Buck POTTER, 1897-1964

Buck POTTER, 1897-1964, age 67yrs
s/o Richard POTTER, 1862-1932, age 70yrs
Genealogy & Family History, Friends of Page Co., [FOPC]©

Second Generation!
1.3 Lloyd Dixon "Buck"POTTER [FOPC-ID# WILS 1.3.01.2.3]
(2nd Son of: Richard & Ollie (Wilson) Potter)
b. 16 May 1897 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.;
d. 27 Jul 1964, at the age of 67ys, 2m, and 11d, in Clarinda, Ia.;
Buried along side his wife in the Snow Hill Cemetery, Row 15, Plot 14;
At age 23yrs he married on 14 Jan. 1920, at Clarinda, Ia. to
the 20 year old Miss RUTH LOUISE WILSON;
Only Dau of George R. & Cora Belle (Mannasmith) WILSON;
b. 13 Aug 1900, Lincoln Twp., Page Co., Iowa;
d. 20 Jul 1959, at the age of 58 years, 11 months, and 7 days, Clarinda, IA.
Buried at the Snow Hill Cemetery, near Coin, Row 15, Plot 14;

They had 4 Children born to this Union: (2 Sons & 2 Dau's)

Son/Dau

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b.-d.

Married/Info.

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1.3.1 1st Son:

Kenneth Lloyd POTTER,

*1920-19?? a??yrs NE.

m. 1941, IA. Thelma POLSLEY,

1Ch.

1.3.2 1st Dau:

Thelma Pauline POTTER,

*1924-1924 a 5mth IA.

d. Infant!,

1.3.3 2nd Son:

Jimmy Lyle POTTER,

*1929-19?? a??yrs OK.

Removed to Okla. City, OK.

4Ch.

1.3.4 2nd Dau:

Lois Marie POTTER,

*1931-1965 a34yrs IA.

m. 1st 1947 IA. Randell WALLACE,

1Ch.

"2nd"

m. 2nd James TURNBULL,

0Ch.

Reported 6 Grandchildren, don't know all of Jimmy's children are Unknown!

Lloyd "Buck" D. POTTER was in the U.S. Amy WWI, was a Cook in restaurants in Shambaugh, Coin, Lincoln Twp., Page Co., and in Charles City, Iowa., later joined the Police Force in Clarinda. [per Kenny POTTER]

U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Lloyd D. POTTER, age 21yrs registered on Jun 05, 1917, with the first U.S. Draft Board for World War I. while living in Bedford, Taylor Co., IA. He listed born date May 16, 1897 in Arkansas, he stated he worked for Ed STURT, in Hopkins, Missouri (Occupation Not Listed!) he listed his dependent (His Mother) Mrs. Olla POTTER of Bedford, Iowa. Card # 1224, list: Race White; Med. Height; Med. Build; Gray Eyes; Dark Brown Hair. He was NOT "Illiterate" he could Read and Write! He signed his name, on the applicant.

WWI Timeline!
Apr 06, 1917 War Starts: When President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany. (Link goes to PBS: American Experience)
Apr 16-29, 1917 French launch disastrous offensive at Chemin des Dames, advancing only 500 yards at the cost of 250,000 plus casualties.
Apr-Jun, 1917 Over half a million French soldiers mutiny, or "go on strike" and refuse to continue the failed offensive.
May 18, 1917 The United States passes the Selective Service Act empowering the Federal Government to draft men for the armed forces.
Jul 01-16, 1917 Russian Army lead by Alexander Kerensky begins last -- and disastrous -- offensive in Galicia.
Jul 03, 1917 The first wave of the American Expeditionary Force lands in France.
Jul 31-Nov 10, 1917 Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, results in minor gains, but still no breakthrough in the Western front at the cost of 700,000 casualties for both sides.
Oct 23, 1917 American troops in France fire their first shot in trench warfare.
Nov 07, 1917 Bolshevik socialists, led by Lenin, overthrow Kerensky's government.
Dec 3, 1917 The new Russian government, represented by Leon Trotsky, signs an armistice with Germany.
Dec 9, 1917 British capture Jerusalem from the Turks and her Arab allies.

1918-1919 Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war.
Jan 08, 1918 President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.
Mar 21, 1918 Germans launch the first of five major offensives to win the war before American troops appear in the trenches. German advance is finally stopped in late June Apr 22, 1918 Baron von Richthofen, "the Red Baron" is killed in air dog-fight.
Apr 25, 1918 British and Australian troops stop the German advance near Amiens.
May 23, 1918 German shells land on Paris.
May 31, 1918 Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris are stopped by American forces at Chateau-Thierry.
Jul __, 1918 German troops being shipped from the Eastern to Western Front begin to desert in large numbers from their transport trains
Jul 16, 1918 Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and members of his entourage are murdered by the Bolsheviks.
Aug 03, 1918 President Wilson agrees to co-operate with Allies in sending "volunteer" troops into Russia.
Aug 08, 1918 Allied counter offensives on the Somme push the German army back and into retreat
Sep 27, 1918 Allied troops break through the German fortifications at the Hindenberg line.
Oct 28, 1918 German sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail and fight a hopeless navel battle.
Oct 30, 1918 Turks sign armistice.
Nov 09, 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates.
Nov 10, 1918 A German republic is founded.
Nov 11, 1918 At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.
Dec 04, 1918 Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference.

Jan 1919 War Over: Demobilization of the armies, millions return Home.

The Following are the Children of:
Lloyd "Buck" POTTER & Mother: Ruth L. WILSON

Third Generation!
1.3.1. KennthH "Kenney" Lloyd POTTER; [FG 380]
(1st s/o Lloyd & Ruth L. (Wilson) Potter)
b. 27 Dec 1920, at Shambaugh, Ia.;
d. Living (2009, age 89yrs) Omaha, NE.
Attended, school in Coin, Iowa; U.S. Army, WWII
At age 21yrs he married on 01 Mar. 1941, at Glenwood, Mills Co. Ia., to
21 year old Miss Thelma L. POLSLEY;
(2nd d/o Clem POLSLEY and Mother: Lida (CHRISTY) POLSLEY;
b. 12 Apr. 1920 at Colfax Twp.; Page Co., IA.
d. Living (2008, age 88yrs) Omaha, NE.
Was raised on her parents farm on Section 16, NE 1/4 (100 acres) Colfax Twp., Page Co., Iowa;
Kenny "Retired" was the Plant Manager at the Tire Retread Co., Omaha;
Address 5123 Mayberry, Omaha, NB. 68106, Phone 402/558-9374.
They had one son born from this union, died at Birth!

1.3.1.1 Kenneth LeROY POTTER;
(Only s/o Kenneth & Thelma (POLSLEY) POTTER)
b. 29 Jan. 1942, Coin, Ia.; d. 29 Jan. 1942, at birth;
Buried at the Snow Hill Cemetery, near Coin, in the POTTER FAMILY Section, Row 15, Plot 13.

1936, Kenneth, age 16yrs & Thelma (Polsley) age 16yrs, Attended Coin School
1937, Kenneth, age 17yrs Jul 4th with Grandparents, Coin, IA.
1938, Kenneth, age 18yrs Dec 27th Birthday
1941, Kenneth, age 21yrs & Thelma (Polsley) age 21yrs,Mar. 1st Married, Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.
1941, Kenneth, age 21yrs & Thelma (Polsley) age 21yrs,Jun. 1st Uncle Earl C. WILSON visit!, Coin, IA.
1981, Kenneth, age 61yrs & Thelma (Polsley) age 61yrs, 40th Wedding Anniversary Party.

Third Generation!
1.3.2 1st. Dau: Thelma Pauline POTTER;
(Dau of Lloyd & Ruth L. (Wilson) Potter)
b. 31 Jan. 1924, Coin, Ia.;
d. 29 Jun. 1924, at the age of 5 months, Coin, Ia.;
Buried at the Snow Hill Cemetery, near Coin, in the POTTER FAMILY Section, Row 15, Plot 15.

Third Generation!
1.3.3 2nd. Son: James Lyle POTTER "Jimmy"
(Son of Lloyd & Ruth L. (Wilson) Potter)
b. 26 Jul 1929, Coin, Page Co., Iowa; [SSD# 479-28-6419 IA.]
d. 08 Aug 1999, age 70yrs, nr McPherson, McPherson Co., KS.
Buried: Cemetery Location Unknown (to me)
He attended school in Clarinda, Ia.; Was in the U.S. Navy;
Married several times; Last known (1987) to be living in Okla. City, Okla.;
Reported to have had four children;
Need more information!

Third Generation!
1.3.4 2nd. Dau: Lois Marie POTTER;
(2nd Dau. of Lloyd & Ruth L. (Wilson) Potter)
b. 7 Jan. 1931, Siam, Taylor Co., Ia.;
d. 8 Sep. 1965, at the age of 34y, 1m, 1dy, Clarinda, Ia. died of "Polio"
Buried at the Snow Hill Cemetery, near Coin, Iowa. (Row 16, Plot 7)
Attended school at Clarinda, Ia.;
Married twice, first, about 1947, in Arkansas, as his second wife (1st. BETTY);
Randall WALLACE;
Son of Richard & Luna (Unknown) WALLACE;
b. Unknown;
Was in the U.S. Navy; Last know address Camden, Arkansas;
They had one son born from this 1st Union; Divorced date Unknown;
Second marriage date Unknown to
James TURNBULL;
b. Unknown; James & Lois M. (POTTER) TURNBULL, "Divorced" 18 May 1950;
No Issue to this 2nd Union:

Third Generation!
1.3.4.1 1st. Son: Larry Allen WALLACE;
(Only s/o Randle & 2nd w Lois M. (POTTER) WALLACE)
b. 05 May 1948, Clarinda, Iowa;
Has been reported (1987) that he has never married,
He lived in Jacksonville, Pulaski Co., Arkansas;, per Kenneth Potter
Need more information!

Lois Marie POTTER in some WILSON Family Reunion Photos!

Lois Marie (Potter) WALLACE, TURNBULL, dies of Polio 8th Sep. 1965
A notable year in the history of polio was 1789, during which Michael Underwood first described a debility of the lower extremities in children that was recognizable as polio. Polio outbreaks were first reported in the United States in 1843. A turning point for the disease occurred in 1955, following the introduction of an inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). The decline in the incidence of polio continued following oral polio vaccine (OPV) introduction in 1961.
1928 - Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw develop the iron lung, a large metal tank equipped with a pump that assists respiration, is field tested and goes into commercial production three years later.
1952 - There are 58, 000 cases of polio in the United States, the most ever. Early versions of the Salk vaccine , using killed polio virus, are successful with small samples of patients at the Watson Home for Crippled Children and the Polk State School, a Pennsylvania facility for individuals with mental retardation.
1953 - Amid continued "polio hysteria," there are 35, 000 cases of polio in the United States.
1954 - Massive field trials of the Salk vaccine are sponsored by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
1957 - After a mass immunization campaign promoted by the March of Dines, there are only about 5600 cases of polio in the United States.

End of LLOYD "Buck" D. POTTER Chapter.

These records are part of the "Genealogy Computer Package" *** PC-PROFILE *** Volume - II. DUNCAN & Related Families© Compiled and self Published in Oct. 14, 1993 by Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. with the assistance of my late mother
Mrs. M. Lucille (WILSON) SARRETT. (1917-1987, age age 70yrs) & My Grandmother: Mrs. Vera B. (DUNCAN) WILSON (1896-1988, age 92yrs) The "Work-Books" were compiled by listing the various families, born, married, died, and a history of that family branch. In 1996 I started "Up-Loading" this material on the now called Friends of Page Co., site...prs
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