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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

O. Henry: He found stories everywhere

• By Jim Schlosser Staff Writer
• Dec 6, 2006
• Dec 6, 2006 Updated Jan 26, 2015
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Porter and second Wife, Sarah Lindsey Coleman. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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EDITORS note -Stains removed by digital means/cloning --Photo of O. Henry and his wife, Athol Estes Porter, and daughter, Margaret Worth Porter, from the Greensboro Public Library collection on Thursday, Decmber 21, 2006. (Jerry Wolford/ News & Record)

• Jerry Wolford (Staff)

O. Henry as a young man. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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Porter as an infant. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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Porter in N.C. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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L-R: Shirley Porter, Tom Tate and Will Porter (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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L-R: Shirley Porter, Tom Tate and Will Porter (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

O. Henry in a reclining portrait. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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O. Henry as a young man. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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By Jim Schlosser Staff Writer

Greensboro’s most famous native son, O. Henry, gave Christmas an enduring present when he wrote “The Gift of the Magi” more than a century ago.

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Porter and second Wife, Sarah Lindsey Coleman. (COURTESY GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM / SPEC TO N&R)

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