J. A. Potter

NAYLOR, POTTER, STEVENS

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2004 at 17:41:54

Rev. J. A. Potter, Winterset, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Winterset; is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born near Pittsburgh in 1828; he was educated at Jefferson College, and graduated from that institution in 1851; he pursued his theological studies at the Western Theological Seminary, at Alleghany City, and completed his course in 1855; April 18, 1855, he was licensed to preach, and in November, 1855, was ordained by the Presbytery of Dubuque as an evangelist, and supplied two churches in the vicinity of Dubuque; he was called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at Maquoketa in 1856; he was pastor of the church of Bethel, Butler county, Ohio, two years, and from there was called to Baltimore, where he remained seven years, and after a pastorate of two years in Wisconsin, was compelled to cease active duties on account of impaired health; in August, 1870, he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this city, and under his ministration the church has been greatly helped, and since he became pastor, the present elegant church edifice has been completed; he married Miss Nannie B. Naylor, April 29, 1856; she was a native of Dick’s Creek, Warren county, Ohio; she died October 14, 1859, leaving two children: William P. and Mary Belle; January 24, 1861, he married Sibyl Stevens, who was born in Butler county, Ohio; the fruits of this union is one son: John E.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 548