Sampson J. Porter (1848 - 1941)

Born Sep 1848 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth L. (Clark) Porter — married 4 Feb 1873 in Malcolm, Poweshiek Co, IA

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1941 at age 92 in Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States

Biography

Birth

Date: Sep 1848

Place: OH

Death

Date: 1941

Place: Alta, Buena Vista Co, IA

Event

Event:

Type: Census 1860

Date: 1860

Place: Poweshiek Co, IA, P. 456

Event:

Type: Census 1880

Place: Pleasant, Poweshiek Co, IA

Event:

Type: Census 1930

Place: Storm Lake, Buena Vista Co, IA

Marriage

Husband: Sampson J. Porter

Wife: Ruth L. Clark

Date: 4 Feb 1873 Malcolm, Poweshiek Co, IA

Notes

PORTER SAMPSON 52 M W OH IA POWESHIEK PLEASANT TWP 1900

PORTER S J 31 W OH IA POWESHIEK PLEASANT 1880

PORTER SAMSON 61 M W OH IA POWESHIEK 4-WD GRINNELL 1910

PORTER SAMSON J 71 M W OH IA POWESHIEK 4-WD; GRINNELL 1920

1930 Census Storm Lake, Buena Vista Source: National Archives Film T626_645 ED 24 Page 4B

enumerated with: PORTER ALEXANDER 52 M W IREL IA POWESHIEK MONTEZUMA 1860

enumerated with: PORTER ALEXANDER 62 M W IREL IA POWESHIEK PLEASANT TWP 1870

Sampson P. Porter [1]

Born Sep 1848 Ohio

Gender Male

Census 1900 Pleasant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location [2]

 ?(Married to Ruth, living with her and children Worth and Mary Porter; also in the household was a hired servant, Alma Kirker, and a farm laborer, nephew Melvin Porter:) Line number 86; dwelling number 80, family number 80: Sampson Porter, head of household, white, male, born in September 1848, age 51, married, married for 27 years, born in Ohio, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ireland, occupation farmer, not employed 0 months during the previous year, could read, could write, could speak English, owned home, free of mortgage, a farm (not a house), number of farm in schedule: 78

Alma Kirker, servant, white, female, born in May 1870, age 30, single, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, occupation hired girl, could read, could write, could speak English

Melvin Porter, nephew, white, male, born in January 1878, age 22, single, born in Iowa, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, occupation farm laborer, not employed 0 months during the previous year, could read, could write, could speak English

Iowa State Census 1905 Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location [3]

 ?(Listed with his wife, Ruth, and daughter, Mary Porter:) Card #: 194, S. J. Porter, Post Office: Grinnell, Iowa

Census 1910 Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location [4]

 ?(Married to Ruth, living with her and daughter, Mary Porter:) Line number 89: 426 East Street, dwelling number: 549, family number: 565: Samson Porter, head of household, male, white, age 61, married (once), years of present marriage 37, birthplace Ohio, father's birthplace Ireland (spoke English), mother's birthplace West Virginia, could speak English, occupation farmer, nature of industry retired, could read, could write, owned home, free of mortgage, a house (not a farm)

Census 1920 Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location [1]

 ?(Married to Ruth, living with her, a housekeeper, Hannah Clark, his divorced daughter, Mary (Porter) Johnson and her daughter, his granddaughter, Ruth Johnson. The family was enumerated on two census images:) Line number 100: East Street 426, dwelling number: 250, family number: 267: Samson J. Porter, head of household, owned home, free of mortgage, male, white, age 71, married, could read, could write, born in Ohio, father's birthplace Ireland, father's mother tongue English, mother's birthplace Virginia, could speak English, occupation farmer, nature of industry general farm, own account, number of farm in schedule: 6

Census 1920 Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location [5]

 ?(Enumeration of Samson's family, second sheet of the census:) Line number 1: 426 East Street, dwelling number: 250, family number: 267.

Line number 2: Hannah Clark, housekeeper, female, white, age 56, divorced, could read, could write, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Ohio, mother's birthplace Ohio, could speak English, occupation servant, nature of industry private family, wage earner

Died Between 1920 and 1925 [6]

Family Ruth Clark, b. 25 Mar 1851, Harrison County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 24 Jun 1928, Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location

Married 1873 Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location [2, 6, 7]

Children

1. Worth W. Porter, b. Feb 1874, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1957

> 2. Mary W. Porter, b. 11 Oct 1890, near Malcom, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 16 Jul 1978, Friendship Manor, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location

Sources 1.[S19] 1920 US Census.

Grinnell city, Ward 4, Grinnell Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa; enumeration district: 127; supervisor's district: 95, sheet number: 10B, page number: 103; enumeration date: January 13, 1920

2.[S54] 1900 US Census.

Pleasant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa; enumeration district: 107, supervisor's district: 6, sheet number: 4B, page number: 158; enumeration date: June 12, 1900

3.[S4157] 1905 Iowa State Census.

Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa; Roll: IA_108

4.[S72] 1910 US Census.

Grinnell city, Grinnell Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, ward 4; supervisor's district: 6, enumeration district: 115, sheet number: 23B, page number: 101; enumeration date: May 12 & 13, 1910

5.[S19] 1920 US Census.

Grinnell city, Ward 4, Grinnell Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa; enumeration district: 127; supervisor's district: 95, sheet number: 11A, page number: 104; enumeration date: January 13, 1920

6.[S38] 1925 Iowa State Census.

Grinnell, Ward 4, Poweshiek County, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1923

7.[S7119] Porter, Ruth (Clarke) - Obituary, (originally published in The Grinnell Herald, July 3, 1928; Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa).

Sources

• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7T-D4KW : 22 August 2019), Sampson J Porter, 3 Feb 1941, Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 104052715.

Acknowledgments

• Porter-6030 was started through the import of wikialexanderporter01.ged on Jul 26, 2014.