Notes for Charles PORTER

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See this family 1850 Census, Indiana > Vermillion > Clinton
Charles Porter 34
Hannah Porter 32
Newton Porter 14
Malissa Porter 11
Seralda Porter 9
Elizabeth Porter 7Joana Porter 4William S Porter 2John M Porter 0Joanna Mo
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Newport Hoosier State
Thursday, June 29, 1876
We have a rather extraordinary case of suicide to report this week, which occurred 3 miles west of Clinton, this county, on last Monday evening. Charles Porter is the name of the unfortunate man. He was an old settler of this county, having moved here
with his father from New York in 1819, when he was only 3 years old, which would make him 60 years of age. He was a substantial citizen, in easy circumstances, and favorably known by most of the pioneer settlers of the county. On last Monday morning he
woke his wife between 4 and 5 o'clock, telling her to get up as it was nearly noon. She told him he was mistaken, that it was not very late, and that it was raining, and there was no use of being in a hurry about rising. In a short time he got up,
dressed, and went out to the kitchen, and built a fire in the cook stove, filling the tea kettle with fresh water, and then went to the room occupied by his sons, as though he intended to awake them. He looked into the room a minute or two and then
left it without uttering a word. In a few moments he returned to the room again, gazed in a short time. and left it without uttering a word and then silently stepped away. He asked his wife for his heavy boots. She told him he did not need them as it
was raining, and for him to stay in the house, and the boys would do all the outdoor work. He persisted in having his boots, and when he pulled them on, he started across the State road, which runs past his residence, to an old building on the opposite
side of the road. When halfway across, he looked back, and seeing his wife was watching him, he commenced calling the chickens to divert her attention and impress her with the idea that he intended to feed them. The wife went on about arranging the
morning meal, and when breakfast was ready, she sent a little 9 year old grandson across the road to notify him that breakfast was waiting. In a minute, the little fellow returned very much excited and told the family to come and see Grandpa. When they
reached the old building they found him hanging by a rope fastened to a joist and life entirely extinct. He had placed a flour sack around his neck and the noose around it, probably to keep the rope from bruising his neck. His knees nearly touched the
floor, and if he had stood up straight, the noose would not have pulled on his neck a particle. Death ensued from strangulation. Coroner Thomas Brindley held an inquest on Monday.

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