John William PORTER, b. 1837 somewhere in Georgia, d. 15 Oct 1899, Frazier, Dodge Co., GA. He is listen on a deed in Morgan Co., GA. He married Caroline BROWN from Kansas and she died in Kansas. Then he married Eddie Ann Mobley Williams, later a person only known as Aunt Jane.
John & Caroline had four children:
(1)Emma Frances PORTER, b. 4 Mar 1872, d. 4 Feb 1949 in Thomas Co., GA., buried Cochran, GA., married Adonirum Judson STAPLETON
(2)Mary Martha PORTER, b. 6 Aug 1873, d. Apr 1959, married John HILL
(3)Thomas Jefferson PORTER, b. 5 Sep 1877, d. 28 May 1918, Dublin, Laurens Co.,GA., married Mamie Lee SOLOMON from Dublin, GA.
(4)Louis Ed PORTER, b. 9 Sep 1878, d. bef 1916, married ARCENIE
Child of John William PORTER and Eddie Ann Mobley Williams
(1)John Elsworth PORTER, b. 6 Mar 1888, Thomas Co., GA., d. 28 Apr 1959, Thomas, Co., GA., married Maude ANDREWS