On 23-24 June 1880 Samuel Porter (44), wife Lucinda (32), children; Valentine (19), Rosencrans (14), Samuel (12), Marion (10), Andrew (7), Mary A. (5), Lucinda (3) and George (10/12) lived in Leslie, Todd County, Minnesota. Mr. Porter was a farmer.

On 19-20 June 1900 Samuel Porter (b. Mar. 1832), wife Lucinda (b. Jan. 1842), son, Alexander (b. Aug. 1884), daughters, Lucrecia (b. Aug. 1886), Maggie (b. Sept. 1888), *Clarissa Ayers (b. Aug. 1880) and grandson Arthur C. [Ayers] (b. Aug. 1898) lived in Township of Wykeham, Todd County, Minnesota. Samuel and Lucinda had been married 35 years, having 12 children, 10 living. He was a farmer. Son, Alexander was a farm laborer. Clarista is listed as a widow, with 1 child, 1 living. NOTE: Names spelled as they appear on original image of this census, Clarista misspelled.

On 1 June 1905 Sid Palmer (24), Claresta Palmer (23), Floid R. Palmer (4), Feris R. Palmer (3), Mertal L. Palmer (8/12), Samuel Porter (76), Lucinda Porter (63), Maria Porter (16) and Arthur *PORTER (6) lived in Township of Wykeham, Todd County, Minnesota. NOTE: Several names misspelled on original image of this census; Claresta= Clarista, Floid=Floyd, Feris =Ferris and Mertal=Myrtle. This Minnesota census indicates that after Clarista remarried, instead of being included in his mother's new family, Arthur was being raised by his maternal grandparents as a Porter.
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Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017
Name: Clarista Palmer
Death Age: 93
Record Type: Death
Birth Date: 4 Aug. 1881
Death Date: 4 Aug. 1974
Death Place: Hennepin
Death Registration Date: 1974
Mother's Maiden Name: Johnston
Certificate Number: 020151
Record Number: 1920355
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Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Monday, 5 August 1974
Page 14B, Column 3

Palmer
Clarista, age 93, of 4507 Aldrich Av. N. Survived by 3 sons, Floyd Palmer of Aitkin, Minn.; Ferris Palmer of Fridley & Howard Palmer of Cambridge; 3 daughters, Myrtle Christensen, Mrs. Pearl Sather, both of Mpls & Mrs. Maurice (Amy) Oftedahl of Princeton; brother Alec Porter of Park Falls, Minn.; sister, Mrs. Maggie Carbough of Duluth; 30 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren & several great-great-grandchildren Services Wed., 2 p.m. from the Evans-Nordby Funeral Home, 34-2nd St. N. E., Orseo. Burial Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, Crystal, Minn. Visitation after 4 p.m. Tues.