POTTS, Nelson C. 1838 - 1972
POTTS, VAUGHT
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/30/2006 at 21:51:56
"The Fairfield Ledger"
February 24, 1897
Page 3, Column 3Nelson C. POTTS was born near Terre Haute, Indiana, March 13, 1838. Died Feb. 19, 1897, aged 58-11-22.
Sixth of a family of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy, the remaining ten lived to adult age. One sister and four brothers survive. He leaves a wife and nine children to mourn his loss.
When eighteen years of age he united with the M.E. Church. Enlisted in Co. H, 28th Illinois Volunteers, being the first of six brothers to take up arms in defense of his country's flag. He served three years, then re-enlisted as a veteran and continued in the army until the close of the war. He was at Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Memphis, Ft. Donelson, Vicksburg, and a number of other engagements. He well won the eulogy pronounced by his captain that "He was one of the bravest men he ever saw." Charter member of Lewis G. Baldwin Post No. 279 G.A.R....
In usual health in the morning, he started on horse-back for the country, and soon afterward was found lying in the road with his neck broken... A very large number gathered at the residence to participate in the funeral services. The funeral was in charge of the Post, and his remains were laid to rest in the Fell Cemetery.
"And still the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill,
But oh for the touch of a vanished hand
Or the sound of a voice that is stilled."[Transcriber's note: The G.A.R. is the Grand Army of the Republic, the fore-runner of the American Legion]
*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).
Note: Buried in Fell Cemetery near Libertyville. His wife was Margaret J. VAUGHT who died in 1932 and is buried with him.
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