Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter

Birth: 12 Feb 1825
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 26 Sep 1865 (aged 40)
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 28834853 View Source

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Mary is the mother of short story writer, O. Henry. Mary's infant son died a year after she did. There is no indication of David Weir (Bunnie) Porter's grave.

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Abiah Shirley Swaim

1809–1858

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Dr Algernon Sidney Porter

1825–1889 (m. 1858)

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Emma Swaim

1843–1845

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Abiah Shirley Swaim

Dr Algernon Sidney Porter

Emma Swaim

Shirley Worth "Shell" Porter

O. Henry

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Abiah Shirley Swaim

Dr Algernon Sidney Porter

Emma Swaim

Shirley Worth "Shell" Porter

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