William Leon Porter

22 May 1895–20 March 1978 (Age 82)
Little Springs, Franklin, Mississippi, United States

The Life Summary of William Leon

When William Leon Porter was born on 22 May 1895, in Little Springs, Franklin, Mississippi, United States, his father, William Henry Porter, was 24 and his mother, Anna Jane Byrd, was 21. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Pearl A Gammill. He lived in Beat 5, Franklin, Mississippi, United States for about 40 years. He died on 20 March 1978, in Meadville, Franklin, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Byrds Chapel Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Leon Porter
1895–1978
Pearl A Gammill
1906–1983
Willie Fay Porter
1923–2003
Charles Ned Porter
1925–2008
Eulilia Porter
1928–

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
Age 12
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1917
Age 22
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Porterfield
Sluiter
Port
Fortner
Portmann
Portier

Sources (10)

  • William L Porter, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Leon Porter, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Leon Porter, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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