About James A. Porter
Lived 1836 – 1897 (aged 60–61). James A. Porter was a novelist.
James A. Porter (novelist) (c. 1836-Jan. 13, 1897) was born in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. He served as a bugler and bandmaster in the U.S. Civil War. Later, he was a music teacher in Galion, Urbana, and Greenville. After he retired from teaching, he wrote a novel called
A Prince of Anahuac: A Histori-Traditional Story, which was published by The Crawford Company, Galion, Ohio, in 1894.
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American writer (1836–1897)
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James A. Porter was born in 1836.
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James A. Porter died in 1897.
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James A. Porter was a novelist.
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