Brief Life History of Lyman Wight
When Lyman Wight Porter was born on 5 May 1833, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, his father, Sanford Porter Sr, was 43 and his mother, Nancy Warriner, was 42. He married Electa Mariah Kilbourn on 5 November 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1900 and Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 31 March 1914, in Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Porterville Cemetery, Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States.
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- L W Porter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lyman Wight Porter and Elizabeth Bailey, Marriage/Sealing Record, 5 October 1867
- Lyman Wight Porter, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Lee Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Lee, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Lee, Iowa, United States
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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States
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.
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ON THE UNDERGROUND IN KANAB IN 1887 OR '88
by Lyman Wight Porter Dear wives and children, though far, far away, I always remember you when I come here to pray. And when traveling in sand, or through cedars I roam, Oh, how oft I …
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