According to the 1900 U.S. Federal Census, taken on 9 June 1900, in the Peoria Ward 1, Peoria, Illinois, three men surnamed Potter were among those listed as "prisoner" in one large "dwelling."
One was Sam Potter, born Jan 1874 in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, age 26, day laborer
Another was George Potter, b. Mar 1875 in Illinois, parents also born in Illinois, age 25, cigar maker
The third was Horace Potter, born Jul 1868 in Pennsylvania, parents born in Ireland, age 31, painter
Wonder who Sam Potter, George Potter and Horace Potter belong to?? Is your Potter family missing a young man?
Grandma Google gives me this image for "Peoria prison." Is it the one where these Potters were?
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Admiral Dewey Potter, buried Vermilion Co, IL, 1930
Doing some Find-A-Grave searching in the Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, and spotted this:
Admiral Dewey Potter
Birth: unknown
Death: 10 April 1930
Father: unknown
Mother: Lorena Hartz Potter, 1873-1905
Children:
James Milton Potter, 1922-1996
Bobby Potter, 1930-1930
William Potter, 1930-1930
Siblings:
Admiral Dewey Potter, d. 1930
Jennie C. Potter Odle, 1891-1976
Della Mae Potter Clawson, 1893-1980
Stephen Henry Potter, 1895-1922
John Tobias Potter, 1903-1979
Robert Lincoln Potter, 1905-1975
Incription:
IN Inf -- Tombstone in Soldiers' Circle
Note:
His twin infant sons, Bobby and William, are buried with him
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