For population 25 years and over in Porter: 1  High school or higher: 77.3%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%. 4  Unemployed: 11.4%.
Probably more frequently remembered for his turbulent personal life and multiple marriages, Richard Burton was nonetheless one of the great British actors of the post-WWII period. Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, to Edith Maude (Thomas) and Richard Walter Jenkins, a coal miner. His mother died while he was a toddler and his father abandoned the family, leaving him to be raised by his sister Cecilia and her husband Elfred.
JOHN PLEASANT BURTON (RICHARD BURTON6) was born July 3, 1758 in Henrico County, Virginia and died July 4, 1836 in Lawrence County, Indiana. He married SUSANNA STAMPER in 1779 in Ashe County, North Carolina, daughter of JONATHAN STAMPER and RACHEL PARKS.BRAHAM BURTON (THOMAS BURTON3) was born 1669 in Henrico County, Virginia and died 1736 in Amelia County, Virginia. He married ANNE FEATHERSTONE about 1693. She was the daughter of CHARLES FEATHERSTONE and REBECCA of Henrico County, Virginia.