Katherine Isabelle Cleaveland
(1872 - 1916)
Page 2040, # 14876
Clifford Winship Porter, M.D., a practicing homoeopathic physician of Hartford. Residence, Hartford. Graduated from Hartford Public High School, class of 1888, and from the New York Homoeopathic Medical School, New York, N. Y., 1892, Studied medicine with Dr. Charles L. Beach of Hartford. Declining health (consumption) compelled him to go to El Paso, Tex., in Feb., 1897, but he was not benefitted.
Accompanied by his wife, KATHERINE ISABELLE CLEAVELAND, and their child the doctor set out to return, and at one of the stops on the homeward journey died unexpectedly, passing away during the night when thought to be asleep. Dr. Porter was held in high esteem and had a promising future, and his death caused deep sorrow among his many friends.
The funeral was held in Wethersfield Ave. Congregational Church, Hartford, May 10, 1897, Rev. Samuel B. Forbes officiating. There was a profusion of floral offerings including special emblematic designs from the Royal Arcanum and Parkville Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which the deceased was a member. The burial was at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. The Hartford Times, Courant, and local papers contained obituary notices.
Mrs. Porter resides at Hartford (1897).
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