A tidbit in the St.Clair Genealogical Society QUARTERLY, Volume 39, Number 1, 2016, page 32:
Citing The Great Western (newspaper), Belleville, ILL. , 11 May 1839 (inaugural edition)
"E.G. Potter of Lebanon Illinois submitted a lengthy, precisely detailed, letter describing his successful method of building houses from Earth."
Did a quick check of the 1840 census for Lebanon, St.Clair County, IL, on Ancestry and found his brief entry:
One male, 15-19; one male, 40-49; one female 40-49.
A very brief search in the 1850 census and Illinois death records yielded nothing.
Who was E.G. Potter???
I know who he is! That's my 4th great Grandfather. He lived in Lebanon for about a decade before moving to Iowa.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update! Donna
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