Family
Porter married Susannah Dunlap, the daughter of his law mentor, John Dunlap, in 1851. They had six children, three of whom died at a young age.
Read more about this topic: James D. Porter
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“The same dreadful set,
the same family of orange and pink faces
carved and dressed up like puppets
who wait for their jaws to open and shut.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Every family has one passage of scripture they stumble over.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The value of a family is that it cushions and protects while the individual is learning ways of coping. And a supportive social system provides the same kind of cushioning for the family as a whole.”
—Michael W. Yogman, and T. Berry Brazelton (20th century)