David PORTER

                   Washington County Genealogical Society notes and copies from Janet Hoge Phillips:
Washington Evening Journal, 2 August 1897:
Days DoingsMrs. Crawford of Ainsworth dies this morning.
Mrs. Carson Crawford.
Mrs. Esther Crawford, wife of O.C. Crawford, who has a large circle of relatives and friends in this city, died at her home in Ainsworth this morning at four o'clock.  She was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania and was sixty one years of age.  Came to Iowa with her parents in the year 1837, and settled at Burlington,.  The family also lived at Amboy, Iowa.  Ainsworth became the home of the deceased in 1854.  She was married to O.C. Crawford in 1856, and since that time has always resided at Ainsworth.  Her parents moved to Clarinda from Amboy.  Her father died four years ago and her mother has been dead about three years.  The children of the deceased were:  Mrs. Martha McCullough, (deceased) Mrs. Anna Hamil and Mrs. Francis Kiper and the sons, Ralph (cousin?) and Rollie all of Ainsworth.  A brother, John Porter, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Hogue, reside at Clarinda, Iowa.  The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., from the Ainsworth U.P. church.  Serviced will be conducted by Rev. Davis.  Interment in Ainsworth Cemetery.

Aug 3, 1897
Messrs and Mesdames David, John and Marion Crawford and their families went to Ainsworth today to attend the funeral of Mrs. O.C. Crawford.

White was possibly her middle name.
                  

                   newspaper announcing death dated July 1881 and cemetery record is dated 3 June 1882
Washington Democrat, July 1881: "Mrs. Carson (should be David) Crawford of Ainsworth died Saturday morning, leaving a husband and a large family of children, one of which is only 2 days old."


Page: 42
Name: Elizabeth Crawford
Death Date: 03 Jun 1882
Age: 44
Cemetery: Ainsworth
Comment: lot 54
Relative: wif of: David
                  

                   Aunt Maggie's Porter genealogy:  died of cholera in Burlington in 1850,

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Name:	Margret Porter
Gender:	Female
Place of Birth:	Pennsylvania
Estimated birth year:	abt 1839
Age:	11
Month of Death:	Jul
Cause of Death:	Cholera
Place of Death:	(City, County, State) Union, Des Moines, Iowa
Census Year:	1850
                  

                   notes from descendants:
divorced 1874, she kept M.G. and John Hazelep Hogue with her.

II.  Mary Jane Porter, b Apr 1843, IL; Marr 7 Jun 1861, Patterson N. Hoge (Hoag, Hoage, Hogue), b 1835, PA; He was a Charter Member of the United Presbyterian Church in College Springs.  Mary Jane joined 31 May 1862.  The 1870 census shows Patterson Hogan, farmer with Mary and 4 sons in Washington Twp., Post Office College Springs, Page Co., IA.  They moved to Jewell Co., KS.  It may be Mary Jane could not adjust to frontier life and she returned to Clarinda (by 1880) and her parents home with sons Martin and John Hazelep;  Patterson kept George Willison and Ormand.  He also married Mary A. and had Lillie Grace and Tirjah G.;   Mary Jane d 15 May 1904 at Clarinda.  Bur. Covenanter Cemetery.  (#4 on Lot 23)
a.  George Willison Porter Hoge (called Wilson), b 6 Feb 1863.  Marr Dora ___; Farmer in Chatuaqua Co., KS.
b.  Robert Martin Guy Hoge, b 12 Sep 1864;  Went by M.G. Hoge and became an attorney;  Served as Mayor of clarinda March 1895 to March 1899.  By 1904 moved to Loveland, CO.
c.   Orman C. Hoge, b Mar 1867, Marr Isabelle ____; Farmer at Talent, Jackson Co., OR.
d.  John Hazelep Hoge, b 14 Oct 1868.  Later spelled his name Hoag.  He moved to Cairo, IL; Marr 1901, Eliza Felter.  2 children;  First Presbyterian Church; Railway Express Messenger;  he d 22 July 1942, Cairo, IL.

1900 census:  Nodaway, Page, Iowa
Mary Hoag, head, female, April 1845, 55, widow, 1 child, 1 living ?, Penn, Ireland, Ireland
M.G. Hoag, son, male, Sept 1866, 33, single, Iowa, Penn, Penn, Lawyer

Obituary, Clarinda Herald, Friday, May 20, 1904
Mrs. Mary J. Hoge was born in Pennsylvania and came with her parents to Iowa when but a small child.  she was a resident of Clarinda for many years until her death, Monday evening, May 16, about five o'clock, at the age of 61 years.  For seven long years she was not able to leave her chair, and during the past winter was confined to her bed.  She leaves three sons, one living in Illinois, and Willis Hoge, of Kansas, who came to attend his mother's funeral, and Hon. M. Hoge, of Loveland, Colo.  A niece, Miss Anna Hamblen, of Washington, Ia., also came to attend the funeral.  Rev. Dill conducted the funeral services at the home yesterday afternoon, after which the body was interred at the Covenanter cemetery.  Mrs. Hoge was a member of the Covenanter church during her childhood days and for a number of years, although at the time of her death was a member of the U.P. church of this city.
                  

                   Aunt Maggie's Porter genealogy:   died of cholera in 1850

U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Name:	Isabella Porter
Gender:	Female
Place of Birth:	Pennsylvania
Estimated birth year:	abt 1843
Age:	7
Month of Death:	Jul
Cause of Death:	Cholera
Place of Death:	(City, County, State) Union, Des Moines, Iowa
Census Year:	1850
                  

                   2 months old in 1850 census
                  

                   1870 census:  Harlan Twp., Page, Iowa, P. O. Clarinda, 27 July 1870, p. 4
Porter, Robert, 18, male, farm hand, Iowa

Iowa Cemetery Records
Name Death Date Birth Date Cemetery Town Additional Details
(Including Relatives) Cemeteries in Page County Vol. 4, 43464
Buried in Covenanter Cemetery -  lot 23:
David Porter 1892  1811  Covenanter  Harlan
Eliza Porter 1894  1813  Covenanter  Harlan  wif of: David
Robert B. Porter 23 Sep 1886   Covenanter  Harlan  son of: D.; son of: E.;34

History:  Robert Porter was the son of David and Elizabeth (Guy) Porter.  According to 1860 census he was born in Illinois.  His parents both born in Ireland and both members of the Clarinda Covenanter Church.  He passed away September 23, 1886 aged 34 years.  Buried on the lot with his parents.
                  

                   Genealogist lists birthplace as Amboy, Iowa
resident of Colorado in 1890 as per history of David Porter in Page County, Iowa.
Named Administrator of father's estate in 1892.
of Clarinda, Page, Iowa

10-2-1903, Clarinda Herald clipping:
John Porter, aged 47 years, died at Ogden, Utah, Sabbath Sept. 27, and his remains were brought to Clarinda for burial, arriving yesterday afternoon.  The funeral was held from the home of his sister, Mrs. Hoag, at 1 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. W. Dill and burial was in the Covenanter cemetery.
Mr. Porter's parents brought him to Clarinda from Washington, Ia., when he was a babe.  He continued to reside here till about five years ago when he became interestred in mining and moved to Utah and up to the time of his death he possessed large interests in the mines in that vicinity.  for a number of years he was in business here in Clainda and has a wide acquaintance over the county.
shortly before leaving Page county he united with the Covenanter Church and has llived a consistant christian life.  Last November he contracted a cold which lingered on until death claimed him.  He was a strong robust appearing man but has suffered a great deal and did not make the fact known even to his most intimate friends.  He has many admirers in this vicinity who regret to learn of his untimely death.  Out of town parties who came to attend the funeral are his nephew, Wilson Hoag, of Sedan, Kansas., Mrs. Carson Crawford (already deceased?) and son, Rolla, and Mrs. David Crawford (already deceased?) from Washington, Iowa.

Obituary (probably from newsletter of United Presbyterian Church of Clarinda, Iowa):
John Reid Porter, formerly of this vicinity who died at Ogden, Utah, Sept 27, 1903, was a brother of Mrs. M.J. Hoge, of our congregation.  His remains were brought to his sister's home where the burial services were conducted by Reverends Dill and Lowry.  The interment was at the Reformed Presbyterian church of which the deceased was a faithful member. The late Mr. Porter was born at Washington, Iowa, and was the scion of a highly respectable and goodly pedigree of Porters and Reids, who came originally from County Armagh, Ireland, many of whom were intimately known and some of whom were related to the pastor and his wife in both Ireland and Canada.  By a remarkable coincidence Mr. M.G. Hoge writes us of having met a Mr. Thomas Reid from Armagh, Ireland, now at Medford, Oregon, of the same kith and kin.  The late John Reid Porter was a consistent Christian and a true friend and was universally respected and lamented in this community where he was best known.  The 131st Psalm, sung at his funeral, which was his favorite, gives a fitting index to the life that had passed beyond. (stanza written next)