Porter then moved on to work for the Harrell Cigar Store located in the Driskill Hotel. He went to work briefly for the Morley Brothers Drug Company as a pharmacist. Porter resided with the Harrells for three years.
He traveled with Richard to Austin, Texas, in 1884, where he decided to remain and was welcomed into the home of Richard's friends, Joseph Harrell and his wife. He also spent time reading classic works of literature. While on the ranch, he learned bits of Spanish and German from the mix of indigenous and immigrant ranch hands. He took up residence on the sheep ranch of Richard Hall, James Hall's son, in La Salle County and helped out as a shepherd, ranch hand, cook, and baby-sitter. Hall to Texas in March 1882, hoping that a change of air would help alleviate a persistent cough he had developed. At the drugstore, he also showed his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk. In 1879, he started working in his uncle's drugstore in Greensboro, and on August 30, 1881, at the age of 19, Porter was licensed as a pharmacist. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was 15. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. Porter graduated from his aunt Evelina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. As a child, Porter was always reading, everything from classics to dime novels his favorite works were Lane's translation of One Thousand and One Nights and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. When William was three, his mother died after giving birth to her third child, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother. William's parents had married on April 20, 1858. His parents were Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88), a physician, and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter (1833–65). He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898.
William Sidney Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. ( September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification.
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