1820–1888

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Born: Oc­to­ber 23, 1820, Hills­bo­ro, New Jer­sey.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 26, 1888, Cla­ver­ack, New York.

Buried: Dutch Re­formed church­yard, Cla­ver­ack, New York.

Biography

Porter was the hus­band of Eli­za K. Wyn­koop.

A Dutch Re­formed cler­ic, he worked in min­is­try for four de­cades, and 34 years as pas­tor of the First Re­formed Church of Brook­lyn, New York.

He also ed­it­ed the Chris­tian In­tel­li­gen­cer for 14 years.

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