The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
December 6, 1905
Page 1
Column 5John N. Porter, one of the old settlers and a former respected citizen of Oak Grove community, died at his home in Carthage Dec. 2nd. Obituary next week.
The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
December 13, 1905
Page 3
Column 3John Nelson Porter was born Dec. 12, 1832, in Morgan Co., Ill., and died Dec. 1st, 1905, at his late home in Carthage, aged 72 years, 11 months and 19 days. He was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Mosley, of Hancock Co., Ill., in 1857. To this union were born 10 children, two of whom died in infancy. Two grown sons, Winston and Marion, and one daughter, Mrs. Jesse Smith, passed away some 20 years ago. The surviving children are, Armstead, Elmer, John, Stanley and Mrs. C. C. Cox, all residents of this county. The wife of the deceased preceded him to the grave 22 years ago, and was laid to rest in Oak Grove cemetery, and by her side he sleeps the last sleep, having been borne thither by an escort of his old army comrades Sunday afternoon, Dec. 3, following a very able funeral discourse by Judge C. J. Scofield at the Christian church in Carthage.
Deceased had been a member of the Christian church for many years and his life as a Christian and as a man had been such that when the last summons came, he went, "not as the quarry slave scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed by an unfalting trust, approached his grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." May his awakening greet the brighter dawn, the eternal herald of the day that knoweth no night. Mo.
Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisBuckert Scrapbook
Page 1Death of John N. Porter
John N. Porter, died at his home in this city Friday, and the remains were laid to rest in Oak Grove cemetery Sunday afternoon, after services at the Christian church. The deceased was 75 years of age. He was born in Morgan county, Illinois, and moved to this county a number of years ago. He leaves to mourn his loss four sons and one daughter.
