Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Rev. Marion Porter
History of Daviess County
Goodspeed Publishing Company 1886
REV. MARION PORTER is a son of James W. and Ann (McCoy) Porter (elsewhere written), and was born in Reeve Township, Daviess Co., Ind., January 22, 1850. He is the seventh of the family, and grew to manhood on the farm. At the age of twenty-one he began working for himself. He was educated in the common school, and attended one term of school at Washington, Ind. The greater part of his education has been obtained through self exertion. He began teaching school in Reeve Township, and has taught every winter, with the exception of one, since 1869. He has met with excellent success, and is considered one of the best teachers in the county. In 1875 he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, where he lived until 1885, when he rented his farm and moved to Harrison Township, where he now resides. October 30, 1873, be was married to Laura Jackson, a native of Reeve Township, born December 2, 1851. They have two children: Inez G., born in 1874, and Amy M., born in 1879. Mr. Porter and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and August 9, 1884, be was ordained a minister of that denomination. He is a Republican, and cast his first vote for U. S. Grant.
Contributed by: Michael L Tedrow