21st – Took a load of wood to Mrs. L. Porter.
There are a few Porters in Livingston County, Missouri, in the 1900 federal census. It isn’t clear if Jesse means Mrs. Porter’s first name begins with L, or if her husband’s first name begins with L, as etiquette dictates that a woman is socially known as Mrs.-Husband’s-First-and-Last-Names. There is a Charles and Lizzie Porter living in Chillicothe on Missouri Avenue. Laura Porter on Webster Street in Chillicothe is a widow running a hotel or boarding house.
