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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1845. (search)
tinction in the war of 1812, bore a most important part in the military events on the Northern frontier, and at the battles of Lundy's Lane and the sortie from Fort Erie gained a name for courage and conduct which the historian of that period called upon his son, while yet an infant, to emulate. Later in life General Porter occupied the office of Secretary of War under John Quincy Adams. Colonel Porter was born at Black Rock, near Buffalo, New York, on July 14, 1827. His mother was Letitia Grayson, daughter of John Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Attorney-Genearl under Jefferson, and was widely known as a person of the highest principles and benevolence. He had the misfortune to lose her when he was only four years old, her place being thenceforth supplied by the tender affection of an only sister. At the age of seventeen he lost his father, and was thus early initiated into the responsibilities of life. He entered Harvard University, in the Sophomore class, in 1842, graduating in
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
yd, J. T., Capt., I. 328. Boynton, E. M., II. 402. Boynton, Mary Anne, II. 363. Boynton, P., II. 363. Boynton, W. P., Capt., Memoir, II. 363-371. Bradbury, W. F., II. 234. Bradford, Gamaliel, I. 99. Bradford, T. G., I. 110, 350;, 358, 359; II. 133, 142;, 163. Bradford, W., Gov., I. 99. Bradlee, Josiah, I. 60. Bradlee, L. P., Col., II. 130. Bragg, B., Maj.-Gen., II. 240, 361;. Breckenridge, John, I. 90. Breckenridge, John C., I. 94. Breckenridge, Letitia Grayson, I. 90. Breckenridge, Mary C., L 90. Brigham, W., II. 48. Briggs, H., II. 226. Britton, H. W., I. 130. Brown, C. B., Sergeant, Memoir, I. 333-345. Brown, F. H., Dr., I. 356, 394;. Brown, H. F., Private, Memoir, II. 372, 373;. Brown, Henry, I. 345. Brown, James, I. 345. Brown, John, Capt., I. 314; II. 9, 25;, 417. Brown, Mary, I. 333. Brown, M. W., I. 333. Brown, S. A, II. 80. Browne, A. G., II. 119. Bryan, T. M., Lieut.-Col., II. 50. Bryan