Poppleton, Earley F – Porter, Gilchrist
Poppleton, Earley F
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 29, 1834, in Richland county, Ohio.
In 1861 he moved to Delaware, Ohio; was elected state senator in 1870 to fill a vacancy; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Porcher, Francis Peyre
physician, botanist, author, was born Dec. 14, 1825, in St. John's, Berkeley, S. C. He was a physician and botanist of Charleston; and the author of Sketch of the Medical Botany of South Carolina; and Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests. He died in 1895.
Porter, Albert G
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born April 20, 1824, in Lawrenceburg, Ind. He was appointed reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of Indiana, publishing five volumes. He served two terms as city attorney of Indianapolis; and was twice elected a member of the city council. In 1858 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-sixth congress; and was re-elected to the thirtyseventh congress. In 1878 he was appointed first comptroller in the treasury of the United States; and in 1880 was elected governor of Indiana for four years from January, 1881.
Porter, Alexander J
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1786 in Ireland. In 1810 he removed to St.
Martinsville, La.; and was active in framing the state constitution in 1811. He became a judge of the supreme court of the state in 1821, and served fifteen years.
He was United States senator from 1833 to 1837; and was re-elected in 1843, but ill-health prevented him from taking his seat. He died Jan. 13, 1844, in Attakapas, La.
Porter, Andrew
soldier, was born Sept. 24, 1743, in Worcester, Pa. In the war of 1812 he was appointed brigadiergeneral in the regular army and secretary of war, but declined both positions on the ground that a younger man might serve the country more efficiently. He died Nov. 16, 1813, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Porter, Andrew
soldier, was born July 10, 1819, in Lancaster, Pa. He served with distinction in the Mexican and civil wars; and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1861. He died Jan. 4, 1872, in Paris, France.
Porter, Augustus Steele
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1798, in Canandaigua, N. Y. He practiced law for twenty years at Detroit, Mich., of which city he was chosen mayor in 1838.
He was a senator in congress from Michigan from 1840 to 1845. He died Sept. 18, 1872, in Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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Porter, Benjamin Curtis
artist, was born Aug. 27, 1843, in Melrose, Mass.
His works include Henry V. and the Princess Kate; The Mandolin-Player; pid with Butterflies; The Hour-Glass; Portrait of Lady, with Dog, in the Corcoran gallery, Washington; and Portrait of Boy with Dog.
Porter, Benjamin F
soldier, jurist, was born Dec. 25, 1843, near Mount Vernon, Ala. During the war he served in company E, eleventh Alabama regiment; served in the Virginia army, and was captured at Sharpsburg, Md. He was wounded at Salem church, and again at railroad below Petersburg; and was in the Mahone brigade. For six years he was clerk of the circuit court, and justice of the peace; in 1880 was elected judge of the probate court, and ex-officio judge of the county court of Washington county, Ala., and he is now serving his third term of six years.
Porter, Benjamin Fickling
lawyer, author, was born in 1808 in Charleston, S. C. He attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of Alabama; and took part in many of the leading cases tried in that state for the past fifty years. He has also contributed valuable articles to law journals, and also to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States. He is the author of Alabama Supreme Court Reports; and Offices of Executors and Administrators.
Porter, Charles A
senator, legislator, was born May 15, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1872-75 he was a representative to the Pennsylvania legislature; and in 1890 was elected to the senate.
Porter, Charles H
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Cairo, N.
Y. He settled at Norfolk, Va.; was attorney for the commonwealth from 1863 until 1870; and attorney for the city one year. He was a member of the constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 and 1868; and was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-first and fortysecond congresses as a republican.
Porter, Charles Talbot
civil engineer, author, was born in 1826 in New York. He is a mechanical engineer of prominence; and the author of Mechanics and Faith, a Study of the Spiritual Truths in Nature.
Porter, Cyrus Kinne
architect, was born Aug. 27, 1828, in Cicero, N. Y.
Among the notable buildings erected recently which show his complete mastery of every detail of his profession, may be mentioned the Coal and Iron exchange, Trinity church, St. Patrick's church, and the Builder's exchange, Buffalo, N. Y.
Porter, David
naval officer, author, was born Feb. 1, 1780, in Boston, Mass.
He was a once noted commodore in the United States navy; and in 1839 became United States resident minister to Turkey.
He was the author of Journal of a Cruise to the Pacific Ocean in 1812-15; and Constantinople and its Environs. He died March 3, 1843, in Turkey.
Porter, David Dixon
naval officer, author, was born June 8, 1813, in Chester, Pa. He was an admiral of the federal army who commanded the fleet at the storming of Fort Fisher, and amused his latest years by the composition of sensational romances. He was the author of Life of Commodore Porter; Allan Dare and Robert le Diable; Adventures of Harry Marline; Arthur Merton, a romance; Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War; and History of the Navy in the War of the Rebellion. He died Feb. 13, 1891, in Washington, D. C.
Porter, David Rittenhouse
lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born Oct. 31, 1788, in Norristown, Pa. He was a member of each branch of the Pennsylvania state legislature. He was governor of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1845; and his election in 1838 in Philadelphia county gave rise to much excitement at the state capitol, known as the Buckshot War, growing out of a charge of irregularity in the election. He died Aug. 6, 1867, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Porter, Ebenezer
clergyman, educator, author, was born Oct. 5, 1772, in Cromwell, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman and educator, of contemporary renown as a preacher. He was professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological seminary in 1812-32, and president of that institution from 1827 till his death. Among his publications are The Young Preacher's Manual; A Rhetorical Reader, which reached its three hundredth edition; Lectures on Homiletics; and Lectures on Eloquence and Style. He died April 8, 1834, in Andover.
Porter, Fitz-John
soldier, author, was born June 13, 1822, in Portsmouth, N. H. He is a brevet brigadier-general dismissed from the service in 1863, reinstated by act of congress in 1886. After his retirement from the army he was appointed commissioner of public works of New York city; and was employed by the New Jersey Central Railroad company as assistant receiver for several years. He received an appointment as police commissioner of the city of New York and on the expiration of his term of office in that department he was appointed fire commissioner, from which place he retired at the close of his term. He then became a cashier in the New York postoffice. He is the author of Narrative of the Services of the Fifth Army Corps in 1862 in Northern Virginia.
Porter, George Bryan
lawyer, governor, was born Feb. 9, 1791, in Norristown, Pa. He was governor of Michigan territory from 1831 to 1834. He died July 18, 1835, in Detroit, Mich.
Porter, George Loring
soldier, physician, surgeon, was born April 29, 1838, in Concord, N. H. He attended the New London academy, and the Brown university of Providence, R. I., from which institution he graduated in 1859 with the degree of A. M. During the war he was captain and brevet major in the United States army. In 1862 he was assigned to duty at the General hospital at Strasburg, placed in charge of the hospital and took care of the confederate wounded also. He has attained success in his profession at Bridgeport, Conn.; has been president of the Connecticut Medical society, and vicepresident of several medical bodies. He has contributed valuable papers for medical literature, and was instrumental in the passage of the coroner's law of Connecticut in 1882.
Porter, George W
soldier, was born about 1806. He was a lieutenant in the thirty-eighth United States infantry in 1814-15; and made many valuable inventions, including the Porter rifle. He died Nov. 7, 1856, in Memphis, Tenn.
Porter, Gilchrist
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1851 to 1857.