DEATH OE JEROME PORTER DECEASED
WAS FORMER WELL KNOWN WATSONVILLEAN.
Says the San Francisco Call: The city loses another pioneer by the death of Jerome porter, secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association, who died suddenly Friday morning at the home of his son-in-law, John G. Wetmore, at the age of 80 years.
Acute gastritis was the cause of death. He was a native of Buffalo, N. Y and came to California In 1848, as a member of an emigrant train, settling first in Watsonville, where he managed the Mansion house.
After a few years lie visited the East, attending in 1856 as a delegate from Illinois, the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. He soon returned to California and ever since has been identified with the commercial life of San Francisco. He became the secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association upon Its organization In 1897, which position he has held continuously since that time.
Despite his advanced age his health was unimpaired and only a few days before his death he remarked to a friend on the excellent state of his health. He possessed In a rare degree the faculty of attracting and retaining the friendship of men with whom he came in contact.
Porter lost his wife about five years ago and is survived by two jdaughters, Mrs. John C. Morrison and Mrs. J. G. Wetmore. In recent years he has resided at the residence of his son-in law.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 05 Nov 1911, Sun, Page 4
WAS FORMER WELL KNOWN WATSONVILLEAN.
Says the San Francisco Call: The city loses another pioneer by the death of Jerome porter, secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association, who died suddenly Friday morning at the home of his son-in-law, John G. Wetmore, at the age of 80 years.
Acute gastritis was the cause of death. He was a native of Buffalo, N. Y and came to California In 1848, as a member of an emigrant train, settling first in Watsonville, where he managed the Mansion house.
After a few years lie visited the East, attending in 1856 as a delegate from Illinois, the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. He soon returned to California and ever since has been identified with the commercial life of San Francisco. He became the secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association upon Its organization In 1897, which position he has held continuously since that time.
Despite his advanced age his health was unimpaired and only a few days before his death he remarked to a friend on the excellent state of his health. He possessed In a rare degree the faculty of attracting and retaining the friendship of men with whom he came in contact.
Porter lost his wife about five years ago and is survived by two jdaughters, Mrs. John C. Morrison and Mrs. J. G. Wetmore. In recent years he has resided at the residence of his son-in law.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 05 Nov 1911, Sun, Page 4
DEATH OE JEROME PORTER DECEASED
WAS FORMER WELL KNOWN WATSONVILLEAN.
Says the San Francisco Call: The city loses another pioneer by the death of Jerome porter, secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association, who died suddenly Friday morning at the home of his son-in-law, John G. Wetmore, at the age of 80 years.
Acute gastritis was the cause of death. He was a native of Buffalo, N. Y and came to California In 1848, as a member of an emigrant train, settling first in Watsonville, where he managed the Mansion house.
After a few years lie visited the East, attending in 1856 as a delegate from Illinois, the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. He soon returned to California and ever since has been identified with the commercial life of San Francisco. He became the secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association upon Its organization In 1897, which position he has held continuously since that time.
Despite his advanced age his health was unimpaired and only a few days before his death he remarked to a friend on the excellent state of his health. He possessed In a rare degree the faculty of attracting and retaining the friendship of men with whom he came in contact.
Porter lost his wife about five years ago and is survived by two jdaughters, Mrs. John C. Morrison and Mrs. J. G. Wetmore. In recent years he has resided at the residence of his son-in law.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 05 Nov 1911, Sun, Page 4
WAS FORMER WELL KNOWN WATSONVILLEAN.
Says the San Francisco Call: The city loses another pioneer by the death of Jerome porter, secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association, who died suddenly Friday morning at the home of his son-in-law, John G. Wetmore, at the age of 80 years.
Acute gastritis was the cause of death. He was a native of Buffalo, N. Y and came to California In 1848, as a member of an emigrant train, settling first in Watsonville, where he managed the Mansion house.
After a few years lie visited the East, attending in 1856 as a delegate from Illinois, the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. He soon returned to California and ever since has been identified with the commercial life of San Francisco. He became the secretary of the Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants' Association upon Its organization In 1897, which position he has held continuously since that time.
Despite his advanced age his health was unimpaired and only a few days before his death he remarked to a friend on the excellent state of his health. He possessed In a rare degree the faculty of attracting and retaining the friendship of men with whom he came in contact.
Porter lost his wife about five years ago and is survived by two jdaughters, Mrs. John C. Morrison and Mrs. J. G. Wetmore. In recent years he has resided at the residence of his son-in law.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 05 Nov 1911, Sun, Page 4
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