. Progressive men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and Oneida counties, Idaho. J. P. MRS. J. P. PORTER. BINGHAM, FREMONT AND ONEIDA COUNTIES, IDAHO. 195 on June 14, 1844, in the rough coal-miningcounty of Sullivan, Pa., being a son ofLatney and Sophronia (Brown) Porter. Thefather, a son of William Porter, was born in1806, in the state of New York, and in earlylife came to Sullivan county, Pa., thenthickly covered with forest, and. being anenergetic and public-spirited individual, hewas not only engaged in extensive farmingand lumbering operations, but was prominentin the Whig a
. Progressive men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and Oneida counties, Idaho. J. P. MRS. J. P. PORTER. BINGHAM, FREMONT AND ONEIDA COUNTIES, IDAHO. 195 on June 14, 1844, in the rough coal-miningcounty of Sullivan, Pa., being a son ofLatney and Sophronia (Brown) Porter. Thefather, a son of William Porter, was born in1806, in the state of New York, and in earlylife came to Sullivan county, Pa., thenthickly covered with forest, and. being anenergetic and public-spirited individual, hewas not only engaged in extensive farmingand lumbering operations, but was prominentin the Whig and Republican parties of hisplace and period. The mother of our subjectwas a native of Massachusetts, and she is stillliving in vigorous mental and physical healthat the age of seventy-eight years, on the oldSullivan county homestead, being the motherof twelve children. John P. Porter was reared amid the primi-tive scenes and occupations connected with theestablishment of civilization in the county ofhis birth, and was but sixteen years of agewhen the Presidents message, calling forvolunteers to
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