Background

Question 1

Full Name

Answer 1

William Sydney Porter

Question 2

Birthdate

Answer 2

September 11, 1862

Question 3

Birthplace

Answer 3

Greensboro, North Carolina, US

Question 4

Dearh Date

Answer 4

June 5, 1910

Question 5

Death Place

Answer 5

New York City, New York, US

(buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ashville, North Carolina

Question 6

His Father

Answer 6

Algernon Sidney Porter

Question 7

His Mother

Answer 7

Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter
(Died when he was 3, Tuberculosis)

Question 8

His Siblings

Answer 8

David Weir Porter and Shirley Worth Porter

Question 9

Wives

Answer 9

Athol Estes Porter (1887-July 25, 1897— Tuberculosis)
Sara Lindsay Coleman Porter (1907-1909— Divorce)

Question 10

Child

Answer 10

Margaret Worth Porter (1889-1927— Tuberculosis)

Question 11

Grandmother

Answer 11

Ruth Worth

Question 12

Aunt

Answer 12

Evalina Maria Porter

Question 13

Education

Answer 13

Elementary: Evalina Maria Porter’s Elementary School
High School: Linsey Street Highschool

Question 14

Worked as when he was a child

Answer 14

aged 15, a bookkeeper at his uncle’s W.C Porter and Company Drugstore

Question 15

He Moved to

Answer 15

he moved to Texas with James M. Hall in March of 1882, in hopes of alleviating his persistent cough

Question 16

He moved to in 1884

Answer 16

he moved to Austin, Texas— with James Hall, and was welcomed home with Josh Harrell and his wife, he worked as a pharmacist at Morley Brothers Drug Company

Question 17

He moved back in 1885

Answer 17

he went back to Houston, TX, and worked as a newspaper columnist

Question 18

He was charged with

Answer 18

Embezzlement Charges in 1896, he fled to Honduras for 6 months

Question 19

He was imprisoned in

Answer 19

Penitentiary in Colombus, Ohio

Question 20

After his imprisonment

Answer 20

he was freed in 1902 and adopted the pen name O. Henry