IN MEMORIAM OF E. C. PORTER .  
The Maker of the Porter Bee-escape; Bee-keeper and Tile-maker.  
BY A FRIEND.  

(As there had been no picture taken of Mr. Porter except when he was a very young man , his friends did not send any. The following sketch of his life was prepared by a neighbor and friend . - ED . )   

Edmond C . Porter was born June 10, 1857, and died August 6, 1911. He was the only  child of Rufus and Mary E . Porter . He was  a man of excellent character and stirling  worth . He was honorable, reticent, studious, and industrious, taking the utmost  pains to perfect any thing he undertook along any line of work . He possessed a vast fund of knowledge on various topics — very  unusual in this day of rush and hustle .  Nothing but the best satisfied him ; and if  any question came up , he did not rest until he had answered it and was sure he was right . He was an ardent lover of nature and it was his pride to cultivate choice varieties of fruit and plants .  

His father , Rufus Porter, was a raiser o bees, and from his earliest childhood Edmond , too, loved and worked with them .

While Mr. Rufus Porter was original the  inventor of the Porter bee - escape , the son improved upon it, and it was he who manufactured them and placed them on the market .


Just before his death he had been granted  a patent on the improvement . He had  many many bees of his own , and made a specialty of extracted honey .  

He was a fine financier , and , in addition to the bee industry , he had a large farm , and took charge of the tile-factory which  had belonged to his father .

He was unmarried , and had always been at home with his mother , to  whom he was devoted , especially since the father' s death seven years ago . He has given her the most tender love and care . She is now well adanced in years , and feels his loss keenly .  

He was loyal to his friends , just and generous to all , and in his death we have lost a really good man who will be greatly missed in the community in which he lived . 

Ray , Ill.  

Gleanings, Oct 15, 1911

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