Person:Sherman Porter (7)

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Sherman Porter
b.2 Jul 1893 Loogootee, Martin Co., Indiana , United States
d.20 Oct 1963 Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt.Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 16 Apr 1891
  1. Netta Belle Porter1892 - 1918
  2. Sherman Porter1893 - 1963
  3. Lester Frank Porter1895 - 1957
  4. Victor Walton Porter1897 - 1972
  5. Lee Middleton Porter1899 - 1983
  6. Mary Mae Porter1902 - 2003
  7. Fern Bertha? Porter1905 - 1908
  8. Alton Porter1907 - 1908
  9. Russell Albert Porter1909 - 1991
  10. Ralph Woodrow Porter1913 - 1988
Spouse and Children
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m. 5 Jun 1915
  1. Mary Thelma Porter1916 - 2013
  2. Marvin Lee Porter1917 - 1992
  3. Percy Earl Porter1919 - 2005
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Facts and Events
Name Sherman Porter
Alt Name Sherman Earl Porter
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Jul 1893 Loogootee, Martin Co., Indiana , United StatesSubmission: _SURETY: 3
Other[3] Abt 1912 Loogootee, Martin Co., Indiana , United States_FORWARD: [N] Event-Misc
Marriage 5 Jun 1915 Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington, United States_SURETY: 3
to Marietta Legg
Emigration[4] Aft 15 Jun 1915 to Dalhart, Dallam Co., Texas , United States_FORWARD: [P] moved, [T] soon [D+L] Type: Caption _REFN: Sherman Porters farm - Dalhart ca 1930 _SETTING: Personal/Family _SUBJECT: Structure _CREATED: 1930 AND 1938 _REFN: Jip & Jude - 1916 _SUBJECT: Individual _CREATED: 0
Religion? Bef 1916 the First Christian Church, Colin, Dallam Co., Texas, United States_FORWARD: [PP] family attended the First Christian Church in Colin during the time that they lived in Dalhart.
Other? Abt 1935 (& 1936) Dalhart, Dallam Co., Texas, United Statesdue to financial conditions brought about by the "Dust Bowl" and the "Great Depression" _FORWARD: <[D], >[P] lost his farm <[L]> [T] Land
Emigration? 1936 moved to Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United States_FORWARD: [P] [D+L]
Occupation[2] 1937 Yakima, Wasington, United States_FORWARD: [P] & his family worked for a harvest season < [T]> [D+L] _SURETY: 3
Occupation[5] Abt 1938 Cornet Bay, Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United States
Residence Abt 1940 Mirand's Beach, Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United States_SURETY: 3
with Marietta Legg
Residence (from 1959 to death) Scenic Heights Road, Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United Stateswith Marietta Legg
Residence Abt 1944 Taylor Road near Cresent Harbor, Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United StatesType: Caption _REFN: Sherman Porter Home (1) _SETTING: Personal/Family _SUBJECT: Individual _CREATED: 0
with Marietta Legg
Occupation? (from abt 1945 to abt 1961) Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United States
Death? 20 Oct 1963 Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt.Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington, United States
Burial? 23 Oct 1963 Maple Leaf Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Island Co., Washington, United StatesAge: 70

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\deflang1033 When Sherman filed his Civiliam Registration Card for World War I, he was required to use a full middle name. Hence, the "E" given at birth, became "Earl".

Type: _VARN

Member of Modern Woodsmen of Oak Harbor, WA Members of Royal Neighbors

Sherman's death certificate lists his mother as Maggie \ul Shurm.

\ulnone His birth name was Sherman Porter, with no middle name. For the WWI draft registration he was required to give a middle name and so he added the name of Earl, ie Sherman Earl Porter (this according to Martha Louella Porter DeVries)

Number of children:

_PREF: Y

_SUBM:

_ADDR: Alton Rogers Name: Alton Rogers City: Oak Harbor State: WA E-Mail: suihei@@earthlink.net Note: Pippitt/Pippett Family Ancesty - Including surnames Boone, Espe, Sims, & Wallace

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman Porter Home (1)

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

_CREATED: 0

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman Porter Family - 1930

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

_CREATED: 0

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman & Marietta Porter - 1957

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

_CREATED: 0

Type: Caption

_REFN: Porter Sherman & Marietta - 1915

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

_CREATED: 0

Type: Caption

_REFN: 1961 Mar - Sherman & Marietta Portert family504

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

_CREATED: 0

Type: Caption

_REFN: Grandpa Hands ca 1940

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

Type: Caption

_REFN: Porters in 1937

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman & Marietta Porter ca 1936

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman & salmon ca 1952

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman Porter - Birthday ca 1950

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman Porter ca 1958

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

Type: Caption

_REFN: Sherman Porter Family ca 1940

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Group

_PREFSIZE: 300

_FLAG: POSE

_FLAG: ADULT

Type: Caption

_REFN: Shermans borther & sis ca 1960

_SETTING: Personal/Family

_SUBJECT: Individual

References
  1. ↑ Martin Co. (IN) Health Dept - Vital Records. Martin Co. (IN) Health Dept - Birth Record (2). (2 FEB 2006; reprint, Shoals, Martin Co., Indiana, United States: Sherman Porter, 2 JUL 1893)
    Book No. 2, p 26.

    _DETAIL:
    _CREDIBILITY: 100
    Changed:
    Date: 06 FEB 2006
    Time: 11:01:57

  2. ↑ Interview with Margy Porter Admiral Martha Porter DeVries. (Sherman Porter family events, 4 JAN 2007).

    _DETAIL:
    _CREDIBILITY: 100
    Changed:
    Date: 05 JAN 2007
    Time: 07:59:57

  3. ↑ Sherman left Indiana in about 1912, planning to go to Alaska, and hoping to earn enough money to buy land in Texas. His traveling money ran out by the time he got to San Francisco. He made his way to Wasington and worked for Herbert & Gert Dykers on their farm near Oak Harbor in Island Co. While working for the Dykers, Sherman met Marietta Legg, who was also employed at the farm. Marietta & Sherman were married about two years later.
  4. ↑ Sherman & Marietta started farming in the Dalhart area. The farm was between Chamberlain & Dalhart. His parents & brothers had moved there from Indiana & had spreads there as well. Their neighbors were the Slaybaugh's who allowed Sherman to haul water from their well (per Martha Porter DeVries) since there was no well on Sherman's property. He had two mules (Jep & Jude) who were hitched-up to accomplish this task. Years later, Marvin Porter recalled that his nose was broken when he was kicked by one of those mules. Percy recalled (in 2004) that the Sherman Porter family had 22 milk cows on their farm in Dalhart, TX. During the same conversation, he also remembered that he and his brother Marvin had "lots of fights" and that their father (Sherman) made them "cut down their own spanking-switch".
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  5. ↑ Sherman worked with Joe Lang on the construction of the Cornet Bay dock. His job involved driving the piling for the dock and he worked each day in the cold water. His arthritis was severe, even then (as per daughter, Margy, he had arthritis in his 20's). He suffered greatly while working under those cold and wet conditions.
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