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His father, Algernon Sidney Porter, had a well-known drinking problem and no medical degree, but he was known as the best doctor in the county. His mother, Mary Jane Virginia Swaim, died of ...
William Sydney (O. Henry) Porter, american author of short stories, was born in Greensboro of English and Dutch ancestry. He was the son of Algernon Sidney, a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter. Porter's great-uncle, Jonathan Worth, was governor of North Carolina from 1865 to 1868. Born of a respectable middle-class stock, he was ...
When Francis Porter was born about 1844, in Palmetto, Lee, Mississippi, United States, his father, Algernon Sidney Porter, was 30 and his mother, Mary Wade Vining, was 30. More Photos and Memories (0)
Apr 2, 2014 · William Sydney Porter, writing as O. Henry, was an American short story writer. He wrote in a dry, humorous style and, as in his popular story "The Gift of the Magi," often ironically used ...
Algermon Sidney Porter, 1807 - 1889. Algermon Sidney Porter was born on month day 1807, in birth place, Kentucky, to Robert Elton Porter and Mary Emily Porter. Algermon had 7 siblings: Benjamin Franklin Porter Sr, Robert Porter and 5 other siblings. Algermon lived in 1850, in address, Mississippi. He lived in 1860, in address, Mississippi.
Mar 12, 2024 · O. Henry (born September 11, 1862, Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.—died June 5, 1910, New York, New York) was an American short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular the life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour, grim or ironic, and ...
Aug 30, 2022 · September 26, 1865 (32) United States. Place of Burial: Greensboro, Guilford , North Carolina, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of William Swaim and Abiah Swaim. Wife of Algernon Sydney Porter, M.D. Mother of O. Henry. Half sister of Emma Swaim.