. 166c
111. Zina Areta Porter 166c
112. Jessie Josiah Porter 166c
113. Frances Irene Rampton Porter 166c
114. Amelia Ford Porter Walton 166c
115. Franklin Edward Walton. 166c
116. Nathan Tanner Porter, Sr. 166c
117. Sanford Porter, Jr. 180a
118. Emma Ensign Porter 180a
119. Emma Porter Spencer 180a
120. Sanford Marius Porter 180a
121. Sanford Marius Porter 180a
122. Sanford Marius Porter 180a
123. Nina Malinda Leavitt Porter 180a
124. Nina Malinda Leavitt Porter 180a
125. Aaron Milton Porter 180a
126. Aaron Milton Porter 180b
127. Mary Arizona Porter Jenkins 180b
128. Moses Ensign Porter 180b
129. Moses Ensign Porter 180b
130. Emma Ensign Porter 180b
131. Sanford Porter, Jr. (sitting), Mary P., Moses 180b
132. Sanford Porter, Jr. & Emma Ensign group 180c
133. Nathan Theodore Porter 180d
134. Nathan Theodore Porter 180d
135. Mary Emma Bird Porter 180d
136. Samuel Uriah Porter. 180d
137. Mary Minerva Porter 180d
138. Joseph Isaiah Porter 180d
139. Joseph Isaiah Porter 180d
140. Mary Maud Shelley Porter 180d
141. Sanford Porter, Jr. 180e
142. Virginia Anderson Kilgore Porter 180e
143. Sanford Porter, Jr. group: Nathan T. Moses 180e
144. Nancy Areta Porter Stevenson Clark 208a
145. Edward Stevenson 208a
146. Nephi Porter Stevenson 208a
147. Nephi Porter Stevenson 208a
148. Louisa Stewart Stevenson 208a
149. Eliza Stevenson Stewart 208b
150. Eliza Stevenson Stewart 208b
151. John Riley Stewart 208b
152. John Riley Stewart 208b
153. Nancy A. Porter & Edward Stevenson group 208b
154. Edward Alonzo Stevenson 208c
155. Joseph Echo Porter Stevenson 208c
156. Mary Alice Richards Stevenson 208c
157. Nancy Areta Porter Stevenson Clark 208c
158. Ezra Thompson Clark. 208c
159. Lyman Wight Porter 230a
160. Electa Mariah Kilbourn group: Lydia, Mary 230a
161. Alva Sylvanus Porter 230b
162. Alva Sylvanus Porter 230b
163. Alva Sylvanus Porter 230b
164. Eliza Bratton Porter 230b
165. Eliza Bratton Porter 230b
166. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
167. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
168. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
169. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
170. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
171. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
172. Nancy Malinda Porter Moffett 230b
173. Moses Simpson Moffett 230b
174. Moses Simpson Moffett 230b
175. Joseph Smith Porter 230c
176. Elizabeth Mariah Lambert Porter 230c
177. Sarah Olive Porter Hemming 230c
178. Sarah Olive Porter Hemming 230c
179. Fredrick William Hemming 230c
180. Byron Porter 230c
181. Mary Elizabeth Robinson Porter 230c
182. Hyrum Kilbourn Porter 230c
183. Adria Rich Porter 230c
184. Electa Elizabeth Porter 230d
185. Joseph Rich Porter 230d
186. Electa Mariah Kilbourn Porter group 230d
187. Moriancumer Heber Porter 232a
188. Sarah Leolia Tomlinson Porter 232a
189. David Wight Porter 232a
190. Sarah Ann Ashdown Porter 232a
191. Elizabeth Bailey Porter 234a
192. Lyman W. Porter & Elizabeth Bailey group 234a
193. Elizabeth Adeline Porter Hunter 234b
194. Edward Enoch Wann Hunter 234b
195. John Riley Porter 234b
196. Maude Felton Porter 234b
197. Rachel Porter Smith 234b
198. Rachel Porter Smith 234b
199. Job Bailey Porter 234b
200. Job Bailey Porter 234b
201. Emma Alice Teague Porter 234b
202. LeGrand Thatcher Porter 234c
203. LeGrand Thatcher Porter 234c
204. Jennett Kingdon Porter 234c
205. Home of Lyman Wight Porter 234c
206. Home of Lyman Wight Porter & Elizabeth 234c
 

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