James Armstrong Porterfield1,2
b. 1 April 1866, d. 10 October 1926
Birth | 1 Apr 1866 | James Armstrong Porterfield was born on 1 Apr 1866.1 |
Marriage | 21 Aug 1889 | He married Lydia Catherine Johnston on 21 Aug 1889.1 |
Children | | James and Lydia had three children: Luther Ray Porterfield (1890), Elsie Myrtle Porterfield (1892) and Harold Ward Porterfield (1894).1,2 |
Cens-1900 | 4 Jun 1900 | In 1900 James and Lydia lived in the town of Rosendale in Andrew County where James was employed as a brick mason. They had been married 11 years.3 |
Death | 10 Oct 1926 | James died on 10 Oct 1926 at age 60.1 |
Burial | | He was buried at Savannah Cemetery in Andrew County, Missouri.4 |
Citations
- [S623] David B Trimble, Kincannon and McDonald, p. 196.
- [S9] Frank B. Porterfield, The Porterfields, p. 152-160.
- [S975] James Porterfield household, 1900 U.S. cens., Andrew Co., MO, pop. sched., Rosendale, ED 2, sheet 4A (p. 16 stamped), dwelling 82, family 82, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2006, image 7 of 25. Enumeration includes: James Porterfield, b. Apr 1866, marr 11 yrs, b. MO, father b. VA, mother b. TN, brick mason, owns home, no mortgage; Lyddia, wife, 39, b. Aug. 1860, marr 11 yrs, mother of 3 children, all living, b. VA, parents b. VA; Luther R., son, b. June 1890, 9, b. MO; Myrtle, dau, 8, b. Apr 1892, b. MO; Ward, 6, b. Feb. 1894, b. MO.
- [S2530] Photograph Andrew County Tombstones (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moacc/ : viewed Nov. 2010), James A. and Lydia C. Porterfield headstone (digital image), Savannah Cemetery.