POTTER, James Samuel 1877-1966

POTTER, LAUGHLIN, SMITH, LUTTERWARGER, HOUSE, WOODARD, BARENZ

Posted By: Marilyn O'Connor (email)
Date: 9/30/2011 at 11:19:12

Funeral Held For
James Potter, 89

Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at Grace City, N.D., for a former Mitchell county resident, James Potter, 89, who died Aug. 22. Mr. Potter was in ill health several months.

James Samuel Potter, was born at Little Cedar, Aug. 26, 1877, the son of Myron and Mary Laughlin Potter, in a log cabin built prior to 1866. He grew to manhood in Mitchell county and went to North Dakota in 1898. His marriage to Isabelle Smith took place November 5, 1904.

Surviving are his daughters, Mrs. Esther Lutterwarger and Mrs. Thomas House; two sons; Ernest of Bismarck and Harold of Grace City, North Dakota; several grand and great-grandchildren; three brothers, Harley of Kalispell, Montana; Claire of Fargo; two sisters, Mrs. William Woodard of Orville, Wash., and Mrs. William Barenz of Osage.

His wife died three years ago.