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Will Porter

This is my great-great grandfather William Hartel (Will) Porter, who lived 1848-1938. He spent his entire life in Harmony, Johnson County, Arkansas. His father died the same year he was born, and his mother died soon after. So, he was raised by a grandfather, and grew up an only child. He was a veteran of the Civil War, signing up near the end when he was a young teenager of about 16. When he died at age 90, he was one of two remaining Civil War veterans in Johnson County, Arkansas.

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