BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 670.

WILLIAM D. PORTERFIELD

William D. Porterfield, a well-known and successful teacher of Belmont county,
is a descendant of one of the early families of the county, the Porterfields,
who are elsewhere mentioned. He is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth A. (Glasgow)
Porterfield, the former of whom was a son of James and Mary (Robb) Porter-
field. William D. was born in 1861, in Richland township, and received a good
common school education, after which he completed a full college course and
received a diploma. After finishing his school days he attended college at
Ada, Hardin county, after which, in 1883, he began teaching. This has since
been his vocation, in connection with farming, and as a teacher he displays
peculiar adaptation for successful and valuable work. Mr. Porterfield was
married in 1886 to Myrtle E. Bear, who was born in Montgomery county, the
daughter of Henry Bear. By this union he has one child, Clarence V. Mr.
Porterfield and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He owns sixty-
five acres of the old homestead farm.