IN MEMORIAM.
COL. GEORGE C. PORTER, a highly esteemed and venerable citizen of Hinds county, died at his residence near Cooper’s Well on the 28th of April, A.D. 1885.
COL. PORTER was born in Orange county, Virginia, on March 28, 1804. He was eighty-one years of age. Until his recent fatal illness, was distinguished among his many friends for his great physical vigor and the perfect preservation of all his mental faculties.
Col. Porter was first married at Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, in 1825, to Miss Susan Madison Woods, niece of President Madison. From this marriage was born to him four children, who survive him - Judge W.W. Porter, a lawyer of distinction in his adopted State of California, Capt. D.P. Porter, Ass’t Secretary of State, Maj. Joseph A. Porter, civil engineer, and Mrs. Charles S. Spann, a widowed daughter, who during his (her?) long widowhood, has made her home with her father.
In 1832, Col. Porter removed from the State of Virginia to the State of Tennessee. Having lost his first wife, he married Miss (Henrietta) Boyd, of Tennessee, who he leaves surviving him. In 1837, Col. Porter removed to the State of Mississippi, and settled near Brownsville, in Hinds county. He was a wealthy and prosperous planter before the civil war, and his home was the seat of hospitality, after the style of an old Virginia household. Col. Porter, in common with his neighbors, lost his all by the war. He removed to the residence where he died, near Cooper’s Well, and though he had lost his wealth by the events of the war, it had not crushed the noble, generous, sympathetic heart with which nature’s God had endowed him; and his household continued to be the seat of hospitality. It has been the good fortune of the writer to sit often at his hospitable board. His household was a very happy one. A stranger entering, would have supposed that the kind and motherly presider over his household, was speaking to her own children - so tender and touching was the affection existing between the mother and her children. Col. Porter was genial and convivial in his manner, and preserved in an eminent degree, all the freshness and innocence of youth. He was the soul of honor, honor, and purity of character; he was without guile; he was straightforward, direct, and positive in all his dealings with his fellow man. He was a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons for over fifty years, and was true to all the duties imposed by his solemn obligation.
Peace to thy ashes, kind, generous, noble old friend. This tribute comes from the heart of one who knew you well and long, and always felt honored to be called your friend.
H.
The Clarion, Jackson, MS, May 13, 1885.
COL. GEORGE C. PORTER, a highly esteemed and venerable citizen of Hinds county, died at his residence near Cooper’s Well on the 28th of April, A.D. 1885.
COL. PORTER was born in Orange county, Virginia, on March 28, 1804. He was eighty-one years of age. Until his recent fatal illness, was distinguished among his many friends for his great physical vigor and the perfect preservation of all his mental faculties.
Col. Porter was first married at Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, in 1825, to Miss Susan Madison Woods, niece of President Madison. From this marriage was born to him four children, who survive him - Judge W.W. Porter, a lawyer of distinction in his adopted State of California, Capt. D.P. Porter, Ass’t Secretary of State, Maj. Joseph A. Porter, civil engineer, and Mrs. Charles S. Spann, a widowed daughter, who during his (her?) long widowhood, has made her home with her father.
In 1832, Col. Porter removed from the State of Virginia to the State of Tennessee. Having lost his first wife, he married Miss (Henrietta) Boyd, of Tennessee, who he leaves surviving him. In 1837, Col. Porter removed to the State of Mississippi, and settled near Brownsville, in Hinds county. He was a wealthy and prosperous planter before the civil war, and his home was the seat of hospitality, after the style of an old Virginia household. Col. Porter, in common with his neighbors, lost his all by the war. He removed to the residence where he died, near Cooper’s Well, and though he had lost his wealth by the events of the war, it had not crushed the noble, generous, sympathetic heart with which nature’s God had endowed him; and his household continued to be the seat of hospitality. It has been the good fortune of the writer to sit often at his hospitable board. His household was a very happy one. A stranger entering, would have supposed that the kind and motherly presider over his household, was speaking to her own children - so tender and touching was the affection existing between the mother and her children. Col. Porter was genial and convivial in his manner, and preserved in an eminent degree, all the freshness and innocence of youth. He was the soul of honor, honor, and purity of character; he was without guile; he was straightforward, direct, and positive in all his dealings with his fellow man. He was a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons for over fifty years, and was true to all the duties imposed by his solemn obligation.
Peace to thy ashes, kind, generous, noble old friend. This tribute comes from the heart of one who knew you well and long, and always felt honored to be called your friend.
H.
The Clarion, Jackson, MS, May 13, 1885.
IN MEMORIAM.
COL. GEORGE C. PORTER, a highly esteemed and venerable citizen of Hinds county, died at his residence near Cooper’s Well on the 28th of April, A.D. 1885.
COL. PORTER was born in Orange county, Virginia, on March 28, 1804. He was eighty-one years of age. Until his recent fatal illness, was distinguished among his many friends for his great physical vigor and the perfect preservation of all his mental faculties.
Col. Porter was first married at Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, in 1825, to Miss Susan Madison Woods, niece of President Madison. From this marriage was born to him four children, who survive him - Judge W.W. Porter, a lawyer of distinction in his adopted State of California, Capt. D.P. Porter, Ass’t Secretary of State, Maj. Joseph A. Porter, civil engineer, and Mrs. Charles S. Spann, a widowed daughter, who during his (her?) long widowhood, has made her home with her father.
In 1832, Col. Porter removed from the State of Virginia to the State of Tennessee. Having lost his first wife, he married Miss (Henrietta) Boyd, of Tennessee, who he leaves surviving him. In 1837, Col. Porter removed to the State of Mississippi, and settled near Brownsville, in Hinds county. He was a wealthy and prosperous planter before the civil war, and his home was the seat of hospitality, after the style of an old Virginia household. Col. Porter, in common with his neighbors, lost his all by the war. He removed to the residence where he died, near Cooper’s Well, and though he had lost his wealth by the events of the war, it had not crushed the noble, generous, sympathetic heart with which nature’s God had endowed him; and his household continued to be the seat of hospitality. It has been the good fortune of the writer to sit often at his hospitable board. His household was a very happy one. A stranger entering, would have supposed that the kind and motherly presider over his household, was speaking to her own children - so tender and touching was the affection existing between the mother and her children. Col. Porter was genial and convivial in his manner, and preserved in an eminent degree, all the freshness and innocence of youth. He was the soul of honor, honor, and purity of character; he was without guile; he was straightforward, direct, and positive in all his dealings with his fellow man. He was a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons for over fifty years, and was true to all the duties imposed by his solemn obligation.
Peace to thy ashes, kind, generous, noble old friend. This tribute comes from the heart of one who knew you well and long, and always felt honored to be called your friend.
H.
The Clarion, Jackson, MS, May 13, 1885.
COL. GEORGE C. PORTER, a highly esteemed and venerable citizen of Hinds county, died at his residence near Cooper’s Well on the 28th of April, A.D. 1885.
COL. PORTER was born in Orange county, Virginia, on March 28, 1804. He was eighty-one years of age. Until his recent fatal illness, was distinguished among his many friends for his great physical vigor and the perfect preservation of all his mental faculties.
Col. Porter was first married at Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, in 1825, to Miss Susan Madison Woods, niece of President Madison. From this marriage was born to him four children, who survive him - Judge W.W. Porter, a lawyer of distinction in his adopted State of California, Capt. D.P. Porter, Ass’t Secretary of State, Maj. Joseph A. Porter, civil engineer, and Mrs. Charles S. Spann, a widowed daughter, who during his (her?) long widowhood, has made her home with her father.
In 1832, Col. Porter removed from the State of Virginia to the State of Tennessee. Having lost his first wife, he married Miss (Henrietta) Boyd, of Tennessee, who he leaves surviving him. In 1837, Col. Porter removed to the State of Mississippi, and settled near Brownsville, in Hinds county. He was a wealthy and prosperous planter before the civil war, and his home was the seat of hospitality, after the style of an old Virginia household. Col. Porter, in common with his neighbors, lost his all by the war. He removed to the residence where he died, near Cooper’s Well, and though he had lost his wealth by the events of the war, it had not crushed the noble, generous, sympathetic heart with which nature’s God had endowed him; and his household continued to be the seat of hospitality. It has been the good fortune of the writer to sit often at his hospitable board. His household was a very happy one. A stranger entering, would have supposed that the kind and motherly presider over his household, was speaking to her own children - so tender and touching was the affection existing between the mother and her children. Col. Porter was genial and convivial in his manner, and preserved in an eminent degree, all the freshness and innocence of youth. He was the soul of honor, honor, and purity of character; he was without guile; he was straightforward, direct, and positive in all his dealings with his fellow man. He was a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons for over fifty years, and was true to all the duties imposed by his solemn obligation.
Peace to thy ashes, kind, generous, noble old friend. This tribute comes from the heart of one who knew you well and long, and always felt honored to be called your friend.
H.
The Clarion, Jackson, MS, May 13, 1885.
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