Background
He was born in Rye, New Hampshire, September 19, 1817, and was one of the eighteen children of Rev Huntington Porter, formerly pastor of the church in that place.
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William Porter
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He graduated in 1841. He studied Theology one year in the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, one year in the Theological Department of Yale College, and a few months at Lynn, Massachusetts, under the instruction of his father.
Career
From 1854 through 1857 he served as clerk in Boston Custom House. Paul Wentworth, of New Hampshire. He had several children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, died in 1850.
He died in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
May 26, 1861, aged 43. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
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March 26, 1861 (aged 43)