Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Photographer: Syd Whittle Taken: March 14, 2009 Caption: William S. Porter
Additional Description: [Sign at gravesite reads:]
Sacred to the Memory of William S. Porter,
died aged 46 years and 25 days.
Amador Dispatch 17, Oct., 1863:
Death of William Porter
The subject of this notice has been residing in this County since the year 1849 or ’50. He was about 43 years of age; a native of Maryland, but emigrated to this State from Wayne County, IN. He leaves a wife and four children now residing in that state, they having returned there in 1862, to mourn his loss. He was taken ill about a month ago with lung fever and died about 3 o’clock on the morning of the 15th at Amador City and was buried by his Masonic brethren at 3 o’clock yesterday. Submitted: March 14, 2009, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California. Database Locator Identification Number: p55892 File Size: 3.680 Megabytes
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