Kathy: I went to the courthouse today and checked but did not find a marriage record for your Porter and Loftin. So apparently they did not marry in Winston Co, MS. Did find one for his father and mother. E. R. Porter m. Sue Clark 20 Dec 1871 Bk 5 pg 87 Bondsman: F. Johnson Married by:T. A. GLenn, minister of the Gospel At some point in my marriage record books, I had penciled in that his name was ERAMUS REESE Porter and she was SUSAN ADELINE Clark. Don't know where I got this info but when I find a name for an initial I always pencil it in. So do not know if this is correct or not. Maybe another researcher had listed it as that. Marriage record index at courthouse just had E. R. Porter. Peggy Mitchell