| Born: | Abt 1843 |
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| Father: | Mathew Porter |
| Mother: | Maria McFarland |
| 1. | He appeared on the Iowa State census in 1852 in Fairview, Jones, Iowa with his parents. [1] |
| 1. | Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Iowa State Census Collection 1836-1925, 1852, Fairview, Jones, IA, page 1, line 14, Mathew & Maria Porter; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2007 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/23/2017); citing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses via Heritage Quest [Surety: 3]. |