POTTER, SHERMAN S.

POTTER, BALDWIN, FOWLER, RIST, JOHNSON

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Date: 10/14/2004 at 12:57:46

Biography reproduced from page 464 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Sherman S. Potter, son of Sheldon and Wealthy (Baldwin) Potter, was born in Eric Co., N.Y. When six years old his parents moved to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where they lived eleven years on a farm. He then went to Knox Co., Ill., remaining twenty-six years, farming all the time except eight years, when he run a grocery store at Altona. From there he came to Kossuth Co., Iowa, settling on section 30, township 95, range 29, where he owns eighty acres, and also eighty acres on section 25, township 95, range 30. He now has fifty acres under cultivation, raises stock and grain. He was married Aug. 9, 1854, to Salome A. Fowler, at Knoxville, Knox Co., Ill. They have four children—Celia A., wife of Charles Rist, of Algona; Frank E., who married Ella Johnson, and lives on section 18, Cresco; Martha M. And Will S. Mr. Potter is a republican. In 1876 he was elected township trustee, has been a justice of the peace four years and is now township assessor.