Robert Lee 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