145. Martha M. Porter was born in 1835 in Swannanoa, NC. She died about 1880.
She was married
to Richard J. Fortune (son of Fletcher Fortune and
Virginia Jane Allison) on Sep 28 1852. Richard J.
Fortune was born on Feb 28 1828 in McDowell (Burke) County. He appeared
on the census in 1860 in Buncombe County, NC. He died on Mar 26 1863. He was
buried in Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, NC. Martha
M. Porter and Richard J. Fortune had the following children:
365 i.
Thomas Fortune was born about 1853.
366 ii.
William Fortune.