Fountain-Floyd-Knox County IN Archives Biographies.....Potter, Francis M. 1835 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Francis M. Potter, farmer, Attica, was born in Floyd county, Indiana, March
5, 1835. He was the son of Abram and Thirza (Overbay) Potter, the former of whom
died and was buried in Knox county in March 1844 or 1845. In 1851 he and his
mother arrived in Fountain county and settled on the Big Shawnee, where he has
since lived — sometimes in Logan, sometimes in Richland, but most of the time in
Shawnee township. His mother died February 4, 1880, aged seventy-nine years. He
was married August 10, 1862, to Nancy Ann, daughter of William H. and Mary
(Stout) Smith, who settled in Richland township in 1828. Mrs. P. is a sister to
John C. Smith, who has a sketch in Richland township. These parents, have seven
living children: John D., born April 11, 1862; Lenora E., February 20, 1864;
Alta Mary, January 2, 1867; Francis Marion, August 30, 1869; George Washington,
April 19, 1872; Icy Abigal, October 9, 1874; and Daniel Voorhees, January 31,
1878. Mr. Potter was an Odd-Fellow five years from 1864; since that he has not
been affiliated. He enlisted May 8, 1861, in Co. H, 15th Ind. Vols., and was in
the service three months. He is a democrat.

Additional Comments:

Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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