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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ISAAC S. PORTER, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Casey) Porter, was born in Lincoln County, Tenn., in 1817. He was reared principally by his mother, as his father died when he was about ten years of age. He attended the neighboring schools, and in 1838 married Emeline, daughter of George W. and Ann Dennis, by whom he had twelve children, ten of whom are living: George W. D., Benjamin F. P. (deceased), David S., Isaac H. M., Robert M., Lawrence L. T., Elizabeth C., Eliza C., Helen L., Jane F. and Julia F. Mr. Porter owns 235 acres of valuable and well improved land. His two sons George and Benjamin were in the late war and participated in many of its principal battles, the latter being killed at Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864. Mrs. Porter was born in Tennessee in 1816, and her father and mother in North Carolina in 1791, and 1789, respectively. Mr. Porter was a Whig, but since the war has been a Democrat. His father was born in Boston, Mass., in 1763, and in 1804 married the mother, who was born in Virginia in 1778, and they together came to Tennessee in 1809. The father died in Lincoln County in 1828. The mother died in Texas in 1857.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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