Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
The second resident minister of the Methodist Church was the Rev. James B. Porter, one of the founders of the C.P. Church. He was one of the most popular and useful preachers of his day. He was a man of remarkable fine personal appearance, and of commanding talents and address. His labors wee very abundant and successful, and it is safe to say that no minister of that highly respectable denomination has done more for the building up of the church of which he was a distinguished pioneer and leader, than Rev. James Brown Porter, and yet strange to say, the church which he served so long and so faithfully, permit his last resting place to remain without a stone to mark the spot. While monuments are being erected over the remains of the King's, Darnall's, and Harris's, why should the more abundant labors of this faithful herald of the cross be forgotten; he sleeps in the cemetery at this place.
**A large monument was later placed at his grave. This stone was toppled during the Spring Hill tornado of January 11, 1963, and in 1967 has not been repaired.
Columbia Herald 5 December 1873
The second resident minister of the Methodist Church was the Rev. James B. Porter, one of the founders of the C.P. Church. He was one of the most popular and useful preachers of his day. He was a man of remarkable fine personal appearance, and of commanding talents and address. His labors wee very abundant and successful, and it is safe to say that no minister of that highly respectable denomination has done more for the building up of the church of which he was a distinguished pioneer and leader, than Rev. James Brown Porter, and yet strange to say, the church which he served so long and so faithfully, permit his last resting place to remain without a stone to mark the spot. While monuments are being erected over the remains of the King's, Darnall's, and Harris's, why should the more abundant labors of this faithful herald of the cross be forgotten; he sleeps in the cemetery at this place.
**A large monument was later placed at his grave. This stone was toppled during the Spring Hill tornado of January 11, 1963, and in 1967 has not been repaired.
Columbia Herald 5 December 1873
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
The second resident minister of the Methodist Church was the Rev. James B. Porter, one of the founders of the C.P. Church. He was one of the most popular and useful preachers of his day. He was a man of remarkable fine personal appearance, and of commanding talents and address. His labors wee very abundant and successful, and it is safe to say that no minister of that highly respectable denomination has done more for the building up of the church of which he was a distinguished pioneer and leader, than Rev. James Brown Porter, and yet strange to say, the church which he served so long and so faithfully, permit his last resting place to remain without a stone to mark the spot. While monuments are being erected over the remains of the King's, Darnall's, and Harris's, why should the more abundant labors of this faithful herald of the cross be forgotten; he sleeps in the cemetery at this place.
**A large monument was later placed at his grave. This stone was toppled during the Spring Hill tornado of January 11, 1963, and in 1967 has not been repaired.
Columbia Herald 5 December 1873
The second resident minister of the Methodist Church was the Rev. James B. Porter, one of the founders of the C.P. Church. He was one of the most popular and useful preachers of his day. He was a man of remarkable fine personal appearance, and of commanding talents and address. His labors wee very abundant and successful, and it is safe to say that no minister of that highly respectable denomination has done more for the building up of the church of which he was a distinguished pioneer and leader, than Rev. James Brown Porter, and yet strange to say, the church which he served so long and so faithfully, permit his last resting place to remain without a stone to mark the spot. While monuments are being erected over the remains of the King's, Darnall's, and Harris's, why should the more abundant labors of this faithful herald of the cross be forgotten; he sleeps in the cemetery at this place.
**A large monument was later placed at his grave. This stone was toppled during the Spring Hill tornado of January 11, 1963, and in 1967 has not been repaired.
Columbia Herald 5 December 1873
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