Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1913 — FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE DIED [ARTICLE]

FIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE DIED

Information Received of Death of Walter Porter’s Mother—Fifth Death in Past Year. Walter V. Porter was notified by telegram, the dispatch being communicated by telephone from Lafayette Friday night, that his aged mother, Mrs. Mary A. Porter, had died at Coats, Kans., where she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Hammond. The death is the last among her brothers and sisters, and she was the fifth to die within the past twelve months. The deaths occurred as follows: Holdridge Clark, May 24, 1912. Mrs. Emeline Switzer, July 21,1913. Mrs. Amzie Meadows, Feb. 25, 1913. Ezra L. Clark, March 6, 1913. Mrs. Mary A. Porter, May . 16, 1913. The dispatch received by Mr. Porter gave only the brief information that his mother had passed away. It was a great shock to him, as he had received a letter from his mother only a week ago and at that time she was feeling about as well as common, except that her eyesight was causing her some trouble. Notwithstanding this fact, she had written the letter herself. Some ten or twelve years ago she suffered a slight stroke of paralysis but soon outgrew the effects of it and her general health improved after thattime and she had been in very fair health during the past few years, notwithstanding the fact that she was almost 82 years of age. She visited in Rensselaer a year ago, making the trip with her daughter, Mrs. Hammond. Walter V. Porter ■Jett for Coats this Saturday afternoon, where the funeral will probably take place Monday. Mrs. Porter had been a widow for almost 48 years, her husband having died of a fever in 1865, soon after his enlistment in the 151st Indiana volunteer infantry. His death occurred ih a union camp nfcar Nashville, Tenn., and his body was Interred there and could not be brought here during the summer, although one of his brothers went there for that purpose. Deceased leaves three children, Walter V. and William M. Porter, and Mrs. Fred Hammond. She was one of ten children and the last of the family.