   Thirsey Porter 4 October 1833 - 30 November 1908 w/o W.C. Porter W.C. Porter 4 July 1830 - 2 January 1907 The Denison Daily Herald January 3, 1907 W.C. PORTER Grayson County Pioneer Passes Over the Great Divide. Pottsboro, Tex., Jan. 3 - W.C. Porter died at his residence yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock of cancer of the stomach after an illness of six weeks. The funeral was held from the residence at 1 o'clock today, interment at Georgetown Cemetery. Mr. Porter was born in Grayson County, Virginia July 4, 1830, being in his seventy-seventh year at his death. He married Miss Theresa Hacker Oct. 15, 1850. They had three children, two of whom are dead. Mrs. Henry Johnson of Pottsboro is the only surviving child. Decedent served three years in the Civil War. He came to Texas after the war and settled in Lamar County, where he lived a short time. He then moved to Hudsons Quarters, north of Denison, where he lived until Pottsboro was laid out, when he moved there, where he has since lived. He built the first house in Pottsboro. He was constable of the Precinct which now includes Denison before Denison was laid out, and served continuously as peace officer for thirty years, being the first constable and was constable at his death. He was a member of the Baptist Church for forty years  Grayson County Firsts Georgetown Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |