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Elijah Potter

Elijah Potter

Male 1848 - 1915  (66 years)


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  • Name Elijah Potter 
    Birth 28 Sep 1848  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer 
    Death 27 Sep 1915  [1] 
    Burial Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I2869  Gritton
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2019 

    Father William H. Potter,   b. 17 Aug 1816, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1908 (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Hester B. Lane,   b. 15 Jan 1823, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1897, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1847  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois. Page 60. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom.
    Family ID F1188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah E. Hoskins,   b. 13 Feb 1855, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1893 (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1874  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 112. Notation that bride is 20 years old. Note under groom's name: "married at Father's house in town of Blount"
    Children 
     1. George Alpha Potter,   b. 2 Feb 1876, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1944, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     2. Infant Daughter Potter,   b. 26 Jan 1878   d. 26 Jan 1878 (Age 0 years)
     3. Daisy Josephine Potter,   b. 3 Aug 1879, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1966, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     4. William Riley Jewel Potter,   b. 5 Apr 1882, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1966 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F1187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Sep 1848 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Oct 1874 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Johnson Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Potter, Elijah and Sarah E. Hoskins    		Potter, Elijah and Sarah E. Hoskins

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S75] Don Claypool, The Family of Gritton, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges.

    3. [S104] marriage record.

    4. [S86] Beckwith, H. W., Past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois, (Chicago, IL, H. H. Hill and Co., 1879), https://archive.org/details/pastpresentofver00clar/page/n5/mode/2up.

    5. [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).


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