William Napolean Porter

1815 - 1846  (31 years)

• Name	William Napolean Porter  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1815	Tennessee   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Nov 1846  [3, 4]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I41571	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Porter
  Mother	Jane Brown
  Family ID	F20819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Haskell,   b. 28 Mar 1821, Paris, Henry, Tennessee d. 1855, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1835	Paris, Henry, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Charles Haskell Porter,   b. 29 Jul 1836   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Helen Lake Porter,   b. 8 May 1838, Tennessee d. 14 Nov 1896, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee (Age 58 years)   3. William Haskell Porter,   b. 1841, Tennessee d. 13 Jun 1864, Tisheminco Creek, Lee, Mississippi (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F20816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Elmwood Cemetery Biographical Sketches 1874 Capt. William N. Porter, served through the Mexican war as Captain of a company of Cavalry, gathered in Memphis, which was a part of the only cavalry regiment from Tennessee. He died in New Orleans, on his way home from Mexico, in 1847. His remains were interred in Morris Cemetery, and removed to Elmwood.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S63374] Ancestry.com, Heyward Messer Cantrell Family Tree. [S11939] DAR application, # 326637, Roberta Clarkson Rhyne Cantrell descendant of Samuel Haskell, 1854-1849. [S9155] Cemetery index, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, (Find-a-Grave).