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Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941
Jettero Potter
m: September 30, 1890 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. C-7, pg. 392
Hattie French
(F: John French; M: Lydia West; siblings: Henry, Elizabeth, William & John)
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1910 Harrison Twp., Wells Co., Indiana
Enumeration District: 155
Sheet Number: 31B
Enumeration Date: April 28, 1910
Line: 89
Dwelling/Family: 212/213
Potter, Jethro - age 42, married(#1) 18 yrs., born in Indiana. Parents born in Ohio.
Occupation farmer.
" Hattie - wife, age 37, married(#1) 18 yrs. 9 children/ 5 children living, born in
Indiana. Father born in Indiana. Mother born in Ohio.
" Festus - son, age 16, born in Indiana. Occupation farm help.
" Emery - son, age 13, born in Indiana. Occupation farm help.
" Maynard - son, age 6, born in Indiana.
" Eva - daughter, age 5, born in Indiana.
" John - age 1, born in Indiana.
(John is found in the 1920 Nottingham Twp., Wells Co., Indiana census living the the
Walter Blair family. He is age 12 yrs, born in Indiana and listed as orphaned. Emery is
found in the 1920 Camp Jackson, Richland Twp., South Carolina census, age 22, born in
Indiana and listed as a corpsman. Also found a Jethro Potter married to a Lizzie in 1920
Nelson Twp., Portage Co., OH. He is listed as age 48, born in Indiana and works as a
carpenter. Not sure if this is your Jethro Potter)
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Per:
Ancestry.com & US census:
Children of Jethro Potter & Hattie French:
1. Esther Potter
2. Edith Potter
3. Procius Festus Potter
4. Emery Potter
5. Maynard Potter
6. Eva Potter
7. Ida Marie Potter
8. Wilber Jethro Potter
9. John Potter
10. Ethel Irene Potter
11. Mary Elizabeth Potter
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Six Mile Cemetery - Wells Co., IN
Name: Esther Potter
Age: 6mo., 23 days
b: 1891
d: November 19, 1891
d/o: Jethro & Harriet Potter
Name: Edith Potter
Age: 6mo.
b: 1892
d: December 20, 1893 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. H-14, pg. 52)
d/o: Jethro & Harriet Potter
Name: Ethel Irene Potter
Age: 1 yr., 4mo., 15 days
b: July 13, 1910
d: November 28, 1911 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. H-18, pg. 23)
d/o: Jethro & Harriet Potter
(Obit in Evening News; print date Nov. 29, 1911; page 1; column 2 - residence; Bluffton,
Wells Co., IN)
Name: Tida (Ida) Marie Potter
Age: 2
b: April 19, 1898
d: October 19, 1900 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. H-3, pg. 1)
(Obit: Evening News; print date Oct. 16, 1900; page 2; column 5 - residence; Bluffton)
(Obit: Bluffton Chronicle; print date Oct. 17, 1900; page 1; column 3 - residence;
Bluffton)
Name: Wilbur Jethro Potter
Age: 3 yrs., 4mo., 7 days
b: abt. 1902
d: January 27, 1905 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. H-17, pg. 13)
s/o: Jethro & Harriet French Potter
(Obit: Evening News; print date Jan. 28, 1905; page 2; column 3) (Obit: Bluffton Banner;
print date Feb. 1, 1905; page 6; column 2 - residence; Bluffton)
Name: Mary Elizabeth Potter
Age: 12 days
b: April 8, 1912
d: April 20, 1912 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. Ch-2, pg. 30)
d/o: Jethro & Harriet Potter
(Obit: Evening News; print date, April 20, 1912; page 2; column 3 - residence Bluffton,
Wells Co., IN)
Name: Harriet Potter
Age: 42 yrs. 6 mo., 29 days
b: June 6, 1872
d: January 16, 1915 -Wells Co., IN (Bk. Ch-2, pg. 66)
w/o: Jethro Potter
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Marriage Application:
Name: Poricus Festus Potter
Marriage County: Wells
Birthdate: April 15, 1894
Gender: Male
Father: Jothro
Mother: Hattie French
Book: 8
Page: 280
Pericus F. Potter
m: December 24, 1913 - Wells Co., IN (Bk. C-12, pg. 193)
Leona Fern Cutler
(Leona's parents: Alphas & Rosa (McLain) Cutler
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1920 Fort Wayne, Wayne Twp., Allen Co., Indiana
Enumeration District: 49
Sheet Number: 263A
Enumeration Date: January 17, 1920
Line: 15
Dwelling/Family: 375/416
Address: 1501 Martin Street
Potter, Festus - age 25, married, born in Indiana. Parents born in Indiana. Occupation
boilermaker for railroad.
" Leona - wife, age 22, married, born in Indiana. Parents born in Indiana.
" Alpheus - son, age 5, born in Indiana.
" Eva - daughter, age 2 born in Indiana.
" Margaret - daughter, age 4mo., born in Indiana.
Indiana Birth Index 1880-1920
Name: Eva Mary Potter
Father: E. M.
Mother: Leona F. Cuttor
County: Allen
Gender: F
Birthdate: November 18, 1917
Book: CH-7
Page: 206
Name: Margaret Elizabeth Potter
Father: P.F.
Mother: Leona Cutlor
County: Allen
Gender: F
Birthdate: September 7, 1909
Book: CH-8
Page: 170
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Wasn't able to locate Jethro Potter prior to the 1910 census except for their marriage
record. If you would like more on Harriet French, I can get that for you. Hope the rest
of the info helps........Karen