hmtl5 Eliza Jane Potter b. 20 Dec 1851 Illinois d. 11 Feb 1943 Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Eliza Jane Potter

Female 1851 - 1943  (91 years)

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  • Name Eliza Jane Potter 
    Birth 20 Dec 1851  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Feb 1943  Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Person ID I2872  Gritton
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2024 

    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  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1903, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jan 1871  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 21. Notation under Eliza J. Potter's name: "her father consents".
    Family ID F1189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Dec 1851 - Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Jan 1871 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Feb 1943 - Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • 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.
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

    3. [S17] Obituary.

    4. [S104] marriage record.

    5. [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.

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


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