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Nellie Elwysey Hampton

Nellie Elwysey Hampton

Female 1898 - 2003  (104 years)

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  • Name Nellie Elwysey Hampton 
    Nickname Nellie 
    Birth 18 Nov 1898  Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 06 Oct 2003  Trenton, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 08 Oct 2003  Evergreen Cemetery, Lineville, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2683  Thompson
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2004 

    Father Joseph Preston Hampton,   b. 09 Mar 1869, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1946, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Viola Madora Cox,   b. 18 Mar 1869, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1934, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 04 Feb 1896  Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Also found notes stating married 03 Feb 1896
    Family ID F778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pearl Ira Porter,   b. 1897   d. 30 Nov 1971 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 01 Mar 1922  Princeton, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Porter
    +2. Phyllis Cathleen Porter,   b. 05 Feb 1924, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Sep 1996 (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F1017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2004 

  • Photos
    Joe and Dora Hampton and Children
    Joe and Dora Hampton and Children
    Joe and Dora Hampton and Children, Left to right are: Mary sitting on Joe's lap, Sarah Clementine in back, Jarrett in front, Dora holding Della and Nellie, taken about 1907.
    Joe and Dora Hampton Children.
    Joe and Dora Hampton Children.
    Joe and Dora Hampton's Children. Left to right are: Nellie in back, Mary in front, Sarah Clementine sitting, Jarret in back and Della. Taken on 17 Sep 1910.
    6 Cox Cousins
    6 Cox Cousins
    Back Row Left to right: Climentine Hampton, Mary Idonia Thompson, Iona May Cox, Addie Rae Thompson and in front are: Nellie Hampton on the left and Dora Brown on the right. Taken in 1913.
    Nellie Hampton
    Nellie Hampton
    Taken in 1913.
    Cox Family Dinner
    Abt 1913 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Cox Family Dinner
    Abt 1913
    With some names added (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  • Notes 
    • Obit:
      Trenton, Missouri newspaper web site:
      Nellie Porter
      Nelle Jane "Nellie" Porter, a 104-year-old resident of Mercer, died today (Monday, Oct. 6, 2003) at the Eastview Manor Care Center in Trenton.
      Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003 at the Mercer United Methodist Church. Pastors Max Carmichael and Gary Ponder Williams will officiate. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Lineville, IA.
      Open visitation and viewing begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003 at the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Service in Princeton. A family visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, also at the funeral home.
      Mrs. Porter was born in Mercer County near South Lineville on Nov. 18, 1898, the daughter of Joe and Madora Cox Hampton. She was raised and lived most of her life in Mercer County, where she attended the Duncan rural school. Before her marriage, she worked in the Lineville telephone office as a central operator. She was a member of the Mercer United Methodist Church.
      Mrs. Porter was married March 1, 1922 in Princeton to Pearl Ira "Toby" Porter, who preceded her in death on Nov. 30, 1971. The couple retired from farming in 1970 and moved to Mercer.
      Mrs. Porter is survived by one son, Bobby Porter of Mercer; five grandchildren, Jodi Barron and her husband, John, of Trenton, Dusti Treadwell and her husband, Scott, of Trenton, Michelle Newby of Des Moines, IA, Gary Porter and his wife, Marchella, of Mercer and Joe Turnbach and his wife, June, of Seattle, WA; one sister, Matilda Hickman of St. Joseph; and 16 great-grandchildren.
      In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Phyllis Turnbach on Sept. 8, 1996; two sisters, Clementine Greer and Della Atkinson; and a brother, "Bub" Hampton.


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