Jesse Albert Porter

Jesse Albert Porter

Male 1890 - 1982  (92 years)

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  • Name Jesse Albert Porter 
    Born 14 Mar 1890  Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    AFN CWZX-8G 
    Buried Apr 1982  Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 6 Apr 1982  Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Person ID I1993  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Family Ninetta Fay Smith,   b. 6 Feb 1897, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1970, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 2 Jun 1914  Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7
    Children 
    +1. Jesse Arvine Porter,   b. 16 Jun 1915, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1994, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +2. Rachel Bell Porter,   b. 15 Nov 1917, Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1999, Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Living
    +4. Living
    +5. Living
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Mar 1890 - Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Jun 1914 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Apr 1982 - Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Apr 1982 - Umatilla, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Vern Smith and Jesse Porter sheep shearing in Montana about 1930
    Vern Smith and Jesse Porter sheep shearing in Montana about 1930
    Birthday party for Lennie Smith -- 80 years old, summer 1953
    Birthday party for Lennie Smith -- 80 years old, summer 1953
    L-R: June Smith Hallmark, Ninetta Smith Porter, Bertha and Claud Smith, Lennie Bell Brumbaugh Smith, Princess "Peggy" Smith Thomson, Henry "Hank" Smith, Jesse Porter, Edward Vern Smith, Sloan Thomson, Leo and Kathryn Smith, Grace Michael Smith, Doris Welch Smith

  • Notes 
    • 1890 BIRTH: OR,Umatilla Co-Pilot Rock: Jesse Albert Porter born 14 Mar 1890, son of Thomas Porter & Mary Gibson

      1910 CENSUS: to get

      1914 MARRIAGE: OR,Umatilla Co-Pendleton: Jesse Albert Porter md Ninetta Fay Smith 2 June 1914

      1915-16 HIST: "In The Footsteps of the Pioneers, 1862-1962," by Will M Kidwell, Ed.D., Pg 239: "..the boys of the 9th grade organized a basketball team and practiced and played games in the upstairs of the Sturtevant Building. They later played the men from Stewart Creek, School Dist 77 and were badly beaten. The ceilings were so low...only way one could make a basket was to use the backboards. School Dist 77 men's team was led by Jess Porter who had been a star athlete at Pendleton High School.
      Pg 312: "The Porter Bros--Sam, Bill and Jesse all were md and lived east of PR in a radius of 4-5 miles from town. They were all farmers. It is estimated that they came to the Basin around 1900. Sam and Jesse lived on Stewart Creek, Bill on Porter Gulch.
      Pg 361: "Joe Arbuckle homestead...sold to Elery Michael. Later Sam Porter rented the land to raise horses on it.."

      1917 MILITARY: OR-Stanfield: US WW I Draft Registration Card #17, Jesse Albert Porter age 28, home Stanfield OR, bn 3-14-1889, Native born Pendleton OR. Farmer and sheepman working for "myself" in Stanfield. Dependants: wife and son. Married, caucasion. Exemptions: No, signed Jesse Albert Porter.
      Registrar's Report 35-3-9 "A": Medium build and height. Eyes & hair: brn. Bald:No. Disabled:No. signed R T Brown, Co Clerk by E O Drake, Deputy, Prec 51, June 5 1917, Umatilla Co.

      1920 CENSUS:OR,Umatilla-Pr 59-Pilot Rk-Stewart Crk,pg4001,7 Jan,DW 2/2:
      PORTER, Jesse A29/OR (Ill,Ill)stock/grain farmer; Ninetta F 22/MO;
      Jesse A 4 6/12-OR; Raymond M 2 1/12-OR; Rachel B 2 1/12-OR

      1930 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Prec 59: Anc.com pg 280, Apr 3-4, line 119,Dw 13/15:
      PORTER, Jesse A-head 40/OR (IL,IL)md 29 1st time, farmer-renting; Ninetta F-wife
      33/MO (MO,MO) md 17 1st time; Araine-son 14/OR; Raymond M-son 12/OR;
      Rachel B-dau 12/OR; Thomas G-son7/OR; Lincoln V-son 6/OR; 3 boarders:
      Verman CURRY, Emma JOHNSON; Palmer SICKLER

      1940 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Pendleton: Anc Img 11 pg 6A,4-9,Dw 127-1901 SW Jay Avenue:
      PORTER,Jesse A-head 50/OR md HS-4yrs,sheep shearer; Ninetta F-wife
      43/MO HS-1; Thomas G-son 17/OR wool -farm HS-3yrs;
      Lincoln V-son 16/OR wool tying-farm HS-1yr

      1942 MILITARY: OR,Umatilla-Pilot Rock: US WW II Draft Registration Card Serial #196: Jesse Albert Porter, resident Pilot Rock,Umatilla, OR, tel: 572, Age 52 bn Pilot Rock OR 3-14-1890. Person who would always know where to find: Mrs Jesse Porter, Pilot Rock OR. Employed: Self in Pilot Rock, Umatilla, OR, Signed Jesse A Porter.

      1982 DEATH,BURIAL: OR,Umatilla Co: Jesse Albert Porter died 6 Apr 1982; buried Pendleton, Oregon



      1937 BIRTH of child: Not know who's: Pendleton Cemetery shows "baby Smith, Baby Porter [Folsom Fun Home 7-2-38] buried Olney Cem B17 L78 G 1+1, 12-13-37 Bomboy was undertaker

  • Sources 
    1. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Jesse Albert Porter born 14 March 1890 in Pilot Rock, son of Thomas Porter and Mary Gibson
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith

    2. [S158] Oregon,Umatilla,Pendleton Cemetery head stone.
      PORTER - Ninetta F 1897 - 1970, married June 2, 1914, Jesse A. 1890 - 1982 [no places shown]
      Olney Cemetery photo taken

    3. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Jesse Albert Porter died 6 Apr 1982; buried Pendleton, Oregon

    4. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Jesse Albert Porter died 6 Apr 1982 Umatilla Co Oregon

    5. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com.
      Jesse Porter Last Residence: 97801 Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States of America Born: 14 Mar 1890 Died: Apr 1982
      Social Security Death Index, SSN: 541-34-8700, SSN issued: Oregon (Before 1951)

    6. [S165] Family Rcds: SMITH, Grace Michael.
      Ninetta Fay Smith md Jesse Porter 2 June 1914 [no place shown]
      Family group sheet in brown bk of remembrance in Grace's brown suitcase

    7. [S248] Family Rcds: HALLMARK, June B Smith.
      Jesse Albert Porter md Ninetta Fay Smith 2 June 1914 in Pendleton,Umatilla, Oregon
      Family group sheet in blue Bk of Remembrance, now in brown suitcase, belonging to Grace Smith