PORTIS OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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PORTIS, R. A. n/a - 1887

Clinton MO, Mar 19 1887 - R. A. Portis died Sunday night at 10 after an illness of 
only a few days, of typhoid pneumonia. He came to the county about 12 years ago 
and was a native of North Carolina. His wife died two years ago, followed in a 
few months by an infant son, leaving him with five little girls and one boy, the 
youngest 8 years old. He was an earnest Christian and was always cheerful, 
working hard to keep his family together. Only a few days before his death, he 
was telling a friend his plans for improving his garden and making the most of 
his few acres of ground to supply the early market. His little home is in the 
suburbs of the southeast part of town, where he could always be found busy when 
not on a necessary errand or marketing his vegetables and fruit. Mr. Portis was 
over fifty years of age. He had a dependent family and one daughter sadly 
afflicted from birth. It seems the trial of life must have been particularly great 
for him but, with him to labor was to pray. Buried by his wife in Oak Grove. (Later 
News Article: S. Jones, who was appointed guardian for the Portes children, has 
found homes for four, as follows: Rachel E. will live with Mrs. Henderson, the 
milliner; Annie L. with Henry Lane; Myrtle M. with Mr. Richards, the engineer of 
the pottery works, and Charley R., with a Mr. DeWitt. A home has not been found 
for the cripple.)

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