Lucius B. Potter - 1879

POTTER, HURD

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Date: 8/15/2009 at 13:33:40

LUCIUS BYRON POTTER, Sec. 10; P.O. Bellevue; born May 25, 1824, in Jefferson Co., N.Y.; he is the only child of Capt. Elbridge Gerry Potter, who was born Oct. 17, 1791, in West Brookfield, Worcester Co., Mass., and died May 29, 1875; Capt. E.G. Potter was a mason by trade, and worked at this business in Jefferson Co., N.Y., till 1830, when he removed to Illinois, and settled in Lebanon, St. Clair Co., where he was engaged in milling and distilling; July 19, 1842, they came to Bellevue and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by L.B. Potter, known as the "Paradise," located four miles west of Bellevue; this farm consists of about fourteen hundred acres, and is considered one of the best improved farms in the State; Mr. Potter also owns several other large tracts of land and a large amount of property in Bellevue; he is one of the largest tax-payers in the county; his business chiefly is farming, although his time is largely taken up in attending to his real-estate interests; he gratefully acknowledges owing nearly all he has to the teachings and examples shown him by his devoted and honored father, now deceased. He married, in 1854, Miss Isadore Hurd; she is a native of New York; they have six children - Arion E., Maro T., Colenso B., Marco P., Manzol and Alda L. Capt. E.G. Potter, up to the time of his death, was a member of no church, sect or creed, but was an open and avowed atheist, and much respected by all who knew him." - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 672-673