Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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GEORGE E. PORTER, D. C. � Few in the practice of Chiropractic 
science have made such rapid strides towards success as has characterized 
the career of Dr. George E. Porter, of Fresno. He was born in Portage 
County, Ohio, June 21, 1885, the son of a miller and his education was ob- 
tained in the public schools of the town adjacent to their farm. After 
graduating from the Alliance high school, young Porter secured employment 
in the sales department of the Morgan Engineering Company at Alliance and 
remained with them for seven years. Then desiring to enter a new field he 
took up the study of chiropractic and was graduated from the Universal 
College of Chiropractic, at Davenport, Iowa, in June, 1912. The month 
following he was in Fresno, Cal., and had begun the practice of his pro- 
fession and since that time he has built up a wonderfully successful clientele. 
Dr. Porter is a member of the Federated Chiropractic Association of Califor- 
nia and is licensed to practice in California by the State Medical Board. 

The marriage of Dr. Porter, at Warren. Ohio, June 17. 1908, united him 
with Willa P.. Marshall, a native of Pennsylvania. The Doctor and Mrs. 
Porter are members of the First Methodist Church in Fresno. While kept 
unusually busy with his professional work, Dr. Porter has found time to 
take an active part in the social life of Fresno and to further the progress of 
his home city. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason and holds membership 
in Fresno Lodge, No. 247, F. & A. M. ; he is a member and Past Chancellor of 
the Knights of Pythias, and possesses a jewel given him in recognition of 
services, by members of the order. He is also a member of the Stags of 
Fresno, and is physician for that order.