MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Thomas M. Porter
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THOMAS M. PORTER is a farmer and native of Marshall County, Tenn., born
December 8, 1845.  He attended school and assisted his parents on the farm,
and in the latter part of the war, although only eighteen years of age,
volunteered in Company A, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and
although in many severe engagements, was not wounded or captured.  Since
the war he has made agriculture his chief business and is the owner of a
well stocked farm of 225 acres.  He is a son of Thomas N and Mary F.
(Hardin) Porter, who were born in Rutherford and Williamson
Counties, Tenn., in 1820 and 1827, respectively.  They were married in
Maury County, but the greater part of their days were spent in what is now
Marshall County.  They became the parents of two sons-our subject and John
N.  The father was a Whig and died in the prime of life.  His
widow returned to Maury County and married E. H. McLean, by whom she had
seven children.  After his death she married William Reagen, who also
died.  She is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is fifty-nine years
of age.

Surnames: Hardin, McLean, Porter,, Reagen
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."