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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.