Obit of Betsey [nee?] PORTER (b.1799 or1800? d.1885WI) Dodge Co., WI Contributed (updated) for use in the USGenWeb Archives July 10, 2002 by Bill Porter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source 1: Newspaper Dodge County Citizen; Beaver Dam, WI Date: 26 February 1885 Page:? Column:? Reads as follows: DIED. PORTER. - At the residence of her daughter , Mrs. A. [Aretas] H. Armstrong, in Trenton, Feb. 19, 1885. Mrs. BETSEY PORTER, relict of Joel Porter, aged 85 years. [The daughter refered to is Betsey's first child, Matilda D. Porter, b. 17 October 1815 in NY. Information in brackets added by the transcriber, William W. Porter on 9 May 2001] Source 2: Newspaper Beaver Dam Argus; Beaver Dam, WI Date: 26 February 1885 Page:3 Column:? Reads as follows: PORTER - At her home in Trenton, on Thursday, February 19, 1885, Mrs. Betsey Porter, wife of Joel Porter, aged 85 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: these electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the author/contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The contributor has given the USGenWeb Archives permission to store the file permanently for free access.