LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY MARRIAGES
Matthew C. Portman married Mary H. Embry
4 July 1849
M. C. Portman married Eliza Gentry
15 March 1866
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1850 LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
"PORTMAN"
M. C., age 33, male, born KY
M. H., age 19, female, born KY
Josephine, age 2
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SEMI-WEEKLY INTERIOR JOURNAL, STANFORD, KENTUCKY
Friday, January 4, 1884
Page 2
War Claims
The claims against the United States of the following named citizens of Lincoln county, Ky., for property alleged to have been taken and used by the U.S. Army during the late war, have been referred to me for investigation and report.
Claimants or their legal representatives are hereby notified to appear before me with their witnesses at Stanford, Ky., on the dates set opposite their names. John S. Cooper, Agent QM Dept.
Jan. 14, M. C. Portman, $272.45
Tuesday, August 30, 1892
Page 1
PORTMAN
Squire Matthew Coffey Portman after several weeks illness, died about midnight, Friday, aged 77. Rheumatism and heart disease were the causes of his death. Squire Portman was born in Casey county July 18, 1815, and was one of 10 brothers, all of whom have passed away but William Porter, who lives in Texas. His early life was spent in merchandizing in Hustonville, where he was quite successful. He was married three times, his first wife, a sister of Mr. John Blain, living only a short time after giving birth to a daughter, who became the wife of G.F. Peacock. His second wife was Miss Mary Embry, a sister of Mr. S.J. Embry and Mrs. Cath Bailey. Two of the children of this union are alive, Mrs. W.H. Miller and Jos. E. Portman. His third wife was Mrs. Eliza Gentry, who was a Miss Lunceford, and she with two children, Mrs. Lizzie McAlister and Mrs. Robert Fenzel, survive him. After his marriage to Miss Embry he went to keeping hotel in Stanford. The building afterwards burned and he built the present Myers House during the war. He kept it for a number of years and made much reputation as a landlord. Shortly after the war he bought a farm in Garrard and moved to it, remaining there for a number of years, when he again came to Stanford, where he followed brick making and contracting for some time and then bought an interest in the St. Asaph Hotel, which he kept till this year, when he sold out to Farris & Hardin, on account of his age and failing health. He was a member of the Baptist church for years and a conscientious and upright man. The funeral procession was one of the longest ever seen in Stanford. Rev. A.V. Sizemore, assisted by Rev. W.E. Ellis, held a short service at the grave and Buffalo Cemetery had another added to its fast increasing population.
Squire Portman was a man of very fine sense and keen appreciation of humor. His fund of anecdotes was inexhaustible and he was always the centre of an admiring crowd of talkers. He was a man of liberal views, but when once convinced of the justice of a cause or object, he was invincible in his opinion. A long and useful career ended when the breath left his body and there is general sorrow over the fact that Squire Portman is no more.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Matthew C. Portman married Mary H. Embry
4 July 1849
M. C. Portman married Eliza Gentry
15 March 1866
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1850 LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
"PORTMAN"
M. C., age 33, male, born KY
M. H., age 19, female, born KY
Josephine, age 2
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SEMI-WEEKLY INTERIOR JOURNAL, STANFORD, KENTUCKY
Friday, January 4, 1884
Page 2
War Claims
The claims against the United States of the following named citizens of Lincoln county, Ky., for property alleged to have been taken and used by the U.S. Army during the late war, have been referred to me for investigation and report.
Claimants or their legal representatives are hereby notified to appear before me with their witnesses at Stanford, Ky., on the dates set opposite their names. John S. Cooper, Agent QM Dept.
Jan. 14, M. C. Portman, $272.45
Tuesday, August 30, 1892
Page 1
PORTMAN
Squire Matthew Coffey Portman after several weeks illness, died about midnight, Friday, aged 77. Rheumatism and heart disease were the causes of his death. Squire Portman was born in Casey county July 18, 1815, and was one of 10 brothers, all of whom have passed away but William Porter, who lives in Texas. His early life was spent in merchandizing in Hustonville, where he was quite successful. He was married three times, his first wife, a sister of Mr. John Blain, living only a short time after giving birth to a daughter, who became the wife of G.F. Peacock. His second wife was Miss Mary Embry, a sister of Mr. S.J. Embry and Mrs. Cath Bailey. Two of the children of this union are alive, Mrs. W.H. Miller and Jos. E. Portman. His third wife was Mrs. Eliza Gentry, who was a Miss Lunceford, and she with two children, Mrs. Lizzie McAlister and Mrs. Robert Fenzel, survive him. After his marriage to Miss Embry he went to keeping hotel in Stanford. The building afterwards burned and he built the present Myers House during the war. He kept it for a number of years and made much reputation as a landlord. Shortly after the war he bought a farm in Garrard and moved to it, remaining there for a number of years, when he again came to Stanford, where he followed brick making and contracting for some time and then bought an interest in the St. Asaph Hotel, which he kept till this year, when he sold out to Farris & Hardin, on account of his age and failing health. He was a member of the Baptist church for years and a conscientious and upright man. The funeral procession was one of the longest ever seen in Stanford. Rev. A.V. Sizemore, assisted by Rev. W.E. Ellis, held a short service at the grave and Buffalo Cemetery had another added to its fast increasing population.
Squire Portman was a man of very fine sense and keen appreciation of humor. His fund of anecdotes was inexhaustible and he was always the centre of an admiring crowd of talkers. He was a man of liberal views, but when once convinced of the justice of a cause or object, he was invincible in his opinion. A long and useful career ended when the breath left his body and there is general sorrow over the fact that Squire Portman is no more.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY MARRIAGES
Matthew C. Portman married Mary H. Embry
4 July 1849
M. C. Portman married Eliza Gentry
15 March 1866
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1850 LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
"PORTMAN"
M. C., age 33, male, born KY
M. H., age 19, female, born KY
Josephine, age 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SEMI-WEEKLY INTERIOR JOURNAL, STANFORD, KENTUCKY
Friday, January 4, 1884
Page 2
War Claims
The claims against the United States of the following named citizens of Lincoln county, Ky., for property alleged to have been taken and used by the U.S. Army during the late war, have been referred to me for investigation and report.
Claimants or their legal representatives are hereby notified to appear before me with their witnesses at Stanford, Ky., on the dates set opposite their names. John S. Cooper, Agent QM Dept.
Jan. 14, M. C. Portman, $272.45
Tuesday, August 30, 1892
Page 1
PORTMAN
Squire Matthew Coffey Portman after several weeks illness, died about midnight, Friday, aged 77. Rheumatism and heart disease were the causes of his death. Squire Portman was born in Casey county July 18, 1815, and was one of 10 brothers, all of whom have passed away but William Porter, who lives in Texas. His early life was spent in merchandizing in Hustonville, where he was quite successful. He was married three times, his first wife, a sister of Mr. John Blain, living only a short time after giving birth to a daughter, who became the wife of G.F. Peacock. His second wife was Miss Mary Embry, a sister of Mr. S.J. Embry and Mrs. Cath Bailey. Two of the children of this union are alive, Mrs. W.H. Miller and Jos. E. Portman. His third wife was Mrs. Eliza Gentry, who was a Miss Lunceford, and she with two children, Mrs. Lizzie McAlister and Mrs. Robert Fenzel, survive him. After his marriage to Miss Embry he went to keeping hotel in Stanford. The building afterwards burned and he built the present Myers House during the war. He kept it for a number of years and made much reputation as a landlord. Shortly after the war he bought a farm in Garrard and moved to it, remaining there for a number of years, when he again came to Stanford, where he followed brick making and contracting for some time and then bought an interest in the St. Asaph Hotel, which he kept till this year, when he sold out to Farris & Hardin, on account of his age and failing health. He was a member of the Baptist church for years and a conscientious and upright man. The funeral procession was one of the longest ever seen in Stanford. Rev. A.V. Sizemore, assisted by Rev. W.E. Ellis, held a short service at the grave and Buffalo Cemetery had another added to its fast increasing population.
Squire Portman was a man of very fine sense and keen appreciation of humor. His fund of anecdotes was inexhaustible and he was always the centre of an admiring crowd of talkers. He was a man of liberal views, but when once convinced of the justice of a cause or object, he was invincible in his opinion. A long and useful career ended when the breath left his body and there is general sorrow over the fact that Squire Portman is no more.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Matthew C. Portman married Mary H. Embry
4 July 1849
M. C. Portman married Eliza Gentry
15 March 1866
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1850 LINCOLN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
"PORTMAN"
M. C., age 33, male, born KY
M. H., age 19, female, born KY
Josephine, age 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SEMI-WEEKLY INTERIOR JOURNAL, STANFORD, KENTUCKY
Friday, January 4, 1884
Page 2
War Claims
The claims against the United States of the following named citizens of Lincoln county, Ky., for property alleged to have been taken and used by the U.S. Army during the late war, have been referred to me for investigation and report.
Claimants or their legal representatives are hereby notified to appear before me with their witnesses at Stanford, Ky., on the dates set opposite their names. John S. Cooper, Agent QM Dept.
Jan. 14, M. C. Portman, $272.45
Tuesday, August 30, 1892
Page 1
PORTMAN
Squire Matthew Coffey Portman after several weeks illness, died about midnight, Friday, aged 77. Rheumatism and heart disease were the causes of his death. Squire Portman was born in Casey county July 18, 1815, and was one of 10 brothers, all of whom have passed away but William Porter, who lives in Texas. His early life was spent in merchandizing in Hustonville, where he was quite successful. He was married three times, his first wife, a sister of Mr. John Blain, living only a short time after giving birth to a daughter, who became the wife of G.F. Peacock. His second wife was Miss Mary Embry, a sister of Mr. S.J. Embry and Mrs. Cath Bailey. Two of the children of this union are alive, Mrs. W.H. Miller and Jos. E. Portman. His third wife was Mrs. Eliza Gentry, who was a Miss Lunceford, and she with two children, Mrs. Lizzie McAlister and Mrs. Robert Fenzel, survive him. After his marriage to Miss Embry he went to keeping hotel in Stanford. The building afterwards burned and he built the present Myers House during the war. He kept it for a number of years and made much reputation as a landlord. Shortly after the war he bought a farm in Garrard and moved to it, remaining there for a number of years, when he again came to Stanford, where he followed brick making and contracting for some time and then bought an interest in the St. Asaph Hotel, which he kept till this year, when he sold out to Farris & Hardin, on account of his age and failing health. He was a member of the Baptist church for years and a conscientious and upright man. The funeral procession was one of the longest ever seen in Stanford. Rev. A.V. Sizemore, assisted by Rev. W.E. Ellis, held a short service at the grave and Buffalo Cemetery had another added to its fast increasing population.
Squire Portman was a man of very fine sense and keen appreciation of humor. His fund of anecdotes was inexhaustible and he was always the centre of an admiring crowd of talkers. He was a man of liberal views, but when once convinced of the justice of a cause or object, he was invincible in his opinion. A long and useful career ended when the breath left his body and there is general sorrow over the fact that Squire Portman is no more.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Gravesite Details
Matthew and his two wives, Mary & Eliza, and his daughter, Rhoda are all buried in the same area.
Family Members
Siblings
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