Denton Groff Porter (1892 - 1974)

Born 3 Dec 1892 in Quitman, Nodaway, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ada Grace (Walton) Porter — married 24 Dec 1915 in Marysville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1974 at age 81 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Char Porter [send private message]

Biography

• Some documentation stated that Denton was born in White, Missouri; which is SE of Kansas City, MO.

All documentation was given to his youngest son, Denton Wilson after, but Denton's last wife has disregarded the documents, since Denton Wilson is deceased--noted by CharPorter.

1910 Denton Porter, at the age of 17, lived with his parents, Henry W. and Maria Porter in Quitman Village, Green, Nodaway Co., Missouri. His father worked as a coal miner, while Denton's occupation is farm laborer.

24 December 1915, Denton Groff Porter married Ada Grace Walton at the age of 22.

5 June 1917, Denton G. Porter registered for the WW I Draft. He had been born in Quitman, Missouri, had a wife and one child. His occupation was as a section hand for the railroad. Oh, yes...and he had brown hair and dark blue eyes.

21 January 1920, Denton and his wife, Ada lived in Quitman village, Missouri with their daughter, Laura--age 3 years and 7 months and their 7 month old son, Charles. Dent worked for the railroad. Denton's father, Henry Porter, 67 and widowed, is also in the household.

15 April 1930, the couple had added youngest daughter Theo F., age 5, to their family and lived in Clay, Holt Co., Missouri. Dent worked for the railroad as a section foreman.

1935, the family had lived in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, according to the 1940 U.S. Census info provided.

19 April 1940, 7 year old Wilson had been added to the family. Fern and Charles were still at home, while Laura Grace had left the nest. They lived in Forest City, Forest Township, Holt Co., Missouri.

31 August 1974 Denton Groff Porter passed away at the age of 81. BURIAL Saint Joseph Memorial Park Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Z1-R9R : accessed 8 August 2017), Denton Porter in household of Henry M Porter, Green Township (east side of river) Quitman village, Nodaway, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 9B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,878.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BN-G3G : accessed 6 June 2018), Denton Porter in household of Henry W Porter, Green, Nodaway, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 2B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 803; FHL microfilm 1,374,816.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RL-3ZN : 13 March 2018), Denton G Porter, 1917-1918; citing Nodaway County, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,433.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8C6-7BC : accessed 5 June 2018), Denton Portor, Green, Nodaway, Missouri, United States; citing ED 153, sheet 9A, line 15, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 938; FHL microfilm 1,820,938.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHXB-DZ6 : accessed 5 June 2018), Denton D Porter, Clay, Holt, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 2B, line 80, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1189; FHL microfilm 2,340,924.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7QJ-BJ8 : accessed 6 June 2018), Denton Portor, Forest City, Forest Township, Holt, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-8, sheet 7A, line 29, family 182, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2112.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 June 2018), memorial page for Denton Groff Porter (3 Dec 1892–31 Aug 1974), Find A Grave Memorial no. 73165511, citing Saint Joseph Memorial Park, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Char Porter (contributor 47437318) .

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRW-MVRC : accessed 6 June 2018), Denton Porter in entry for Theo Fern George, Missouri, United States, 18 Dec 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Kansas City Star, The, born-digital text.