Eliza Jane Potter
1851 - 1943 (91 years)-
Name Eliza Jane Potter Born 20 Dec 1851 Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Died 11 Feb 1943 Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Buried Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Person ID I2872 Gritton Last Modified 24 Mar 2024
Father William H. Potter, b. 17 Aug 1816, New York , d. 25 Mar 1908 (Age 91 years) Mother Hester B. Lane, b. 15 Jan 1823, Franklin County, Ohio , d. 24 Jul 1897, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 74 years) Married 25 Jul 1847 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5] - 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 Ninion R. Carter, b. 6 Sep 1849, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 25 Feb 1903, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 53 years) Married 26 Jan 1871 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 6] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 21. Notation under Eliza J. Potter's name: "her father consents".
Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1189 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 20 Dec 1851 - Illinois 
Married - 26 Jan 1871 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 11 Feb 1943 - Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - WOMAN DEAD AT BISMARCK
Bismarck-(cns) - THE oldest resident of the community and daughter of pioneer settlers of Blount Township, Mrs. Jane Carter, 91, died Thursday evening at her home in Bismarck, where she had been bedfast 11 weeks with a broken hip. She was born Dec. 20, 1851, the daughter of William and Hester Potter, in Blount Township. On Jan. 26 she was married to N. R. Carter, and was the mother of nine children, five of whom preceded her in death. Her husband died in 1903. Mrs. Carter resided in a farm home north of Bismarck for 62 years before moving into town. Surviving children are Will H. Carter of Winepeg, Canada, Mrs. Harvey Young of Rossville, Mrs. Sherman Wilson of Danville and Mrs. Clarence Wilson of with whom she made her home in Bismarck. Also surviving are a nephew, George Potter of Danville, 25 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the home of Mrs. Wilson in Bismarck with the Rev. Mr. Gent officiating. Burial will be in Rose Cemetery, Lanham of Henning in charge.
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Sources - [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.
- [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S17] Obituary.
- [S12] Illinois Marriages.
- [S86] Past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois, Beckwith, H. W., (Chicago, IL, H. H. Hill and Co., 1879).
- [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.