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James Monroe PorterAge: 62 years18811944

Name
James Monroe Porter
Given names
James Monroe
Surname
Porter
Birth September 10, 1881 24
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageMary Edna ArmstrongView this family
April 10, 1904 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ila Mae Porter
July 19, 1908 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Iland Noel Porter
October 6, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Wanda Lee Porter
June 2, 1914 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#4
Nina Margaret Porter
December 24, 1917 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 35 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 36 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Marriage of a childFred BurfeindIla Mae PorterView this family
August 22, 1928 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 30, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherMartha Elizabeth Hylton
September 17, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death January 13, 1944 (Age 62 years)
Family with parents - View this family
mother
Martha Elizabeth Hylton
Birth: October 7, 1856Wise, Virginia, United States
Death: September 17, 1940Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States
himself
Family with Mary Edna Armstrong - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 10, 1904Nolan, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
2 years
son
Iland Noel Porter
Birth: October 6, 1910 29 26Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: March 22, 1995Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Wanda Lee Porter
Birth: June 2, 1914 32 30Nolan, Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: September 27, 1976Nolan, Nolan, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Nina Margaret Porter
Birth: December 24, 1917 36 33Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: December 1982Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Porter - Household

Nolan, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Porter, James MheadMW48M22TXKYKYFarmerFarm
Porter, MarywifeFW46M20TXARMO
Porter, Iland NsonMW19STXTXTX
Porter, Wanda LeedaughterFW15STXTXTX
Porter, Nina MdaughterFW12STXTXTX
Porter, Martha EmotherFW74WdKYKYKY