Person:Minnie Porter (7)

Stone in Lower Meductic cemetery has the following inscription:

Minnie H. Charles Died June 22, 1885 Died Aug. 16, 1882 AE 17 yrs. AE 24 yrs.

Children of Jacob and Esther Porter.

Press Newspaper July 9, 1885 A SAD EVENT A correspondent in Lower Woodstock, send us the following account of a very sad event that occurred there recently: On the evening of the 22nd of June, about half-past seven o'clock, Minnie H. Porter, of Lower Woodstock, was missed from her father's dwelling, about ten minutes before a very heavy shower occurred. Her parents became very anxious, but thinking she had gone to her sister's residence, in the same neighborhood, delayed sending for her until morning, when they found she had not been there. A party of men immediately went to look for her, and searched the fields, woods and the river, but in vain; no trace could be found of her. They continued searching until Sunday, the 28th, when her body was found seven miles below in the river, near Walter Patterson's landing, in the Parish of Canterbury, by a lad fishing. Coroner Cronkhite was sent for, and on his arrival summoned a jury, and as it was late in the evening it was arranged to hold an inquest next morning. The body was examined by Dr. Welling of Canterbury, who testified that the deceased came to her death by drowning. The jury rendered a verdict of death by drowning; cause not known.