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JAMES G. PORTER, farmer and stockman, P. 0. London, was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 2, 1825, and is
the son of James and. Elizabeth (Kilburn) Porter. The former, a native of Maryland and a soldier of the war of
1812, came to this county soon after that war, and located where our subject now lives. He owned 1,000 acres of
land, on which he, in 1813, planted an orchard which is still standing. He died in 1856. Our subject remained at
home until twenty two years of age, when he rented his father's place and farmed for himself. In 1847, he married
Mahala Girard, by whom he had two children - Frances, wife of W. Wilson; Napoleon, a student of Dartmouth (N. H.)
College, from which he graduated in 1881, and now studying law. Mrs. Porter died in 1872, and in 1879 Mr. Porter
married Rachel G. Judy, of Clark County, by whom he has one child, Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Porter are members of the
Christian Church. He is a Republican in politics, and an enthusiastic stockman. his farm of 142 1/2 acres being
well stocked with the finest and best cattle and horses obtainable. He spares no expense in getting the best breeds.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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