Background
He was son of Doctor Giles C. and Mary (Catlin) Kellogg, and was born in Hadley, Massachusetts.
He was son of Doctor Giles C. and Mary (Catlin) Kellogg, and was born in Hadley, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Yale University in 1800. He studied law with Jonathan East. Porter, Esq., was admitted to the bar in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, opened an office in his native place and here spent his life.
He was honored by his townsmen with many private and public trusts. Foreign many years he was town clerk and treasurer, and for thirteen years Register of Deeds for Hampshire County. In the War of 1812 he served as an adjutant in one of the Massachusetts regiments.
Foreign several years he taught successfully in the Hopkins Academy in Hadley.
He died in Hadley, Massachusetts, aged 80. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
He was often representative to the General Court of Massachusetts, and was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853.
