Porter Pepper (1812 - 1864)

Born 15 Nov 1812 in Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Persis Elvira (Dearth) Pepper — married 21 Jul 1833 in Brimfield, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1864 at age 51 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Porter was born in Palmer, Massachusetts, about 1811, the son of Thomas and Lucretia (Magoon) Pepper. (His age at the time of his death - 52 years, 2 months and 12 days - would indicate he was born about November 15, 1811.) Research Dan Hamilton offers of theory on Porter's lack of a birth record on Hamilton's blog: John Hamilton of Charlestown.

He married Persis Dearth, daughter of Thomas and Mehitable (Bliss) Dearth, in Brimfield, Mass., in 1833.^[1] They lived at Brimfield, where Porter was shoemaker.^[2]

He died in Brimfield in 1864, at the age of 52 years.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-MPR2 : 5 November 2017), Porter Pepper and Persis Dearth, 21 Jul 1833
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQH3-ST9 : 11 March 2018), Porter Pepper, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1X-Z52 : 10 February 2018), Porter Pepper, 27 Jan 1864