Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1894-11-11 | Page 12 | Obituary--Gilchrist Porter

OBITUARYGJLCHRIST PORTER Hannibal Mo Nov Gilchrist Porter died suddenly at his home in this city at 6 oclock this morning of heart failure fail-ure the day of his death marking his seventyseventh birthday Judge Porter was for seventeen years a circuit judge In Missouri held the position of circuit clerk for two terms represented Pike county In the Missouri legislature in 1844 and 1845 and served two terms in Congress Con-gress having been elected as a Whig over John B Henderson and Tully R Cormlck Democrats in the fifties He refused a third term in Congress Judge Porter was a brotherinlaw of Hon James O Broadhead minister to Switzerland Switzer-land who with his wife arrived in Hannibal Han-nibal today to attend the funeral which will occur tomorrow Judge Porter was a brother of Mrs J F McElroy and uncle of Mr W P Mc Elroy of the Rio Grande Western Railway Rail-way this city