History of Todd County, Kentucky, ed. J. H. Battle, 1884, F. A. Battey
Publishing Co., 1884, Page 259.         (Sharon Grove Precinct)

G. E. PORTER was born in Todd County, Ky., July 17, 1861, and is a son of
W. R. H. and Anna (Dowdy) Porter--the former a native of Kentucky and the
latter a native of Mississippi.  W. R. H. Porter was reared and educated
in Todd County.  He has followed farming, his principal occupation, all his
life, with the exception of some seven or eight years, when he was engaged
in the mercantile trade.  He is now living in Elkton District engaged in
farming.  He has filled the office of Constable.  He is a member of the
subordinate lodge of the I.O.O.F. at Elkton, and he and wife are devoted
members of the Baptist Church.  G. E. Porter, the subject of our sketch,
received a good education in youth.  He remained with his parents until
about the age of twenty-three, when he left home, going to Nashville,
Ill., where he worked at the carpenter's trade six months; he then
returned to Todd County, Ky., where he engaged in business in a store of
general merchandise at Trout's Cross Roads, where is is doing a thriving
business.  He is one of the prominent business men and influential
citizens of the district and county.

Porter Dowdy
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