Biographical Sketch of Benjamin P. Porter, Lafayette County, MO

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Benjamin P. Porter, P. O. Wellington, Mo.  Was born in Campbell county,
Va., December 14, 1811, where he was raised and educated.  In 1835, he
came to this county, where he has since resided, except two years spent
in Carroll county, engaged in farming and carpentering.  His parents,
Benjamin and Martha Porter, were both natives of Virginia.  He was 
married in 1840, to Miss Ann E. Price, daughter of Judge Nathaniel 
Price, who came from Bedford county, Va., in 1838.  By this union, he 
has had eleven children, seven of whom are now living.  He and his wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.  He had three 
sons in the Confederate service, and lost two of them.  Previous to the
war he was captain of the state militia.

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