Katherine Anne Porter to American frontiersman Daniel Boone and the writer O. Henry (whose real name was William Sydney Porter), her father's second cousin. In 1892, when Porter was two years old, her mother died two months after giving birth to her last child. Porter's father took his four surviving children (an older brother had died in infancy) to live with his mother, Catherine Ann Porter, in Kyle, Texas. The depth of her grandmother's influence can be inferred from Porter's later adoption of her name. Her grandmother died while taking eleven-year-old Callie to visit relatives in Marfa, Texas. After her grandmother's death, the
William Porter (athlete) the rest of the field in the Olympic final. From the start to finish they ran almost neck to neck, with the others some five yards behind. In the finish, Porter gained a clear win with Scott beating Dixon by inches for second place. After his athletics career, Porter worked for the Northwestern Alumni Association Board and later opened a sales agency in California. William Porter died in Irvine, California. Sports Reference USATF 110 Hurdle Champions Northwestern University William Porter (athlete) William ("Bill") Franklin Porter II (March 24, 1926 – March 10, 2000) was an American track and field athlete,