Marcus
Morton
Porter
Born in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Porter
and Eunice (Freeman) Porter
Brother of
Robert Porter Jr. [half], Uriah Capen Porter [half], Theron M Porter [half], Eunice Freeman (Porter) Kinsley, Jonathan Freeman Porter, Horace Mann Porter, William Baylies Porter, Fannie Capen (Porter) Lucas and William Baylies Porter
Husband of
Harriet Eliza (Jones) Porter
— married
28 Nov 1867 (to 15 Jan 1896) in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Husband of
Mabel (Howard) Porter
— married
9 Jun 1897 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Francena Ella Porter, Francis Elem Porter, Emmons Chace Porter, Leonard Hatch Porter and Ruth Howard (Porter) Peck
Died
at age 80
in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2023
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Biography
Private Marcus Porter served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 15 Oct 1862
Mustered out: 1 Sep 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company G, 47th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Enlisted: 15 Oct 1862
Mustered out: 1 Sep 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company G, 47th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Marcus was born in 1841 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. [1]
During the United States Civil War he served as a private in Company G, 47th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers from 15 Oct 1862 to 1 Sep 1863. [2] [3]
He married Hattie E. Jones on 28 Nov 1867 in Stoughton. [4] Hattie died on 15 Jan 1896 in Avon, Massachusetts. [5]
Marcus married, as his second wife, Mabel Howard, on 9 Jun 1897 in Easton, Massachusetts. [6]
He died in 1921 in Brockton, Massachusetts. [1] He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Stoughton. [7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z68-ZNJM : 16 November 2022), Marcus M Porter, 1921.
- ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RB-34S : 24 August 2021), Marcus M. Porter, 1861-1865.
- ↑ "Declaration for Pension," Marcus M. Porter, Civil War pension file, certificate no.1,019,564. National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C. Copy in possession of Karen Gunn on 30 Mar 2023
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4QF-35J : 10 November 2022), Marcus M. Porter and Hattie E. Jones, 1867.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW9B-K4G : 13 December 2022), Marcus M. Porter in entry for Harriet E. Jones Porter, 1896.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4CL-P13 : 16 December 2022), Marcus M. Porter and Mabel Howard, 1897.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 March 2023), memorial page for Marcus Morton Porter (11 May 1841–25 Sep 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #30311063, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Joseph Green (contributor 46979069).
See also:
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2NK-29Z : accessed 17 March 2023), Ruth Porter in household of Marcus Porter, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 2B, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 574; FHL microfilm 1,374,587.
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