Edward Lawn Porter I (1857 - 1937)

Born 24 Oct 1857 in Carrolton, Louisiana

Ancestors

Husband of Selma Valiska (Krone) Porter — married 28 Dec 1890 in St. Louis, Missouri

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1937 at age 79 in Fort Smith, Sebastion, Arkansas

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The 6th and longest survivng child of Ellen G. Cantey & Chauncey Charles Porter was born & raised in Louisiana as a Southern Gentleman. He was an accountant & until the death in 1888 of his brother Charles Hamson lived in New Ibernia Louisiana. He moved to Fort Smith where he was an Accountant. There he met & married a young widow, Selma Valiska Krone Epple who had a small daughter Emma. Edward & Selma had 4 daughters & 2 sons. They owned a farm near Winslow, Arkansas, where 2 of his children were born in the little log cabin home but it became easier to live in Ft. Smith so the family properties there could be taken care of & good schools for the children. The farm was their summer home. with their main home in Ft. Smith.

Source: Journals, letters, marriage licenses, death certificated & other papers of Edward Lawn Porter I. now owned by Selma L. Porter Renegar