Age 69 Where born: IL Where died: Terre Haute - Vigo Co IN: Son of: James Portee (ca 1820 KY) & Lucinda Anderson (ca 1816 IL) Married: 12 Oct 1871 Sarah Payne* Lived at: 1880 Bond twp - Lawrence Co IL 1900 Allison twp - Lawrence Co IL 1910 Russell twp - Lawrence Co IL Children: - James Isom (8 Mar 1873 -1960 buried Portee-Pinkstaff Cem) -
Leander (25 Jul 1875 -1941 buried DeKalb Co IL) -
Mary L (1878 -1961 Knox Co IL; m: Miller) -
Clara (25 Aug 1879 - 22 Apr 1937 m: Lewis) -
Dora (1881 IL m1: 1889 Knox Co IL Charles Brauman; m2: Joe Perkins) -
Samuel W (23 May 1883 Pinkstaff - 7 Jun 1943 buried Terre Haute - Vigo Co IN) -
John Robert (8 Sep 1886 - 1953 buried Portee-Pinkstaff Cem) -
Lillian Vanarsdale* (1888)
* indicates buried with William Portee in Portee-Birds Cemetery.
About Portee-Birds Cemetery:
Portte-Birds Cemetery is the smaller of two African-American cemeteries named "Portee Cemetery". The original name appears to be Cole Cemetery. Burials: 52 Location: Birds, Lawrence County, Illinois