Philo's father was Thomas Porter, b. 06 FEB 1764 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut and d. 1808. By tradition, he was a Pioneer Baptist preacher and exhorter traveling throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Thomas was killed and scalped by Indians near the Maumee River and was buried in an unmarked grave near Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
Philo's father was Thomas Porter, b. 06 FEB 1764 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut and d. 1808. By tradition, he was a Pioneer Baptist preacher and exhorter traveling throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Thomas was killed and scalped by Indians near the Maumee River and was buried in an unmarked grave near Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
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PHILO T PORTER; Died May 30, 1876; AGED 80 YEARS; SERVED IN WAR OF 1812
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1812 veteran marker in foreground.
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