Funeral Services at the Family Residence at Claverack To-day. Mrs. Eliza K. Porter, widow of the late Rev. Dr. Elbert S. Porter, who for nearly thirty years was pastor of the Bedford Avenue Reformed Church, corner of Clymer street, died at the family residence, at Claverack, this State, last Monday. Mrs. Porter was an amiable woman, and proved an important aid to her husband in church work. She had many friends in the Nineteenth Ward, where she resided for many years. Her husband died about a year ago. Mrs. Porter was the daughter of the late Rev. P. S. Wynkoop. She leaves a son and several daughters of mature years. The funeral services were held at Claverack to-day.
Source: Unknown, "Death of Dr. Porter's Widow," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, Wednesday, 9 October 1889, p. 1.
Richard Wynkoop, in the 1904 edition of the Wynkoop Genealogy in the United States of America, has this to say about her on pages 161-162:
807. Eliza Kittle Wynkoop, (Rev. Peter S. 451, John C. 205, Capt. Cornelius C. 65, Cornelius 9, Maj. Johannes 2, Cornelius 1,) born September 4, 1821: died October 7, 1889, in Claverack, N. Y.: married, January 7, 1845, Rev. Dr. Elbert Stoothoff Porter, born October 23, 1820, in Hillsborough, N. J., died February 26, 1888, in Claverack. Chris
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