Carroll-Cass County IN Archives Biographies.....Porter, Harley 1855 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

HARLEY PORTER.

   "It is not what you earn, but what you save that makes you rich," so the old
saying goes, but the gentleman whose name introduces the following sketch has
both earned and saved, the result of which is centered in his present successful
business at Burrows, which he has followed for nine years, after having tried
various other vocations before finally making up his mind in which direction his
qualifications pointed.

   Harley Porter, proprietor of a general store at Burrows, Indiana, was born,
June 10, 1880, in Jefferson township, Cass county, and is a son of Madison and
Eliza (Miller) Porter. He lived at home and attended the public schools until he
was seventeen years of age, when he left the paternal roof and engaged in the
railroad business, which he followed for nine years, first with the
Pennsylvania, then with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and his last
employment in railroad work was with the Vandalia line. Giving up this vocation,
Mr. Porter moved his family to Burrows, where he followed the carpenter's trade
for quite a length of time after which he became interested in his present
successful business. Politically, Mr. Porter has always voted the Republican
ticket, while, religiously, he belongs to the Christian church. He is a member
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train: men, No. 109, at Logansport, and in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows he belongs to Burrows Ledge No. 495, and
Rockfield Encampment No. 163, being a past noble grand in the subordinate lodge.

   Madison Porter, father of the subject, was born in Clinton township, Cass
county, Indiana, and is a son of Joshua Porter. His wife was Eliza (Miller)
Porter, daughter of Martin Miller. She also is a native of Clinton township,
Cass county. To Mr. and Mrs. Porter were born three sons: Harley; Cloyed, who
lives at Logansport, and Norbert, who lives at home with his parents. Madison
and Eliza Porter still reside on their farm in Clinton township, Cass county.

   Joshua Porter, the paternal grandfather, was an early pioneer in Ohio, coming
to Clinton township, Cass county, not long afterward, and made that location his
permanent home, spending the remainder of his life there. Martin Miller, the
maternal grandfather, was of German lineage. He came from Pennsylvania and
settled in Clinton township, Cass county, where he spent a number of years, and
whence he moved to the old Thomas Dillard place, where he lived until his death.

   Harley Porter was united in marriage, February 9, 1903, with Josephine Dodds,
daughter of Andrew Dodds, of Clinton township, Cass county. To Mr. and Mrs.
Porter have been born four children: Mildred, deceased; Madeline, a student at
school; Gale and William Wayne, who are both at home. Mr. Porter carries with
him the spirit of optimism and encouragement and is always equal to any
emergency of an ordinary character.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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