William PORTER

                   All the information for this family was compiled by Alma Francis, 1512 Karen Lane, Iowa Park, TX, (1979)

Robert Lee Porter buried Lot #3, grave 2579, Arlington National Cemetery.
Occupation:  Sheriff, postmaster
of Milsop, Texas

Military Packet:
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, October 30, 1895
invalid, Capt. Co. A., U.S. C Vol. Inf.
gunshot wounds of left ankle, gunshot wouns of left tibia, chronic diarrhea and piles
divorced wife: Mary S. Monk, married May 27, 1869, Owensville, Robertson County, Texas, Ellison, County judge
have four living children:   Jesamine born Oct 27, 1872; Francis B., born Sept 28, 1878; Rosa J. born Sept 8, 1881; Hellen C. born Augt 1, 1884

note by Alma Francis:   "Robert Lee Porter, does not list children from first marriage.  He does not list Beatrice (Aunt Birdie) Porter his daughter.  ....He never claimed Aunt Birdie as his, that is why Grandma Porter left him."

1860 census:   Quincy Ward 2, Adams, Illinois
Robert Porter, 27, male, commission clerk, Ireland
Flarilla            , 28, female, Ohio
Clara J.    , 1, female, Ills (Illinois)

Adams County ILGenWeb Projecthttp://www.rootsweb.com/~iladams/military/29a.htmCivil War Military Roster29th U.S. Colored Infantry - Company A
29th U.S. Colored Infantry - Company A
Name and Rank	Residence	Date of Rank or Enlistment	Remarks
Captains:
Robert Porter	Quincy	May 12, 1864	MO Nov. 6, 1865

1870 census:   Mary S Pante  Precinct 1, Robertson, Texas   Post Office: Calvert
Porter, Robt., 35, male, tax collector, Alabama
             , Mary S., 17, female, Housekeeping, Alabama
             , William R., 2/12, male, Texas,  born in May?
Schulman?? Martha??, 47?, female, hosuekeeper, Arkansas


1900 census:  TX		PARKER		5 J-PCT
Series: T623 Roll: 1664 Page: 212
PORTER, ROBERT, 68, M, W, AT SEA
132,132, Porter, Robert ?, head, male, Aug 1832, 67, Wd, at Sea, Ireland, Scotland, postmaster
                        , Rosa J., daughter, female, Sep 1881, 18, single, Texas, At sea, Alabama
                        , Hellen K., daughter, female, Aug 1884, 16, single, Texas, At Sea, Alabama

Deposition: Case of Robert Porter, no. 247975:
On this 3rd day of April 1912, at Millsap, county of Parker, state of Texas, before me...appeared Robert Porter....My age is 78 past occupation asst. postmaster, P.O. Millsap, Texas.  I am a pensioner of the U.S.  I have been married two times.  I first married Charlotte Hendricksen at Quincy, Illinois, before the civil war.  She died in 1867.  I think at Davensport, Iowa.  I next married Mary S. Munk at Owenville, Texas several years after my first wife's death.  I cannot remember the date.  We were divorced at Weatherford, Texas about five years ago.  She is still living at lampasas, Texas.  I have not remarried since I was divorced from her.  The two marriages mentioned are my only ones.  I have hjeard this statement read, have understood the questions and my answers are recorded correctly.  Robert Porter, Deponent, 3 April 1912

Declaration for Pension:   Texas, Donley county, 31 May 1912
Robert Porter, notary public, 75, resident of Hedley, Donley County, Texas, Captain in Co. A, 29 regiment, U.S. colored troops, service of the U.S. in the Civil war, honorably discharged at Brownsville, Texas, 6th November 1865
He also served as a private Co. E.,....age 26, Quincy, Illinois;....mustered out Aug 15, 1864
5 feet 9 inches, light complexion, dark eyes, light hair
occupation:  clerk
born on sea, 1834, between U.S. and Ireland
since leaving the service he has resided in Texas
certificate no. 247,975
P.O. address:  Hedley, Donley County, Texas

Western Branch, National Home for the D.V.S., National Military Home, Kansas, admitted 22 Aug 1913, former agency Knoxville

Department of the interior, Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington D.C., admitted for treatment on 10 Dec 1913

Pensioner Dropped:  last paid Dec 4, 1913, because of death,  Natl Sol. Home, Leavenworth, Kans.  February 4 1914

notes by Alma Francis:
Robert Lee Porter, was admitted to the D.V.S. home in Knoxville, TN 12 Feb 1912.  Transferred to the Western Branch 22 Aug 1913, at Leavenworth, KS.  He was transferred 10 Dec 1913, to Washington, D.C. to a home for the insane (veterans) and died there 4 Feb 1914.  He is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.  Lot #3 Grave 2579.
Places he lived in Texas (from Civil War Papers):
Settled in Robertson County, Texas after discharge, married in Robertson Co. 1869.  He is not on 1870 Robertson Co., census.
5 May 1880 - address Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., Texas; also 23 Feb 1882 at Grand Prairie
(can't find on 1880 census)
4 Jun 1884 Millsap, Parker Co., TX
31 May 1912 Donley, Hadley Co., TX
says divorced around 1907, at Weatherford, Parker, Texas

Ancestry World Tree:
site name:  Samuel Griffin
Entries: 1094 Updated: Wed Jan 23 21:33:15 2002 Contact: Kathy Curtis
ID: I0506 Name:
Robert PORTER Sex: M Birth: 6 AUG 1834 in At Sea from Ireland Death: 4 FEB 1914 Fact 1: ArlingtonNationalCemetery, WashingtonDC
Marriage 1 Mary Susan MONK  b: 10 JUN 1853 in Talladega Co., Alabama
Married: MAY 1869 in Owensville, Robertson Co., Texas
Children
George Pierce PORTER b: 1873
Frances Bishop PORTER  b: 28 SEP 1878
                  

                   died in infancy
                  

                   Obituary
Washington Evening Journal, 17 February 1916
Ainsworth--Mrs. John Walker Crawford died at her home about noon February 16th after an illness of some weeks.  Mary Porter, daughter of William and Jane Alexander Porter was born in Mercer Co., PA and later they moved to this township where they located permanently.  Mary Porter was one of Washington County's earliest teachers.  She was united in marriage to Walker Crawford on December 4, 1856 and moved at once to the farm, continuously from that time until death called them.  Mr. Crawford died July 16, 1914.  Of three children born, two remain to mourn their loss:  Mrs. D.L. Baird, and W.R. Crawford, both of this place.  Also four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  She was a member of the U.P. Church of Ainsworth.  She is the last of her father's family and her death leaves only three relatives near her own age:  Marion Crawford of Washington, IA., a brother in law; Sarah Crawford of Crawsfordsville, IA, a cousin;  James Porter, a cousin who lives on a farm adjoining the Crawford home.  Funeral will be held from the U.P. Church at Ainsworth, interment will be in the Ainsworth cemetery.

50th Wedding Anniversary article (Dec. 1906), Ainsworth Newspaper. She lived in Mercer Co. PA, came to Illinois when she was 14, They moved to Ainsworth around 1854.
children:
#1, dau. died in infancy.
#2, William Robert Crawford, b. about 1860, Ainsworth, Washington, Iowa, age 46 in 1906, wife Ella. dau. Mable Crawford. possible son.
#3, Ida Crawford, married D.L. Baird. in 1906, D.L. Baird was 53 years. son, James H. Baird, married Helen, gdau. Beatrice Baird

In 1880 census, listed next door to J. Porter(other ref. in 50th wedding article as living next door to James Porter son of Joseph Porter)

Iowa Cemetery Records Record
Name:	Mary Porter Crawford
Death Date:	16 Feb 1916
Page #:	43
Birth Date:	11 May 1837
Cemetery:	Ainsworth
Comment:	wif of: Walker
Level Info:	Grave Records of Washington County, Iowa; Graves Registration Project of W. P. A.
                  

                   notes from Crawford and Baird list died as infant?
                  

                   Ancestry.com
American Civil War Soldiers
Name:	David A Porter ,
Residence:	Washington County, Iowa
Enlistment Date:	15 August 1862
Distinguished Service:	DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served:	Union
State Served:	Iowa
Unit Numbers:	199 199
Service Record:	Enlisted as a Private on 15 August 1862 at the age of 20
Enlisted in Company I, 25th Infantry Regiment Iowa  on 28 August 1862.
Died of disease Company I, 25th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 02 March 1863 in St Louis, MO

Washington Co. Historical society , Washington, Iowa:
Company I - 25th Iowa Infantry....David A. Porter, March 2, '63, St. Louis...
                  

                   Washington Co. Iowa cemetery record:  "George Porter 30 Dec 1883" Possibly this George Porter.
Grave Records of Washington County, Iowa; Graves Registration Project of W. P. A.Page: 163Name: George PorterDeath Date: 30 Dec 1883Age: 39Cemetery: AinsworthComment: C. W. Vet.

possible match:
American Civil War Soldiers
Name:	George Porter ,
Residence:	Washington County, Iowa
Enlistment Date:	26 February 1864
Distinguished Service:	DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served:	Union
State Served:	Iowa
Unit Numbers:	232 232
Service Record:	Enlisted as a Private on 26 February 1864 at the age of 20 Enlisted in Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Iowa  on 03 March 1864. Promoted to Full Corporal on 05 July 1865 Mustered out Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Iowa  on 18 July 1865 in Louisville, KY

or:
American Civil War Soldiers
Name:	George Porter ,
Residence:	Washington County, Iowa
Enlistment Date:	26 February 1864
Distinguished Service:	DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served:	Union
State Served:	Iowa
Unit Numbers:	199 199
Service Record:	Enlisted as a Private on 26 February 1864 at the age of 20 Enlisted in Company I, 25th Infantry Regiment Iowa  on 03 March 1864. Wounded on 01 September 1864 at Jonesboro, GA (Wounded slightly) Transferred Company I, 25th Infantry Regiment Iowa  on 30 May 1865 Transfered in Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 30 May 1865.