When Adeline E Pratt died in the spring of 1872, her husband, Truman Porter of Ticonderoga New York was left with 5 children, the youngest being a 12 year old son.

It was shortly afterwards that Marguerite Beauchamp of Grenville, Quebec arrived in Ticonderoga.

By the end 1873, Truman was married to Marguerite.

They lived on his farm near Ticonderoga, where their only child, Annie Elizabeth was born in September of 1874.

When Truman died in the spring of 1884, the children of his first wife were old enough to be on their own and Marguerite returned to the Grenville area with her 10 year old daughter.