Virginia was born in 1851. He is the son of Samuel Porter and Margaret Thomas.
"United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSZ-6VQ?cc=1473181&wc=7QJZ-55W%3A1589429312%2C1589427043%2C1589430886 : 24 March 2017), Missouri > Linn > Township 59 Range 21 > image 17 of 17; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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