This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Porter Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACI/1560 Message Board Post: I'm not related to the following people, and have no further information about them, but I thought this may be of interest to someone: Tuesday, January 26, 1904, THE MONROE JOURNAL (Union County, N.C.) -Waxhaw Enterprise – A tragedy of which people of this section will read with much interest, was enacted near Dallas, Texas, a few days ago. Mr. John PORTER was born and raised in the Waxhaws of Lancaster county, and was well known in this section. He went to Jacksonville, Florida some years ago and there he married. He and his wife moved to Texas, but as they did not agree, they parted. Later they became reconciled and renewed their relation as man and wife. A few nights ago, for some unexplained reason, the wife arose from her bed and secured her husband’s pistol and fired upon him, killing him instantly. Mrs. PORTER was arrested and is now in jail. More NC & SC newspaper abstracts can be found on my website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jganis/unionco/newspapers.html