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PORTERFIELD, J.T.,     farmer, P. O. Mount Erie, was horn in Armstrong County, Penn., on August 6. 1840. and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Thompson) Porterfield, natives of Pennsylvania. Subject was the sixth of nine children. of whom the following are now living: William (in Fairfield), Mrs. Nancy Ellison (of Massilon Township), Mrs. Sarah Wall (of Mount Erie Township), Mrs. Maggie Johnson, and J. T. (our subject).

In 1850, his parents moved to Wayne County, and settled in Mount Erie Township, where they resided till their death, that of the mother in March, 1860, and. the father in July, 1862.

The free schools of this county and Pennsylvania furnished our subject his means of education. In 1863, he settled on the old homestead, where he has since resided. He now owns about 400 acres, most of which is situated in Sections 32 or 33, of Township 1 north, Range 9 east. Of the whole there are about 300 acres in cultivation.

Mr. Porterfield was married in this county on January 25, 1870, to Miss Mary Price, a daughter of Ira and Elizabeth (Borah) Price. The father was a native of Indiana, the mother of this county. Mrs. Porterfield was born on December 6, 1847; and is the mother of five living children—Frank, Bessie, Katy, Willie, and a baby, born October 6, 1883.

Subject enlisted in Company E, of the Fortieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on August 6, 1861, and was out two years.

 Both Mr. and Mrs. Porterfield are members of McKendree Chapel, Mount Erie Township. In politics, Mr. Porterfield gives his support to the Republican party.