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Nancy Gruver Postum Porter

Birth	:	20 Apr 1832 Huron County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	27 Sep 1914
Burial	:	Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0679300, -90.8798400
Description	:	Nancy Grover Porter was born in Huron County, Ohio, April 20, 1832, She passed away from a short illness incident to old age at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Nettie Ketchum at Cherokee, Iowa, on Sunday, September 27, at the mature age 82 years, 5 months and 7 days. She came to Iowa in a wagon from Ohio and located on a government homestead 3 miles south of Baldwin in the Spring of 1852. July 13, 1854 she was married to Andrew D. Kelso and lived in Clinton County near Wheatland. Her husband died and left her with a... Read More	Nancy Grover Porter was born in Huron County, Ohio, April 20, 1832, She passed away from a short illness incident to old age at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Nettie Ketchum at Cherokee, Iowa, on Sunday, September 27, at the mature age 82 years, 5 months and 7 days. She came to Iowa in a wagon from Ohio and located on a government homestead 3 miles south of Baldwin in the Spring of 1852. July 13, 1854 she was married to Andrew D. Kelso and lived in Clinton County near Wheatland. Her husband died and left her with a baby boy, who died in infancy. A few years later she married John Postum, and this husband met his death by accident and left her a little daughter. She cared for the child and served in different homes to make a living. The daughter grew up and married and she made a home with her daughter. The daughter died and left two children whom the grandmother cared for until a stepmother came into the home. Some years later the stepmother died and left thre children whom she again fostered. In 1902 she married James Porter in Missouri and they made their home in Cawker City, Kansas, until Mr. Porter died, when she made her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. Ketchum in Cherokee, where she resided until her death. Mrs. Porter was a member of the Methodist church for a great many years. The funeral was from the Baldwoin M. E. church, Rev. D. F. Boomershine officiating. Burial was at the Monmouth cemetery. Besides her grandaughter, Mrs. Nettie Ketchum and three great grandchildren, Herman and James Curry of Baldwin and Fred and Art Daniel of Lost Nation, all nephews survive to mourn her loss.

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Latitude: 42.0679300
Longitude: -90.8798400

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Gruver

(1800 - 1859)

Mary Ann Hahn Gruver

(1818 - 1878)

Spouse

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Henry Dell Gruver

(1848 - 1907)

Rhoda E. Gruver Johnston

(1857 - 1923)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Monmouth Cemetery
Monmouth, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0679300, -90.8798400

2. Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
Baldwin, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0770000, -90.8420000

3. Hershberger Cemetery
Baldwin, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0772309, -90.8418011

4. Reel Cemetery
Baldwin, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1049995, -90.8510971

5. Pence Cemetery
Baldwin, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0746994, -90.8106003

6. Washington Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0119019, -90.8399963

7. Cady Cemetery
Wyoming Township, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0830400, -90.9659200

8. Smithtown Cemetery
Lost Nation, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9955000, -90.8555000

9. Bear Creek Cemetery
Center Junction, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0972500, -90.9858100

10. South Mineral Cemetery
Onslow, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1211300, -90.9768800

11. Mayflower Cemetery
Oxford Junction, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9935989, -90.9494019

12. North Mineral Cemetery
Onslow, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1281100, -90.9764090

13. Buckhorn Waterford Cemetery
Buckhorn, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0607986, -90.7517014

14. Canton Cemetery
Canton, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1647072, -90.9020386

15. Busch Cemetery
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9996986, -90.7818985

16. Wyoming Cemetery
Wyoming, Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0642014, -91.0149994

17. Hickory Grove Cemetery
Emeline, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1719017, -90.8600006

18. Rustic Park
Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9712334, -90.8088684

19. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Lost Nation, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9659500, -90.8199500

20. Lost Nation Cemetery
Lost Nation, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9654000, -90.8184000

21. Goddard Cemetery
Maquoketa, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0391998, -90.7335968

22. West Iron Hill Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1460000, -90.7686000

23. East Iron Hill Cemetery
Farmers Creek Township, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1465797, -90.7591019

24. Oxford Junction Cemetery
Jones County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9764800, -90.9854200