Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Potters in Peoria, Illinois, in 1900

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?

Saturday, December 20, 2014

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