Taken at McKenna's Logging Camp at Mageese? Lake Wisconsin ca. 1910.

Albert Rush "Bob" Porter was born in September 1877. He was the son of Levi Porter (born in 1844 Grayson Co., Va.).
Levi was a brother to Rev. Steve Porter who moved his family from Carter Co, Ky. to Antigo Wisc. in 1908.

Bob Porter was married on November 14, 1895 in Carter Co. KY to Jenny Cline. Bob later married Olive Day and Florence Hall.

Bob lived in Wisconsin for a while then moved back to KY. He died in 1958.

Submitted by: J. C. Porter


Here's a link which tells about people from Kentucky moving to Wisconsin to work in the lumber camps:

Antigo, Wisconsin genealogy

"My great grandfather worked for almost a year in a logging camp near Antigo before returning to Carter County in 1911." John W. Grace


Edward Stephens (left) & Albert Rush "AR" "Bob" Porter

Submitted by: J. C. Porter

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