Marriage and Family
Porter and Georgy Patterson were married on March 10, 1839. Of their four sons, three had military careers, and their two surviving daughters married men who had military service or were active officers.
- Major David Essex Porter served in the army during the Civil War, but resigned after two years in the peacetime army.
- Captain Theodoric Porter made his career in the navy.
- Lieutenant Colonel Carlile Patterson Porter was an officer in the US Marine Corps; his son, David Dixon Porter II, also served in the Marines, rising to the rank of major general and earning the Medal of Honor.
- One of their two surviving daughters, Elizabeth, married Leavitt Curtis Logan, who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral.
- Their other surviving daughter, Elena, married Charles H. Campbell, a former army officer who had left the service before their marriage.
- Richard Bache Porter was the only child to have no relation to the military services.
Read more about this topic: David Dixon Porter
Famous quotes containing the words marriage and/or family:
“But not gold in commercial quantities,
Just enough gold to make the engagement rings
And marriage rings of those who owned the farm.
What gold more innocent could one have asked for?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Every family should extend First Amendment rights to all its members, but this freedom is particularly essential for our kids. Children must be able to say what they think, openly express their feelings, and ask for what they want and need if they are ever able to develop an integrated sense of self. They must be able to think their own thoughts, even if they differ from ours. They need to have the opportunity to ask us questions when they don’t understand what we mean.”
—Stephanie Martson (20th century)