PORTER, Manila Coen - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Mrs. Manila Porter, whose sick-ness-with a heart trouble has received sequent mention in these columns, died last Saturday morning, at 9:30 o’clock. She had been sick about three months and confined to her bed seven weeks. Her sufferings were very great, up to within an hour of her death, and borne with patience and fortitude, but the final end was peaceful and without pain. Mrs. Porter was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 31,1816, her age at death being 72 years, 3 months and 7 days. Her maiden name was Coen, she being a sister, of John and Wm. S. Coen, of Rensselaer, and H. E. Coen of Newton tp. Still another brother lives in Fountain county. She was married to James J. Porter, August 30, 1837, and to them were born 8 children, four of whom survive her and live in Rensselaer or its vicinity, namely, J. C. and H. W. Porter, Mrs. Hattie Yeoman, wife of B. H. Yeoman, and Mrs. Lucy Clark, widow of Allen Clark. Two of her children died in childhood and are buried inf Weston Cemetery. Two others are buried in Ohio.  One of these was her oldest son. He had been in the army until broken health compelled his discharge, then came home and while shooting quails for his sick wife, he accidently shot himself dead. Mother Porter first came to this county with husband and family, in 1848, but owing to her husband’s sickness, with consumption, they returned to Ohio in 1356 (sic) where his death occurred one year later. She returned to Rensselaer about 8 years ago. She united with the Presbyterian church in her seventeenth year and remained a member and a devoted and zealous Christian, to the last. Her funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church, Sunday afternoon, and was very largely attended. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. M.'L. Tressler. The remains were intered in Weston Cemetery.