Settlers XXXVIII: The Descendants of William Wilson Potter
by Carol Hoose Brotzman
The Potter Family Crest
Courtesy of
Ernest Hatton, Jr.
Wilmot Township, Bradford County, PA 1850
The Potters and
Related Families Settled in and Around Wilmot in the Second Half of the 19th Century.
Source: William J. Barber, Bradford County, Map of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1850.
Made from actual surveys by Lake, Ames and Davisson.
The Sullivan County Genealogical Web Page is most grateful to Carol Brotzman for making possible the preservation of this history. Data for this composition was obtained mainly from Evelyn Potter Keeney’s genealogy compiled in 1996 [see picture at end of this history]. The story also includes added data from Dick Hunsinger, Lois Neuber and Carol Hoose Brotzman herself. Also, Ernest Hatton provided data regarding the Potter origins. His site can be found here:The Hatton-Exley-Potter Genealogy. Finally, we are thankful to Tara Drake for three photos shown below and for information on the Zacharias and Nolan families.
Carol would like to dedicate this composition to the original author of most of this work, Evelyn Virginia Potter Keeney, and her niece, Nicole Louise Repsher. Both are gone now but not forgotten.
Evelyn Virgina (Potter) Keeney
At age 87
Contributed by Carol Brotzman
Source: Rocket-Courier, Wyalusing, PA, October 7, 2004
Nicole Louise Repsher
At age 16
Contributed by Carol Brotzman
Evelyn Potter Keeney recorded that there were five Potter brothers who came to this area from Huntington, England; however it was probably Huntington, PA. Lois Neuber reports that William Wilson, who went by "Wilson" during his life, was born possibly June 4, 1816 in Huntington Twp, in what is now Luzerne County, PA. Ernie Hatton thinks that this date is actually a baptismal date, and that he was born in 1814, but that is still uncertain. In any case, "Wilson" married Anna Catherine Hunsinger on 28 Oct 1838 in Cherry Twp, in what is now Sullivan County, PA.
There is considerable uncertainty about the early Potter history in Sullivan County. Part of this revolves around the decision by
William Potter to use "Wilson" in his every day life and on many records, such as the census records, where that is how he is recorded. However, it is also the
case that the Old German Church Records for the early Lutheran community refer to him as William Potter, so that is what we will use in this story.
We are not even certain about which or how many of the "five brothers" actually arrived in Sullivan County. Ernest Hatton can prove the existence and origins of two of the original brothers, but we are not saying the legend is wrong. We just hope
some day to prove the total ancestry. Evelyn’s specialty was bringing this
gigantic family forward, not taking them backwards, so we will now concentrate
on her area of expertise. The "Poitiers" website probably points to the ultimate ancestry of this
Potter family, but no one has so far proven it. I know both Nicole and Evelyn would have loved to surf the net and find their family
had they only had the chance.
Carol Hoose Brotzman
January 2005
1. William "Wilson"1 Potter
was born June 04, 1816, as mentioend above, and died July 28, 1894 in Sugar Run, Pa. He married Anna Catherine
Hunsinger October 28, 1838, daughter of John Hunsinger and Elizabeth
Ruppert, in Cherry Township, PA.. She was born February 14,
1814 in Sugar Loaf Twp, Luzerne, County, PA. and died March 18, 1892. They are buried in the Colley Cemetery,
Colley, PA
Wilson
erected a sawmill in Colley in 1864 and lumbered in that area. He purchased a farm on
Oak Hill, Wilmot Twp., Bradford Co., Pa.. The 1850 Census for Colley lists him
as a yeoman. The 1830 Census lists him in Lycoming Co., Cherry Twp., now
Sullivan County. The family moved from Cherry Twp. to Colley in
1849.
The
Sullivan Review
August 2, 1894
Wilson
W. Potter of Colley Township, died July 28, aged 78 years. He was born in Columbia County and
removed to Sullivan County while a young man. He leaves two sons and two daughters to
mourn his loss.
The
Sullivan Review
March
31, 1892
Anna, wife of Wilson Potter,
died at Sugar Run, Bradford County, March 18. She was born February 14, 1814, in
Sugar Loaf Township, Luzerne County, Pa., and moved with her parents to Sullivan
County when it was but very little settled.
She
was married to Wilson Potter July 24, 1838, and resided in Sullivan county until
1870 when they moved to Missouri, in 1876 they removed to Sullivan county for a
few years, they then moved to Sugar Run.
She
was the mother of ten children, of which but four survived her.
The
funeral took place March 22 at the Evangelical church at Colley Rev. G.H. Miller
officiating. She leaves an aged companion traveling on the shady side of three
score years and ten
The
following is Dick Hunsingers review of the Potter origination. http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hunsi3&id=I03239
William's grandfather was Joseph Wanton
Potter **, born Nov. 25, 1760 in Narragansett, Wakefield, R.I. and died Aug. 01,
1840 in Huntington, Luzerne Co., PA.. He married Diadoma Brookins (spelling may
have been Brookings) in 1780 in Vermont. She was born 1765 in Poultney, Vermont,
and died 1838 in Huntington, Luzerne Co., Pa.. They are buried in the
Potter-Emory Cemetery, Luzerne Co., Pa.. Joseph & Diadoma had at least 14
children; Submit (1781), Elsie (about 1782), Lucy 1782), Alden (1784), Joseph
(1787), William (1789), Mary "Polly' (1791), Brookins (1793), Henry (1795),
Experience (1798), Alming (1802), Hannah (1806), Daniel (1809) and Joseph born
unknown) The child William, was born May 10, 1789 in Huntington Twp., Luzerne
Co., PA, and died April 7, 1847. He married Rachel Wilson, date unknown.
She was born about April 27, 1786 and died May 14, 1852. Both are buried at Fairview Cemetery (Bahr Hill) in Dushore,
Sullivan County, PA. William and Rachel are the parents of William Wilson Potter. Much of the Potter information published here
was received from Ernest Hatton.
** In March 2006, we received the following message from June Hartzell:
Here is the actual ancestral lineage:
2 Nathaniel Potter b 1615 England, d ca 1643 in New Port Co, RI. He m about
1634 Dorothy Wilbur (Wilbore) b 1619, d Feb. 19, 1696 d/o Samuel and Ann
Bradford Wilbore
Children:
ii Nathaniel Potter b Sept. 1637 m Elizabeth Stokes
iii Abel Potter b ca 1636, probably died young
i John Potter b 1655, Narragansett, RI; died 1715 in South Kinston, RI. m Sarah Wilson in 1690
ii Susanna Potter b 1659, d 1688 R.I. m ? Grously
iii Sarah Potter b 1659, d 1704 R.I. m James Wells
iv Thomas Potter b 1663, d 1745 R.I. m Susanna Tripp, m 2
Lydia Wilcox
v Robert Potter b 1670Portsmouth, RI. d 1715 Kingston,
RI. m Elizabeth Cole
vi Icabod Potter b 1672, d ca 1730 Kingston, R.I. m
Margaret Helme
Samuel Tallman, son of Stephen Tallman and Mary Potter, married Rachel Curtis on 26 June 1765; he died in 1788.
Daughter of Samuel Tallman and Rachel (Curtis) Tallman was Rachel Tallman. She married Mathis Smith and had son, James Smith, born November 15, 1802. James was married to Sarah Bowman White on June 16, 1839 by Reverend Woolley in Shrewsbury,NJ. James and Sarah Bowman White Smith had 8 children, one of whom was David W. Smith, born 11 June 1841, Long Branch, New Jersey (Monmouth County). David Smith married Orpha Newman.
4. Icabod Potter II b 1672, d ca 1730 R.I. m 1700 Port Judith, R.I Margaret
Helm b 1679,d ca 1637 d/o Rouse and Mary Eldred Helme
Children:
ii Rouse Potter b Jan. 13, 1702 m Mary Easton, m 2 Lydia
Ball
iii Thomas Potter b ca 1705, d Apr. 1746 m Martha Card
iv William Potter b Mar. 4, 1708
vi Margret Potter b Oct. 11, 1714
Children:
i John Potter b July 19, 1724, d June 1, 1772 Kingston, m
Mary Hazard, m 2 Hannah Potter
iiSimeon Potter b Sept. 25, 1726 RI.
iii Ruth Potter b Jan. 19, 1727
iv Rouse Potter b Dec. 10, 1728 RI.
v Christopher Potter b Nov. 15, 1732, m Elizabeth Hazard
vi Nicholas Potter b Aug. 11, 1735 Kingston, RI. d Dec.
26, 1824 Huntington Twp., Luzerne Co. wife probably Anne
Children:
ii Joseph Watton Potter b Nov. 25, 1760 Narragansett,
R.I. d Aug. 1, 1840 Huntington Twp., Luzerne Co. m Diadema Brookins
iii John Potter b ca 1765
iv Molly Potter b ca 1779
v Sarah (Sally) Potter b ca 1777 m Benjamin Fuller
vi Elsa (Elsey) Potter b July 15, 1782 Fairmont
Springs, Luzerne Co, d Oct. 28, 1846 Sugarloaf Twp. Col. Co. m Thomas Baker
m 2 John Alsop
Farmers Genealogical Dictionary 1829
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary: First Settlers of New England
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary: First Settlers of Maine and New Hampshire
Mayflower Ancestor's: John Alsop
Research Papers of Robert Totino, Wilkes Barre, deceased
Research by Marcia Anderson, deceased
Note: Icabod III's son John married Hannah Potter;
she may have been a New Haven Potter, William Potter of New Haven was hung
for bestality and I guess people don't want that in their genealogy. One
girl blames it on old age but at his trial he said he started at age 11. I
connect to both families of Potters. Hope this sets it straight
You can learn more about the preceding
Potter lineage at June Hartzell's Descendants of Nathaniel Potter and John Clancy's Descendants of James Watton Potter.
Deed recorded 1842 (Deed Book
A: 26) records the purchase of 12 acres of land from Joseph Potter in Cherry
Township, Lycoming County. Joseph Potter, his wife Abigail of Towanda Twp.,
Bradford Co., Penna. and Brookins Potter, his wife Sally of Huntington, Luzerne
County. Witness was William Colley Esquire, Justice of the Peace. Stating that
Joseph and William were of the same place. This shows the relationship of the
Potters of Sullivan, Luzerne, Lycoming and Columbia Counties. Note: William and
Elizabeth moved to Missouri for five years and then returned to Colley.
Elizabeth Hunsinger was living with William and Catharine age 75.(Not proven,
but Marcy Pitkin of Florida claims that William Wilson Potter was a grandfather
to her mother. William was a stepbrother of William Colley (for whom Colley
Township is named.) It is stated that Thomas Freeman Batcheler 1756-1787 of
Philadelphia married Sarah Parsons born 1756 died unknown. They had two children
Ann 1777-1874 and Joseph 1781-1834, after Thomas died Sarah married Jonathan
Colley. Joseph Batcheler married Mary " Polly" Potter 1784-1848 and lived in
Huntington, Twp., Luzerne Co. (Jonathan was then Joseph's stepfather.)
Listed
as William W. Patter in the index of the 1850 census of Colley Twp., Sullivan
Co., Pa. Listed with him is his wife Anna and children; William W. b., about1838,
Daniel L., b.about 1840, Jeremiah, b. about 1843, General W., b. about1845, Mary C.
b., abt, 1847 and here is the connection once again to the Brookins
family--Diadoma b. about 1849. Some of these children are listed; others are not
in the later census. There is no mention of Diadoma in later census or family
records. (Diadoma is the spelling used by whoever recorded the family)
Listed
in the 1860 census of (Cully) Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. with wife and seven
children.
This
Potter family is not the same family as that of Isaac Potter, father of Sarah Ellen
Potter, married to William Osmer.
The children of Wilson Potter and Anna Hunsinger were:
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i. William
Wellington2 Potter, born March 25, 1840; died June 17,
1881.
3
ii. Daniel Lewis
Potter, born about 1842; died June 02, 1864 in the Civil War near Pittsburgh,
PA.
4
iii. Clinton Potter,
born about 1843; died November 05, 1864 in the Civil War near Washington
DC.
Burial: Colley, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
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iv. Winfield (William)
Scott Potter, born October 1844 in Cherry Township,
Sullivan County, PA
died 1916 in Colley Township, Sullivan County, PA.
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v. Mary Elizabeth
Potter, born September 29, 1846 in Cherry Township, Sullivan County, PA; died
April 03, 1917 in El Modena, Orange County, California.
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vi. Celinda Potter,
born February 01, 1849 in Colley Township, Sullivan County, PA; died February
07, 1933.
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vii. Brookins Potter,
born June 05, 1858 in Colley, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, headstone has 1859;
died July 18, 1925.
Generation No.
2
2. William Wellington2
Potter (William Wilson1) was born March 25, 1840, and died June
17, 1881. He married Catherine
Smith October 28, 1860, daughter of Frank Smith and Priscilla Hopkins. She was born March 11, 1840, and died
September 13, 1925. Burials are in
the Colley Cemetery, Colley, PA. William Wellington Potter was a Civil War
Veteran.
William POTTER Self M Male W 38 PA Farmer PA PA
Cathrine POTTER Wife M Female W 38 PA Keeping House PA PA
Franklin L. POTTER Son S Male W 18 PA Work On Farm PA PA
Emery C. POTTER Son S Male W 17 PA PA PA
Lizzie J. POTTER Dau S Female W 15 PA PA PA
Celinda B. POTTER Dau S Female W 12 PA PA PA
William M. POTTER Son S Male W 5 PA PA PA
William SANTEE Other S Male W 24 PA Laborer PA PA
Census
Place Wilmot, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255105
NA Film Number T9-1105
Page Number 593C
Children
of William Potter and Catherine Smith are:
9
i. Frank
Lewis3 Potter, born November 28, 1861; died July 05,
1937.
Burial: Colley, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
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ii. Emery Charles
Potter, born December 04, 1862 in Muncy, Twp., Sullivan
County, PA He died
February 20, 1935.
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iii. Elizabeth "Lizzie"
Jane Potter, born May 27, 1865 in Sullivan County, PA; died May 07,
1944.
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iv. Belle Celinda
Potter, born February 20, 1868; died February 11, 1909 in 39 years 11 months 21
days.
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v. William (Willie)
Lansing Potter, born May 01, 1875 in PA, his middle name is Lansing according to
the LDS records. Lois Neuber suggests Lawsing based on her records, but Lansing seems morelikely.
5. Winfield (William) Scott2
Potter (William Wilson1) was born October 1844 in Cherry
Township, Sullivan County, PA The Hunsinger book has 1844, and died 1916 in
Colley Township, Sullivan County, PA.
He married Annie Elizabeth Reeser 1874, daughter of Reverend Reeser and
Sarah Martin. She was born January
23, 1850 in Maryland, (May 1855 by census), and died January 13, 1938 in
Peckville, Pennsylvania. The family is buried in Colley Cemetery, Colley,
PA
This
family is not without discrepancies in data. The Hunsinger Genealogy refers to
him as Winfield Potter, being born in 1844. Evelyn Potter Keeney states his name is
William Scott Potter being born 1855. The 1844 date matches census and
headstones. Both state he died 1916 and is buried in the Colley
Cemetery.
Regarding
the census records, this family can be found in the following places:
Listed
in 1880 census of Cherry Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. with wife and children.
Listed
in 1900 census of Lopez, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. with wife 3 children and
the married daughter, Vesta Custer who is widowed. Vesta’s daughter Frances
Custer was living with them too.
Annie’s
birthdate would be in question in regards to the 1900 census but her own
celebrations, which were recorded in the newspapers numerous times, provide the
date I use as well as the date Evelyn Potter Keeney used.
The
Sullivan Review
August
2, 1916
Winfield
Potter died at the home of his son, Ellery, at Hollenback, Thursday July
27.
Mr.
Potter was born at Sugar Hill, Cherry Township, in 1845. He was the son of
Wilson Potter. His grandfather was one of the first settlers in Cherry
Township.
Mr.
Potter was united in marriage with Miss Anne E. Reeser, a daughter of the late
Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Reeser of Colley, about forty years ago.
He
is survived by his wife, one daughter and three sons: Mrs. Vesta Dikeman,
Peckville, Ellery of Hollenback, Milton of Old Forge and Burton of Jenningston,
W.Va., also two sisters and one brother, Celinda of Buffalo, Mrs. Daniel
Prichard of Orange, Cal, and Brookins of Sugar Run.
He
resided for a number of years in Colley and was a member of Dushore Lodge NO.
494 I.O.O. F. since 1875.
The
remains were brought to Colley Saturday for interment. Rev. I. C. Shearer
officiating.
Hollenback School
Hollenback, Bradford County, PA
Class of 1913
There are many references in this history to Hollenback and the Potters who lived
in and near the community. This is a picture of the 1913 class at the old schoolhouse there. It was provided in 2006 by Evelyn Burke Wilson
to the Wyalusing Rocket-Courier; Mrs. Wilson was
101 years old at the time and actually appears in this picture. Many of the children listed here appear by name in this history as well. Those pictured include (front row, left to right) Esther Wandel, Ruth Burke,
Eleanor Burke, Gen Burke, Evelyn Griffis and Marjorie Briggs. Second row: Albert Stoddard, Lida Mace, Edna Wandel, Marjorie Gamble,
Lydia Furman, last two children unidentified. Back row: Howard Vose, David Barnhart,
Luella VanDeMark, Mary Ross, Teacher Hattie Shults,
Genevieve Bahar, Gladys Bahar and Olive Stoddard.
Photo courtesy of Carol Brotzman
Source: Wyalusing Rocket-Courier, August 10, 2006
The
Sullivan Review
August
16, 1916
In
Memory of My Husband Winfield Potter Died July 27
Although
three score and ten years of life, yet the span of life seemed short. As a
citizen and father, he was an example worthy of patronage. Truthful and honest
in his dealings with his fellowmen, often losing financially so as not to
distress those who were under obligations to him. His life was one of purity and
temperance, avoiding popularity.
In
order to be convenient to the doctors, we closed our home two years ago and were
at Old Forge and Peckville. After remaining there about seven weeks, we decided
to come to Hollenback, thinking the country air might be a benefit. Although he
has been ailing for three years and unable to work, he has been patient through
all.
Six
children were born to us. Four who are living were here to care for their
father. We also have sixteen grandchildren of whom he was very fond, but having
a favorite in every family, Kenneth of Peckville, Carl of Old Forge, Lenora of
Jennings Md and baby Dorothy of Hollenback. There is also a baby Winfield of Old
Forge.
Four of his granddaughters, Frances Custer, Marjorie Dikeman of Peckville, Grace Potter of Old Forge and
Hazel Potter of Hollenback carried their grandfather’s flowers at his
funeral.
His
influence over his children commanded obedience, true manhood and
womanhood.
Death
has visited our home three times, baby Edna at Colley, our oldest son Linta at
Lopez aged 18 years, and now a husband and father. The empty crib, the vacant
chair, the sadness and loneliness remind us that it is death.
The
last words are stamped on our minds. My husband said, “Take my hand and keep
hold of it.” As I held his cold hand the thought came to me, is this the Valley of
Death through which all must pass to reach the great beyond? If we only
understand, some day, some time, we will understand. God will take care of us
through every day and o’er all the way.
Annie
E. Potter.
The
Sullivan Review
January
19, 1938
Mrs.
Annie Reeser Potter, daughter of the late Rev. William and Sarah Martin Reeser,
pioneer residents of Sullivan County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
T.G. Dikeman, at Peckville, Pa. Thursday morning January 13th,
1938
Mrs.
Potter was born January 23, 1850, and was a woman of sterling character and
indomitable courage, ever active in any welfare work, which would benefit church
or community.
While
a resident of Peckville, she attended the Baptist church. She was active in the
W.C.T. U. a member of the Ladies Aid Society of the Stewart Methodist church of
Old Forge and a charter member of Colley Grange.
During
her lifetime occurred many major conflicts and tragedies; the Civil War, Spanish
American War, the assassinations of Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. While she
and her brother, the late Hon. M.W. Reeser, lived with the family in Harford
county, Maryland, they as children were greatly impressed by the screams of the
slaves as they were punished, also by the sounds of the heavy artillery while
the Civil War was in progress.
In
1874 she was married to Winfield Scott Potter and the union was blessed with the
following children: Linta and Edna, who died at an early age; Vesta of
Peckville, with whom she lived; Milton of Williamsport; the late Ellery E. of
Hollenback and Burton of Old Forge. Also twenty grandchildren and fifteen great
grandchildren, who are richer because of her life, who lived her life according
to God’s Word.
A
season of prayer was held in Peckville followed by services in the Evangelical
church at Colley on Saturday, at 2:30 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Whitney,
pastor of the Baptist church of Peckville. By request of the deceased, a mixed
quartette from Peckville, sang, “God Will Take Care of You,” and
“Good Night and Good Morning.”
The
Colley Grange were in charge of the service at the grave.
The pallbearers were grandsons, Harold Potter, Ernest Dikeman, Miles Potter, Carl Potter, Burton Potter and Kenneth Dikeman. Flower bearers were members of the W.C.T. U. at the home in Peckville and at Colley. Granddaughters bore the floral tributes.
The
funeral was largely attended by relatives, neighbors and
friends
Annie (Reeser) Potter wrote as follows in 1929:
The
Sullivan Review
August
28, 1929
The following preamble
is the introduction to an extended
History
of the Reeser Ancestors:
John
and Madeline (Betts) Reeser
found at Faces and Families of Old Sullivan County, Group Six.
The
Reeser reunion has been held annually for several years at Picture Rocks, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reeser, came from Berks county to Cherry township, Lycoming
county, now Sullivan county, in 1821, locating on the Loyalsock creek at Ellis,
later known as the Seaman place. He erected the first grist mill in the county,
later he located on the farm known as the Wentzel place where he erected the
second grist mill, about one half mile from Dushore.
Many
people came to Cherry Township when it was a wilderness. The first road built in
Cherry township was the Susquehanna and Tioga Turnpike from Berwick by the way
of Long Pond to the Loyalsock. Later it was extended to the Haverly settlement
at Overton, from thence it went over the Huckleberry Mountain to Greenwood and
Monroeton. Andrew Shiner took the contract of building the road. The contract
price was $1150 per mile with extra pay for bridges. Half of his pay was to be
in land at $2 per acre. The subcontractors took jobs on the road at $8.00 per
mile and were to take half their pay in land at $4.00 per acre. By this means
many of the early settlers secured their land.
Mr.
and Mrs. Reeser were parents of eleven children, who were: Daniel, who married
Catherine Litzelswope; William, who married Sarah Martin, and after her death he
married Mrs. Melvina Taylor; Charles, who married Sarah Hicks; Jeremiah, who
married Caroline Hicks, a sister of Sarah's; Amos who married Rebecca
Dieffenbach; John Jr., who married Elizabeth Rupp, and after her death, Mrs.
Rowe; Benjamin, who died in infancy; Reuben, who married Martha Black; Adam, who
married Mary Siets and after her death he was again married; Elizabeth, who
married Joseph Huffmaster, who was killed in the battle of Chancellorsville, she
then married Elias Smith and later Barney Kast; Susan, who married Valentine
Morter, after his death, Richard Douglas, who was a Civil War
Veteran.
William and Adam Reeser
entered the ministry of the Evangelical church. Amos conducted a hotel at the
Ellis stand and later at Dushore. Reuben, while hunting with Mr. Wilcox,
discovered the first coal at Bernice. The other brothers were tillers of the
soil, making comfortable homes for their families. John Reeser, Sr. died Dec. 9,
1860 at the age of 70 years. His wife died Jan. 8, 1869, aged 75
years.
These
parents and their children have passed to the Great Beyond, but their deeds live
on. Many incidents of parents and grandparents are still in our memory. I heard
my father, William Reeser, relate an incident, which occurred at the table when
they were boys at home. Their mother was serving soup when one of the boys said
it was too thick, another said it was too thin, another it was too salty, and
another that it had too much pepper. Their mother would not tolerate
faultfinding or disobedience. She got the hickory stick and gave them dessert,
saying as she applied it, "I will give you thick and thin and salt and pepper."
They were careful after that not to find fault.
I remember when we lived in
Cherry Township, when I was quite young; I went with my sister Loretta to my
grandparent's home. I disobeyed my mother by asking Grandmother for a piece,
while my sister was in the garden getting vegetables for grandmother. She gave
me a piece of bread with a generous spread of butter and maple sugar. I did not
find fault for it was delicious.
Mrs.
Annie E. Reeser Potter
Children
of Winfield Potter and Annie Reeser are:
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i. Vesta
Louella3 Potter, born October 25, 1876; died October 27,
1960.
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ii. Linton Welles
Potter, born January 18, 1878; died February 06, 1895. Burial: Colley Cemetery,
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
The Sullivan
Review
February 14,
1895
Linton Potter, the
16 years old son of Winfield Potter, of Lopez, died February 6. The funeral was
held Monday, February 11, and the interment was made at Colley cemetery. The
deceased injured himself internally by jumping, in a boyish athletic
contest.
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iii. Ellery Ernest
Potter, born March 15, 1880 in Colley Twp, Sullivan County, PA; died December
24, 1918.
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iv. Louis Milton
Potter, born April 12, 1882; died June 03, 1964.
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v. Burton Clarence
Potter, born January 21, 1885; died January 29, 1947.
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vi. Edna Mildred
Potter, born about 1888; died 1888 in Died in infancy.
Burial: Colley, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
6. Mary Elizabeth2 Potter
(William Wilson1) was born September 29, 1846 in Cherry Township,
Sullivan County, PA, and died April 03, 1917 in El Modena, Orange County,
California. She married Daniel V
Prichard May 05, 1867 in Dushore, Sullivan Co., Pa. by JP L. B. Hunsinger,
son of Hector Prichard and Permelia Grove. He was born February 22, 1840 in
Susquehanna County, PA, and died October 26, 1906 in Villa Park, Orange County,
California.. He was a Veteran of
the Civil War and you can see him in uniform in the Settlers XIX: The Baumgartner Emigration.
The
information on this family comes from Dick Hunsinger and Evelyn
Keeney
Children
of Mary Potter and Daniel Prichard are:
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i. Orin I., or perhaps
L.3 Prichard, born December 02, 1867 in Susquehanna County, PA; died
March 13, 1899 in Orange County, California.
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ii. Burton Prichard,
born June 20, 1870 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died December 30, 1895. He married
Alfreda.
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iii. Clara Jane
Prichard, born July 09, 1872 in Missouri; died February 18, 1942 in Orange
County, California.
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iv. William Christian
Prichard, born August 20, 1874 in DeBruin, Pulaski,
Missouri.
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v. Vesta Cora
Prichard, born November 18, 1876 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died February
16, 1960 in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon.
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vi. James B Prichard,
born February 04, 1878 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died March 18, 1880 in
DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri.
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vii. Alfred C
Prichard, born December 27, 1880 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died January
25, 1881 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri.
27
viii. Henry Prichard,
born November 09, 1882 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died August 29, 1932 in
Irvine, Orange County, California.
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ix. Harrison Prichard,
born November 09, 1882 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died July 1970 in Orange
County, California.
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x. Emily Tressa
Prichard, born August 14, 1884 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died December 25,
1958 in Bakersfield, California in an auto accident.
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xi. Lizzie Belle
Prichard, born October 24, 1886 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri; died May 28,
1912 in Westminster, Orange County, California.
31
xii. Clitie Prichard,
born January 24, 1892 in California; died February 05, 1993 in California (LDS
DTA).
7. Celinda2 Potter
(William Wilson1) was born February 01, 1849 in Colley Township,
Sullivan County, PA, and died February 07, 1933. She married (1) Mr. McGrath before
1870. She married
(2) LeRoy Abbott about 1874.
He was born March 1829 in Kentucky, and died 1907. It is listed by Evelyn
Keeney that she married Mr. McGath first, I find no other proof of this data. Burials
were in the Colley Cemetery, Colley, PA
Children
of Celinda Potter and LeRoy Abbott are:
+ 32
i. Flora
Belle3 Abbott, born June 20, 1870 in Missouri; died July 01,
1937.
+ 33
ii. Lilbern W. Abbott,
born June 20, 1874 in Missouri.
34
iii. Lizzie Abbott, born
October 14, 1876 in PA. She married
(1) Oro Bennett. She married (2)
George Fox.
+ 35
iv. Clara Abbott, born
1879 in Missouri; died April 30, 1947 in Athens, PA.
+ 36
v. George B Abbott, born
January 28, 1880 in PA; died January 1970 in Sayre, PA.
+ 37
vi. Milton D Abbott,
born November 1882.
38
vii. Ethel M Abbott,
born November 1884.
+ 39
viii. Edith M Abbott,
born February 1887.
8. Brookins2 Potter
(William Wilson1) was born June 05, 1858 in Colley, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania, headstone has 1859, and died July 18, 1925. He married Hannah Huffmaster about
1880 in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Frederick Huffmaster and
Sally Thrasher. She was born March
19, 1862 in Dushore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, and died November 07, 1902
in Colley, Pennsylvania, 40 years 7 months, 18 days. Burials were in the Colley
Cemetery, Colley, PA.
From
the Streby History of Cherry Township:
Mrs.
Freeman Fairchild was the first person baptized in the township, the ceremony
being performed in 1821 by Elder Solomon Dimmock of the Baptist faith. She
united with the church at Huntingdon. Rev. Dimmock, who was from Huntingdon,
held services in the house of Ezra Payne once a month; afterward the services
were held at Roswell Phelps’ and Freeman Fairchild’s. In November 1828, Freeman
Fairchild and Mrs. Brookins Potter were baptized and, some time later, Roswell
Phelps and wife, Miss Salome Tompkins, and Mrs. Alden Potter. Previous to these,
there were only two Baptists in the settlement, Brookins Potter and Mrs.
Nicholas Potter from Huntingdon. Visits were made to the settlement by Elders
Joel Rogers, Elias Dodson and Griffith Lewis. After Elders Rogers, Dodson and
Samuel Chapin preached here alternately every four weeks. When the Cherry church
was started, only two members of the Huntingdon church remained, Hannah
Fairchild and Rachael Rogers, all the others having died or moved away. On
examination of the records kept by D.H. Goodwin, recording secretary of the
school committee for Cherry Hill and vicinity, it is found that on Thursday
evening, January 12, 1832, a meeting of the citizens was called at the house of
Freeman Fairchild to discuss the building of a schoolhouse. Jacob Dieffenbach
was elected president and Roswell Phelps, clerk. It was voted that a schoolhouse
be built upon the land donated by Roswell Phelps for that purpose. It comprised
16 square rods of land and laid between the present site of Bahr’s cemetery and
the Turnpike. Freeman Fairchild, John G. Bartch and William Colley were
appointed a committee to build the schoolhouse, which was to be of plank, one
story high, 26x22 feet with a chimney and fireplace in one end. It was also
voted that the schoolhouse should be considered free to all denominations that
wished to hold religious services there. Thirty-nine of the pioneers subscribed
toward building this schoolhouse, some in money, some by work and some with
material. At a meeting held in August 1832, Rosewell Phelps was elected
chairman, David H. Goodwin, secretary and Roswell Phelps, David H. Goodwin and
Henry W. Cooper, the school committee for the ensuing year. At a meeting held
April 3, 1841, it was "Resolved, that the right of pre-eminence to occupy the
house shall stand as follows: 1st, the common day school; 2nd, preaching and
prayer meeting; 3rd, Sunday school; 4th, singing school; 5th, debating school."
The first school in the settlement was taught by Salome Tompkins for $1 per week
and board, the second by Roswell Phelps of Symsbury, Connecticut, and the third
by Alma Potter of Huntingdon, PA.
Ernie Hatton records the
following data regarding the disputed birth date of Brookins Potter:
He was born June 5, 1858
according to the census of 1860 and is listed as Burkens Potter. I do have a
date of June 18th.also, which is probably a baptismal date. They used to try to
baptize the children pretty quickly back then, especially in good
weather.
Brookins
was the correct surname at the time of the union between the Potter and Brookins
family. The name may have been Brookings at some time, sounds reasonable, but
there is no trace to the name change. See my records.
This
was a very hard family to trace and until I did it there was no record leading
to the present family any further back then Huntington Twp.,
PA.
The only record of the marriage had to
come from me because there is no other record that I know of...I had someone
research it for me in Vermont and there is only a slight mention of the marriage
there.
It
isn't that uncommon for a family to get the wrong date, especially if they only
give a year. I bet someone entered the dates I have as 1858 and family tree put
1858/59?
Anyway,
my source is the census of 1860.
There were other Brookins
Potters as well, not just this one.
Regarding
Hannah Huffmaster and Brookins Potter:
The
Bradford Star
November 13,1902
Mrs.
Brookins Potter died at her home in Moxie November 7, of cancer of the stomach,
aged about 40 years. Her husband,
two sons and two daughters survive her.
Funeral
services were held Monday, Interment in Colley cemetery.
Children
of Brookins Potter and Hannah Huffmaster are:
+ 40
i. Leah May3
Potter, born August 12, 1881; died August 19, 1952.
+ 41
ii. Tressa Potter, born
April 02, 1885; died April 25, 1976 in Endicott, New York, age 91
years.
+ 42
iii. Howard W Potter,
born March 01, 1890; died May 1965.
+ 43
iv. Clinton Potter,
born October 25, 1892; died October 05, 1959.
Generation No.
3
10. Emery Charles3 Potter
(William Wellington2, William Wilson1) was born December
04, 1862 in Muncy, Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., PA, and died February 20,
1935. He married Eliza Jane
Gamble February 28, 1889 in Terrytown, PA, daughter of Joseph Gamble and
Maudana. She was born February 07,
1861 in Sugar Hill, Wilmot, Pennsylvania, and died June 22, 1948 in Sugar Hill,
Wilmot, PA. The burials were in Quick’s Bend Cemetery, Bradford County,
PA
Source
Information: 1880 census Wilmot, PA
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Joseph M. GAMBLE Self M Male W 57 PA Farmer PA PA
Maudana GAMBLE Wife M Female W 56 PA Keeping House PA PA
Mary A. GAMBLE Dau S Female W 22 PA At Home PA PA
Eliza J. GAMBLE Dau S Female W 19 PA At Home PA PA
Joseph S. GAMBLE Son S Male W 14 PA At Home PA PA
Census Place Wilmot, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255105
NA Film Number T9-1105
Page Number 597C
Children
of Emery Potter and Eliza Gamble are:
44
i. Claire
Anabel4 Potter, born June 05, 1892 in Sugar Hill, Pennsylvania; died
May 12, 1967. She married Ernest
Thomas Hunsinger October 31, 1927; born May 09, 1886; however, May 18, 1887 is the birth date
Richard Hunsinger has; Enest died January 1970 in Bradford Manor, Burlington,
Bradford Co., PA
Burial: Quicks Bend Cemetery,
Sugar Run, PA
They had no
children
Social Security data was used
for Ernest Thomas Hunsinger's dates
Ernest HUNSINGER
Birth Date: 9 May 1886
Death Date: Jan 1970
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18846
Localities: Sugar Run, Bradford, Pennsylvania
+ 45
ii. Lewis Lynn Potter,
born June 02, 1897; died September 25, 1947.
+ 46
iii. Genevieve Mandana
Potter, born January 11, 1899; died January 01, 1968.
+ 47
iv. Belle Kathryn
Potter, born February 12, 1909 in Sugar Hill, Wilmot, PA; died September 12,
1989 in the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Towanda Memorial Hospital, Towanda,
PA.
11. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane3
Potter (William Wellington2, William Wilson1) was born
May 27, 1865 in Sullivan County, PA, and died May 07, 1944. She married (1) Seymour G. Bowman
February 20, 1885, son of John Bowman and Maria. He was born 1848 in PA, and died
1921. She married (2) John
Martin after 1895.
1850
Census for Seymour G. Bowman records the following:
Seymour
Bowman
Age: 1
Estimated
birth year: abt 1849
Birth
place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Home
in 1850
(City,County,State): Asylum, Bradford,
Pennsylvania
Page: 305
Roll: M432_757
He
is listed in 1910 census of Barton Twp., Tioga Co., N. Y. with wife and 3
children
Children
of Elizabeth Potter and Seymour Bowman are:
+ 48
i. Margaret "Maggie"
Delle4 Bowman, born June 04, 1886 in PA.
+ 49
ii. Horton Bernie
Bowman, born December 03, 1888.
+ 50
iii. Beatrice Bowman,
born May 25, 1895; died 1958.
51
iv. Albert Bowman, born
May 25, 1895; died May 03, 1965. He
married Ferne Brady August 21, 1921.
12. Belle Celinda3 Potter
(William Wellington2, William Wilson1) was born February
20, 1868, and died February 11, 1909 at the age of 39 years, 11 months, and 21 days. She married Reed G Frutchney*.
December 13, 1901, son of William H. Frutchney. He was born 1866.
Editor's Note: This name is variously spelled "Frutchney" and "Frutchey". We shall use the former version, which is how it is written on the tombstone.
Her
headstone records wife of R G Frutchney, another headstone in the Wyalusing
Cemetery records Buckley W Frutchney son of R G and Belle C Frutchney. I cannot find a headstone for this man
anywhere else.
Streby's
History of Sullivan County, PA
REED
G. FRUTCHNEY
Was
born in Wilmot Township in 1866. He is a son of William H. Frutchney who was born
in Monroe Co., Pa., and came to Wilmot Township about seventy years ago, being
one of the early settlers of that township. Mr. Frutchney came to Lopez in 1902
where he is the proprietor of a restaurant and eating-house. In 1891 he married
Belle Potter, who was born in Colley Township in 1867, a daughter of William
Potter and a granddaughter of Wilson Potter, who lumbered in Colley in 1864
Child of Belle Potter and Reed Frutchney is:
52
i. Buckley
William4 Frutchney, born December 10, 1906; died May 26,
1908.
Burial: Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing Twp., Bradford Co.,
PA
13. William (Willie) Lansing3
Potter (William Wellington2, William Wilson1) was born
May 01, 1875 in PA, and died in 1953. His middle name is Lansing according to the LDS
records. He married Elizabeth Ely August 15, 1893, daughter of Danielson Ely and Mary Grant. She was born August 1875 in PA (source
1900 census Wilmot, PA), and died in 1941. Both William and Elizabeth are buried in the Lacey Street Cemetery, Laceyville, PA, in the same plot with their son, Glenn U. Potter. This
family is very elusive, nothing more can be found on this family. If you have other data pertaining to this family please
share.
Children
of William Potter and Elizabeth Ely are:
+ 53
i. Ethel4
Potter, born March 04, 1894; died December 06, 1979.
+ 54
ii. Helen Potter, born
June 16, 1895; died April 1981.
+ 55
iii. Mary Potter, born
July 25, 1897 in PA Or January 26, 1897, July 1898 by
census.
56
iv. Glenn U. Potter, born
August 24, 1899; died July 14, 1918.
Here is an Ancestry Chart for Glenn U. Potter, courtesy of Carol Brotzman.
14. Vesta Louella3 Potter
(Winfield (William) Scott2, William Wilson1) was born
October 25, 1876, and died October 27, 1960. She married (1) George Custer
September 19, 1894. He died before
1900. She married (2) Theodore
Dikeman about 1903. He was born
March 30, 1878.
Child
of Vesta Potter and George Custer is:
+ 57
i. Frances
Willard4 Custer, born December 28, 1897; died April 12, 1984 in the
Methodist home in Binghamton, New York.
Children
of Vesta Potter and Theodore Dikeman are:
+ 58
i. Ernest4
Dikeman, born August 09, 1904 in Peckville, Pennsylvania; died November 26,
1976.
+ 59
ii. Marjorie B Dikeman,
born August 14, 1906 in Peckville, Pennsylvania; died October 13, 1993 in
PA.
+ 60
iii. Kenneth Dewight
Dikeman, born September 12, 1908 in Peckville, Pennsylvania; died May 16,
1995.
+ 61
iv. Emma Dikeman, born
June 20, 1913; died May 1979.
16. Ellery Ernest3 Potter
(Winfield (William) Scott2, William Wilson1) was born
March 15, 1880 in Colley Twp, Sullivan County, PA, and died December 24,
1918. He married Rosanna Sevilla
Schock April 06, 1906, they parted ways, she was the daughter of John Schoch
and Rozena Eberlin. She was born
August 23, 1884, and died December 11, 1978 in Wyalusing, PA at the home of her
daughter Evelyn Keeney. Ellery was buried in Colley Cemetery, Colley, PA and his
wife in the Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing, PA
The
Sullivan Review
January
18, 1919
Ellery
Potter, son of the late Winfield Potter, died at his home in Hollenback early
Tuesday morning, December 24, after a week's illness of influenza which
developed into pneumonia during the last days of his
sickness.
Mr.
Potter was 38 years of age and was a respected citizen of his home community. He
leaves a wife and eight small children to mourn his death.
Funeral
services were held at the home on Friday afternoon and interment made in the
cemetery at Colley, PA
The
Sullivan Review
December
15, 1977
Rose
S. Jackson, 93, of Wyalusing, formerly of the Sugar Hill area, died Dec. 11,
1977, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Keeney.
She
was born Aug. 23, 1884, a daughter of John and Sevilla Eberlin Schoch. She and
her husband operated a dairy farm on Sugar Hill for many
years.
She
was a very active member of the Hollenback United Methodist Church and was a
charter member of the Hollenback United Methodist Women.
Her survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Pierson (Hazel)
Plows of Duryea, PA, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Sick of Lovelton, Mrs. Ethlyn
VanDeMark of Sugar Run, Mrs. Harry (Evelyn) Keeney of Wyalusing, and Mrs. Reese
(Ruth) Conner of Dushore; four sons, Harold Potter of Old Forge, PA., Kenneth
Potter of Vestal, NY, Donald Potter of Sugar Run, and Ford Potter of Sugar Run;
26 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held Dec. 14 from the Kenneth D. Kerr Funeral Home Wyalusing Rev.
Robert Sheehan officiated. Burial was in the Wyalusing
Cemetery
Rose
married second to Edgar Briant Jackson son of William and Gertrude Stoddard
Jackson. They had one child Ruth Millicent Jackson born in 1923. She married Reese Connor. She is buried in the Wyalusing Cemetery
Wyalusing, PA
Listed
as Rose Potter in 1920 census of Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. as widow with 8
children.
Children
of Ellery Potter and Rosanna Schock are:
62
i. Harold
Ernest4 Potter, born May 05, 1907 in Berwick, PA; died September 19,
1978. He married Gertrude Pillinger
in Old Forge, PA; born July 04, 1905; died February 02,
1987.
Harold POTTER
Birth Date: 5 May 1907
Death Date: Sep 1978
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18517
Localities: Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Taylor, Lackawanna,
Pennsylvania
His burial place is not known
but he served in the Armed Forces according to Evelyn Keeney's
notes
+ 63
ii. Hazel Irene Potter,
born June 24, 1909 in Berwick, PA.
+ 64
iii. Kenneth Reeser
Potter, born April 20, 1911 in Colley, PA; died November 24,
1978.
+ 65
iv. Donald Irvin
Potter, born May 17, 1912 in Colley, PA; died November 23,
1990.
+ 66
v. Ford Woodrow Potter,
born June 23, 1913 in Was born at Colley, PA on the Reeser farm, later known as
Spruce Lodge; died July 19, 1984 in the Towanda Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA,
age 71 years.
+ 67
vi. Dorothy Eleanor
Potter, born November 26, 1915; died September 14, 2003 in Tyler Memorial
Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA.
+ 68
vii. Ethelyn Virgilia
Potter, born July 04, 1917 in Hollenback, Bradford County, PA; died September
01, 1982.
+ 69
viii. Evelyn Virginia
Potter, born July 04, 1917 in Hollenback, Bradford County, PA; died September
30, 2004 in the Towanda Memorial Hospital Skilled Nurisng Unit, Towanda,
PA.
17. Louis
Milton3 Potter
(Winfield (William) Scott2, William Wilson1) was born
April 12, 1882, and died June 03, 1964.
He married (1) Ruth Buttles December 28, 1904. She was born December 28, 1884, and died
November 12, 1931. He married
(2) Cora A Pealer December 24, 1936. She was born May 15, 1881, and died June
22, 1964.
Burials: New Era Cemetery, New Era, Bradford County,
PA
The
Sullivan Review
June
12, 1964
Louis
Milton Potter, 82, of 367 Lincoln Avenue, Williamsport died at 10:10 a.m.
Wednesday, June 3, 1964, in the Williamsport Hospital.
A
native of Colley, Sullivan County, he was born April 12, 1882, the son of
Winfield and Anna E. Reeser Potter.
He
was an automobile dealer in Old Forge from 1913 to 1936. During World War 2, he
was employed at Avco. Later he worked at Bethlehem Steel, retiring in
1956.
His
first wife, the former Ruth Buttles, died in 1931. His second wife, the former
Cora Pealer Myers, survives.
Mr.
Potter was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church and served
on the Boy Scout board.
Surviving,
besides his wife, are four sons, Miles B. of Bryn Mawr, Carl R. of Washington,
Winfield of Burlington, Iowa; two daughters, Mrs. R. Beryle Kohler, State
College, and Mrs. Grace Peck, Arlington, Va.; a sister Mrs. Vesta Dikeman,
Peckville; nine grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Maneval’s, 711 West Fourth Street,
Williamsport, with further services in the church at New Era, Bradford County.
The Rev. William H. Kelly, his pastor, officiated. Burial was in the New Era
Cemetery
The
Sullivan Review
November
18, 1931
Mrs.
Ruth Buttles Potter, a former resident of Lopez, died November 12th at her home
on Main street, Old Forge, at the age of 45 years.
She
is survived by her husband L.M. Potter and the following children: Mrs. Grace
Peck of Bloomsburg; Carl, Winifred, Myrle and Milton, Jr. at home. Twin
grandchildren, Alice and Ruth Peck, three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Dunham of
Wyalusing; Mrs. Bertha Bennett of Towanda; Mrs. Grace A Owens of Wyalusing and
One brother Matthew Buttles of Benton.
Funeral
service was conducted by Rev. Freeman of Old Forge, assisted by Rev. Melone of
New Era, Sunday at three o’clock. Mrs. Jacob Warring of Plymouth sang "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought," assisted by Mrs. Gertrude Pillinger of Old Forge.
Flowers were carried by the following nieces; Miss Hazel Potter of Duryea; Miss
Emma Kikman, Mrs. Marjorie Evens of Peckville; Miss Ethlyn Potter of Sugar Run;
Miss Agnes Huffman of Wyalusing and Mrs. Octavia Dikeman of Blakely. The pall
bearers were: Lee Owens of Wyalusing; Horace Dunham of Athens; Myron Dunham of
New Albany Kenneth Dikeman of Blakely; Ernest Dikeman of Peckville and Kenneth
Potter of Sugar Run.
Interment
was in the New Era cemetery
The
Sullivan Review
January
1937
The
marriage of Mrs. Cora Pealer Myers of 317 Grampion Boulevard, Williamsport, and
L. Milton Potter of Scranton, was solemnized Christmas eve at the First
Evangelical church, in Williamsport. The ring ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Dr. J. W. Thompson, pastor of the church. There were no attendants. Mr. and Mrs.
Potter will reside at 317 Grampion Boulevard,
Williamsport.
The
Sullivan Review
June
26, 1964
Mrs.
Cora Elizabeth Potter, 83, of 367 Lincoln Ave. Williamsport passed away at 6
a.m. Monday, June 22, at the Williamsport Hospital. She was the widow of Louis
Milton Potter who passed away on June 3 of this year.
Mrs.
Potter was born in Dushore on May 15, 1881, the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth
Lawrence Pealer. She was a member of the First Evangelical united Brethren
Church in Williamsport and a Sunday school teacher for 30 years. She was the
head of the Little Heralds organization within the church for 20 years; in
charge of the Sunday School Home Department for 10 years; and a member of the
Women’s Society of World Service. Mrs. Potter was also a registered nurse,
having been graduated from the Williamsport Hospital school of Nursing in
1919.
She
is survived by four stepsons, Miles B. Potter of Bryn Mawr, Pa., Carl R. Potter
of Washington, D.C., Winfield R. Potter of Clark’s Green, Pa. and L.N. Potter
JR. of Burlington, Iowa; two stepdaughters, Mrs. R. Beryl Kohler of Sate College
and Mrs. Grace Peck of Arlington, Va. a brother, Meron L. Pealer of Canton; 10
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held at he Maneval Funeral Home, 711 West 4th St. Williamsport,
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. William H. Kelley officiating.
Burial will be in Wildwood cemetery, Williamsport.
Children of Louis Potter and Ruth Buttles are:
+ 70
i. Grace
Dyer4 Potter, born October 09, 1905; died March 19,
1990.
+ 71
ii. Miles Buttles
Potter, born June 05, 1909; died October 05, 1984.
72
iii. Carl Potter, born
November 08, 1910.
+ 73
iv. Winfield Potter,
born March 07, 1916.
74
v. Beryl Potter, born
December 23, 1920. She married
Maynard Kehler June 01, 1949.
+ 75
vi. Lewis Milton
(Johnny) Potter, born September 12, 1923.
18. Burton Clarence3
Potter (Winfield (William) Scott2, William Wilson1)
was born January 21, 1885, and died January 29, 1947. He married Nettie Brown. She was born April 07, 1887, and died
January 26, 1955.
The
Sullivan Review
February
6, 1947
Burton
C. Potter died Wednesday, January 29th at his home at Old Forge. Mr. Potter was
a son of the late Winifield and Anna E. Potter, and was born at Colley, where he
sent his early life.
He
is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Warren Smiley, a son Burton Potter, a
sister, Mrs. Theodore Dikeman of Peckville, a Brother L.M. Potter of
Williamsport, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held Saturday, February 1st from his late home at Old Forge.
Interment in the family plot in Colley cemetery.
The
Sullivan Review
February
3, 1955
Mrs.
Burton Potter, widow of Burton Potter formerly of Colley, died at her home in
Old Forge Wednesday, Jan. 26. She is survived by two children, Burton , Jr. and
Mrs. Warren Smiley, who live near there.
Funeral
services were held in the Colley Church Saturday afternoon, with burial in
Colley Cemetery.
Children
of Burton Potter and Nettie Brown are:
+ 76
i. Lenore
Dorcas4 Potter, born June 13, 1913; died May 06,
1993.
+ 77
ii. Burton Clarence
Potter, born April 02, 1917.
20. Orin I. or perhaps L.3 Prichard
(Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born
December 02, 1867 in Susquehanna County, PA, and died March 13, 1899 in Orange
County, California. He married
Mary "Mollie" Purdy July 03, 1895 in PA. She was born about 1871 in
PA.
They
resided on a ranch in Oregon.
Children
of Orin Prichard and Mary Purdy are:
+ 78
i. Bertha4
Prichard, born January 08, 1896 in PA; died March 08, 1968 in
Oregon.
79
ii. Virgil Prichard,
born January 19, 1898.
22. Clara Jane3 Prichard
(Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born July
09, 1872 in Missouri, and died February 18, 1942 in Orange County,
California. She married Alva O.
Hodson December 31, 1896 in Santa Ana, California, son of Isaac Hodson and
Sarah Jane. He was born 1871 in
Kansas.
Children
of Clara Prichard and Alva Hodson are:
+ 80
i. Burton
Feeson4 Hodson, born June 20, 1897 in Santa Ana, Orange Co.,
California; died August 1963 in Orange County, California.
81
ii. Arhur R Hodson,
born August 02, 1899 in California; died March 09, 1991 in California. He married Neva Byrd 1926; born March
21, 1907; died March 16, 1992 in California.
Arthur HODSON
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1899
Death Date: 9 Mar 1991
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: California
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92395
Localities:
Neva HODSON
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1907
Death Date: 16 Mar 1992
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: California
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92595
Localities: Wildomar, Riverside, California
82
iii. LeRoy L Hodson,
born September 15, 1905 in California; died May 1977 in
California.
Leroy HODSON
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1905
Death Date: May 1977
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: California
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 93612
Localities: Clovis, Fresno, California
23. William
Christian3 Prichard
(Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born August
20, 1874 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri.
He married Lennie Helms January 21, 1901.
24.
Children
of William Prichard and Lennie Helms are:
83
i. Donald4
Prichard, born March 16, 1910.
+ 84
ii. Marjorie Prichard,
born March 28, 1912.
24. Vesta Cora3 Prichard
(Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born
November 18, 1876 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri, and died February 16, 1960 in
Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon. She
married Franklin Sackman December 06, 1899, son of John Sackman and
Bertha Bower. He was born July 26,
1879 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California, and died January 08, 1954 in Santa
Ana, Orange Co., California.
Burials
were in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California
Children
of Vesta Prichard and Franklin Sackman are:
+ 85
i. Hazel4
Sackman, born July 20, 1900; died September 06, 1980 in Grants Pass, Josephine,
Oregon.
+ 86
ii. Richard Sackman,
born December 06, 1901 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California; died October 1979
in Downey, Los Angeles, California.
+ 87
iii. LaVerne Maybelle
Sackman, born April 21, 1904 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California; died May
09, 1985 in Westminster, Orange County, California.
+ 88
iv. Leslie Frank
Sackman, born August 21, 1906 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California; died
December 09, 1950 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California.
89
v. Sadie Sackman, born
May 10, 1909 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California; died January 24, 1950 in
Santa Ana, Orange Co., California.
She married Ferdinand Nelson in Yuma, Arizona; born February 01, 1904 in
South Dakota; died January 10, 1980 in Fullerton, Orange, California (LDS
DATA).
28. Harrison3 Prichard
(Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born
November 09, 1882 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri, and died July 1970 in Orange
County, California. He married
Iva Velma Young February 01, 1902.
She was born December 07, 1883 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, and died
February 24, 1976 in Orange County, California.
Burials
were in the Fairhaven Memorial Park,
Harrison served in the California National Guard
Children
of Harrison Prichard and Iva Young are:
90
i. Gertrude4
Prichard, born April 25, 1906 in California; died November 1992. She married (1) Joe Prevast 1929. She married (2) Robert Andrew after
1930.
Gertrude ANDREW
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1906
Death Date: Nov 1992
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: California
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92806
Localities: Anaheim, Orange, California
Sunkist, Orange, California
91
ii. Grace Prichard,
born July 02, 1911. She married
Glenn Bast August 04, 1933; born March 29, 1908 in Ventura, California; died
April 1984 in
California.
Glenn BAST
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1908
Death Date: Apr 1984
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: California
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92315
Localities: Big Bear, San Bernardino, California
Big Bear Lake, San
Bernardino, California
29. Emily Tressa3
Prichard (Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1)
was born August 14, 1884 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri, and died December 25,
1958 in Bakersfield, California in an auto accident. She married (1) Peter Bast June
17, 1907 in Los Angeles, California.
He was born April 24, 1880 in Landkern, Germany. She married (2) Mr. Shawglen She
married (3) Jesse Stoddard after 1920
Children
of Emily Prichard and Peter Bast are:
92
i. Glenn4
Bast, born March 29, 1908 in Ventura, California; died April 1984 in
California. He married Grace
Prichard August 04, 1933; born July 02, 1911.
+
93
ii. Jessie Ethel Bast,
born October 04, 1909 in Hueneme, California; died October 13, 1991 in Madera,
California.
94
iii. Florence Emma
Bast, born November 28, 1911 in Los Angeles, California; died December 10,
2000. She married (1) William
Thornton Woodbridge; born 1901 in Armona, Kings, California. She married (2) Joe Earl Bearden; born
1903 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma.
She married (3) Edward Thomas Crossen.
95
iv. Lawrence Peter
Bast, born November 28, 1911 in Los Angeles, California; died July 08, 1912 in
Los Angeles, California.
96
v. Claude Bast, born
April 28, 1913 in California; died June 25, 1913 in
California.
97
vi. Donald Dennis
Bast.
30. Lizzie Belle3
Prichard (Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, William Wilson1)
was born October 24, 1886 in DeBruin, Pulaski, Missouri, and died May 28, 1912
in Westminster, Orange County, California.
She married Warren Edwin Kiefhaber August 08, 1906. He was born July 16, 1886 in DeBruin,
Pulaski, Missouri.
Children
of Lizzie Prichard and Warren Kiefhaber are:
+ 98
i. Addia
Mae4 Kiefhaber, born May 12, 1907; died March 13, 2001 in Sanger,
Fresno, California.
99
ii. Frances M
Kiefhaber, born September 29, 1908.
She married James Harley Lewis; born August 22, 1944 in Fresno,
California.
100
iii. Charles Edwin
Kiefhaber, born July 16, 1910; died February 06, 1985 in Fresno,
California. He married Miss
Tucker.
32. Flora Belle3 Abbott
(Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born June 20, 1870
in Missouri, and died July 01, 1937.
She married George Henry Glosenger 1895, son of Charles Glosenger
and Ida Shook. He was born April
05, 1872 in Bradford County, PA, and died November 27, 1926. Burials were in the Tioga Point
Cemetery, Athens, PA
A
Glosenger genealogy can be found at the following URL
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=rmbentl&id=I2780
Children
of Flora Abbott and George Glosenger are:
+ 101 i.
Andrew George4 Glosenger, born November 02, 1894 in Colley,
PA; died May 28, 1979 in the Robert Packer Hosiptial, Sayre,
PA.
102
ii. Edna Cordelia
Glosenger, born March 01, 1896 in Bradford County, PA; died December 27,
1912.
Burial: the Tioga Point
Cemetery, Athens, PA
+ 103
iii. Eva Joy Glosenger,
born January 09, 1898 in Bradford County, PA; died November 16, 1989 in New
Milford, Susquehanna County, PA.
33. Lilbern W.3 Abbott
(Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born June 20, 1874
in Missouri. He married Lavina
E. Hunsinger 1902, daughter of Amos Hunsinger and Elizabeth. She was born April 20, 1866 in Pine
Twp., Lycoming Co., PA, and died October 15, 1950.
Listed
as Lilbern Abbott in 1910 census of Tunkhannock Twp., Wyoming Co., Pa. with wife
and three children. Three stepbrothers also living with him.
Lovinia
is listed with the following under census:
Listed
in 1880 census of Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. living with
parents.
Listed
in 1900 census of Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. with husband,
Freeman.
Listed
in 1910 census of Tunkhannock Twp., Wyoming Co., Pa. with 2nd husband and 6
children.
Census
indicates she was mother of 11 children with 10 living. This would be from both
marriages. She was first married
about 1885 to Freeman Mosier who died about 1918. The had 8 children
together.
Children
of Lilbern Abbott and Lavina Hunsinger are:
104
i. Ellis4
Abbott, born about 1903.
+ 105
ii. Melvin Llewellyn
Abbott, born December 31, 1905 in Tunkhannock, PA.
+ 106
iii. Ethel Lavina
Abbott, born November 19, 1902; died September 29, 1965.
35. Clara3 Abbott
(Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born 1879 in
Missouri, and died April 30, 1947 in Athens, PA. She married Edward Edwin
Zacharias, son of Joshua Zacharias and Mary Woodling. He was born November 09, 1874 in PA, and
died August 22, 1963 in Waverly, New York. Burials were in the Tioga Point
Cemetery, Athens, PA
Edward and Clara (Abbott) Zacharias
Contributed by Tara Drake
The
Tioga Point Cemetery records:
Zacharias,
Edward Nov. 9, 1874 Penna. - Aug. 22, 1963 Waverly, N.Y. Son of Joshua and Alice
Woodling Zacharias. * Wife; Clara 1879 - 1947 Tioga Point
Cemetery
Children
of Clara Abbott and Edward Zacharias are:
107
i. Ward4
Zacharias, born August 05, 1900 in Ricketts, PA; died October 18, 1984. He married (1) Iva Kendall December 31,
1928; born May 29, 1897; died October 31, 1972. He married (2) Roberta Pierce September
18, 1980. Burial: the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, PA
Tioga Point Cemetery records
record the following
Zacharias, Ward L. Aug. 5,
1900 Ricketts, Pa. - Oct. 18, 1984 Son of Edward and Clara Abbott Zacharias. *
U.S. Navy 1919- 22 Wives # 1 Iva d. Oct. 31, 1972 “ wife and helpmate of Ward L.
“ # 2 Roberta Pierce married Sept. 18, 1980
Iva ZACHARIAS
Birth Date: 29 May 1897
Death Date: Oct 1972
State or Territory Where Number Was
Issued: New
York
Death Residence Localities Localities: Waverly, Tioga, New York
Ethel Mae Zacharias
Daughter of Edward and Clara (Abbott) Zacharias
Contributed by Tara Drake
+ 108
ii. Ethel Mae
Zacharias, born February 24, 1902 in New York; died June 29, 1982 in Sayre,
PA.
+ 109
iii. Donald Zacharias,
born May 03, 1906 in PA; died December 1968.
36. George B3 Abbott
(Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born January 28,
1880 in PA, and died January 1970 in Sayre, PA. He married Anna Mosier 1904. She was born between 1884 - 1887 in
PA.
George
Abbott appears on census
Age
in 1910: 28
Estimated
birth year: 1881
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home
in 1910: 1-WD SAYRE
BORO, BRADFORD, Pennsylvania
year: 1910
George
B Abbott
Age: 39 years
Estimated
birth year: 1880
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Home
in 1920: Athens,
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Roll: T625_1541
Page: 10A
ED: 10
Image: 0169
Children
of George Abbott and Anna Mosier are:
+ 110
i. Georgia4
Abbott, born April 22, 1906 in PA, age 3 in 1910 Sayre, PA census; died June 04,
2002.
111
ii. Ruby Abbott, born
1915.
37. Milton D3 Abbott
(Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born November
1882. He married Anna
Mengal. She was born about 1890
in PA.
Listed
in 1910 census of Colley Twp., Sullivan Co., Pa. with wife
Children
of Milton Abbott and Anna Mengal are:
+ 112
i. Erma
Belle4 Abbott, born 1910.
+ 113
ii. Gilbert Abbott, born
1913.
114
iii. Milton Abbott, born
1917; died 1932.
115 iv. Alzadia Abbott, born 1918; died
October 21, 1937. She married
Leslie Pierce.
116
v. Glenn Abbott, born
1920.
39. Edith M3 Abbott
(Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born February
1887. She married Lemuel
Shaffer.
Evelyn
Keeney records his name as Lemuel Shaffer, other record it Samuel Shaffer.
Children
of Edith Abbott and Lemuel Shaffer are:
117
i. Valtray
Milton4 Shaffer, born October 30, 1904.
118
ii. Ethel Mae Shaffer,
born August 24, 1907.
119
iii. Alma Pearl
Shaffer, born January 19, 1908. She
married James F. Denardo.
120 iv. Marjorie Belle Shaffer, born July
26, 1910. She married John Charles
Richards.
121
v. Andrew Lee Shaffer,
born April 14, 1912.
122 vi. Frank Abbott Shaffer, born October
13, 1914.
40. Leah May3 Potter
(Brookins2, William Wilson1) was born August 12, 1881, and
died August 19, 1952. She married
Elmer George Arey. He was
born November 14, 1879, and died October 1978.
Elmer G. AREY
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1879
Death Date: Oct 1978
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: New York
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18853
Localities: Wyalusing, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Death Benefit
Localities
Zip Code: 18853
Localities: Wyalusing,
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Children
of Leah Potter and Elmer Arey are:
+ 123
i. Hazel4
Arey, born January 17, 1903.
+ 124
ii. Gertrude Arey, born
January 19, 1905 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, PA; died October 25, 2002
in her home at Wyalusing, PA.
+ 125
iii. Lydia Alice Arey,
born July 17, 1906 in Wilmot Twp., Bradford County, PA; died September 11, 2004
in Orlando, Florida.
126 iv. Ralph Edmund Arey, born June 10,
1908 in PA; died October 17, 1933 in Mehoopany, PA. He married Helen Stevens Cobb before 1933;
born February 23, 1911 in PA.
Burial: the Wyalusing
Cemetery, Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
Helen married second to
Thomas Letteer and had two children, Thelma and Sharon
Letteer
127
v. Gladys Ethel (Peg)
Arey, born January 06, 1910; died April 10, 2007 [see obituary below]. She
married Niles Storr; born March 16, 1907; died May 1975.
Gladys (Arey) Storrs
1910-2007
Obituary Photo
Contributed by Carol Brotzman
Source: Rocket Courier, Wyalusing, PA, April 12, 2007
Wyalusing, PA
April 12, 2007
Gladys (Arey) Storrs, 97, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, April 10, 2007, at the Skilled Nursing Unit in Towanda, PA.
She was born on Jan. 26, 1910, in Wilmot Township, Wyalusing, a daughter of the late Elmer G. and Lela Potter Arey.
Gladys graduated with the Class of 1929 at Wyalusing High School. On June 27, 1936, Gladys married Niles G. Storrs. Her husband preceded her in death on May 12, 1975.
She lived in Pine City, NY, and worked in Elmira for many years. Prior to her retirement in 1975, she was employed as a secretary at Moore Business Forms, retiring on her 71st birthday after giving 24-1/2 years of service.
A member of the Wellsburg United Methodist Church, she was also a member of the United Methodist Women. In addition, she was also a member of the Moore Business Forms Retirees. She enjoyed doing handcrafts and the time she spent gardening flowers.
Survivors include her sister, Margaret Arey of Wyalusing; a sister-in-law, Genevieve Arey of Towanda and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters: Gertrude Kunkle, Lydia Vose and Mildred Arey and two brothers, Glenn Arey and Ralph Arey. Friends and family are invited to call on Friday, April 13 at 1 p.m. until the time of funeral service at the Wyalusing United Methodist Church. Funeral and committal services will be held on Friday at 2 p.m. in the Wyalusing United Methodist Church with Rev. Diane Prentice, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Wyalusing Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wellsburg United Methodist Church, Front Street, Wellsburg, NY 14894 or the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, PO 155, Wyalusing, PA 18853, in memory of Mrs. Gladys Storrs. Arrangements were entrusted to McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church Street, Wyalusing.
Niles STORRS Birth Date: 16
Mar 1907
Death Date: May 1975 State or
Territory Where Number Was Issued:
Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 14894 Localities: Wellsburg, Chemung, New York
+ 128 vi. Glenn William Arey, born October
02, 1915; died April 10, 1985.
129 vii. Margarete Eva Arey, born July 30,
1917;died January 4, 2008.
Towanda, PA
January 8, 2008
Margaret E. Arey, age 90, of Wyalusing, passed away late Sunday evening (January 4, 2008) at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa. She was born on July 30, 1917, in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pa., a daughter of the late Elmer G. and Lela Potter Arey. Margaret was a member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church. Her other memberships include the United Methodist Women, and Wyalusing Grange. She was a former member of the Wyalusing Chapter No. 524, Order of the Eastern Star, later transferring to Meshoppen Chapter No. 70. Margaret is a fifty-year member. Prior to her retirement she was formerly employed by American Meter, and by the Wyalusing Area School District as high school cafeteria staff. She enjoyed her time spent baking cookies, and crocheting. She leaves surviving nephews: Donald, Richard and Max Vose; three nieces: Janice Linday, Jeannette Bates, and Patricia Stadelmaier; a sister-in-law: Genevieve Arey; and great nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters: Gertrude Kunkle, Lydia Vose, Mildred Arey, and Gladys Storrs; two brothers: Glenn Arey and Ralph Arey; nieces: Lois Rounsville and Reta Oliver. Friends and family are invited to call from 10 a.m. until the time of funeral service on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, at the Wyalusing United Methodist Church. Members of Meshoppen Chapter No. 70, Order of the Eastern Star will be conducting a funeral service at 10:45 a.m. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Diane Prentice, her pastor officiating. Interment will follow in Wyalusing Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 155, Wyalusing, Pa. 18853, or a charity of one's choice, in memory of Margaret Arey.
130 viii. Mildred Reta Arey, born December
26, 1919; died May 26, 1965.
41. Tressa3 E. Potter
(Brookins2, William Wilson1) was born April 02, 1885 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, PA, and
died April 25, 1976 in Ideal Hospital, Endicott, New York, age 91 years. She married William Leonard Messersmith.
She is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Endicott, Broome County,
New York. You can learn more about the Messersmith family at The Family of Johannes Jakob Messerschmidt.
William Leonard Messersmith was born May 23, 1885 in Elmsport, Lycoming Co, PA, and died Dec 1,1959 in Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, Broome Co, NY. He is buried in Riverside Cem, Endicott, Broome Co, NY. His occupation was a shoemaker; he worked for Endicott-Johnson Corp for 36 yrs and was a member of St Paul's Meth Church, Endicott,NY. He married Tressaon Oct 2,1908 in Sayre, Bradford Co, PA. She was the daughter of Brookins S. Potter and Hannah E Huffmaster. She also is buried in Riverside Cem, Endicott, Broome Co, NY, and was also a member of St Paul's UM Ch, Endicott, NY.
The
Sullivan Review March 6, 1976
Mrs.
Teresa Messersmith, 91, of Endicott, N.Y. died April 25, 1976, at Ideal Hospital,
Endicott.
Born
in Wilmot twp., she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brookins Potter. She was the widow of Will Messersmith of
Wilmot twp.
Surviving
are a daughter, Miss Evelyn Messersmith of Endicott; three sons, Donald of
Vestal, Ray of Endicott and Collins of Newark Valley, N.Y.
She was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Endicott.
Funeral
services were held in Endicott
Children
of Tressa Potter and William Messersmith are:
131
i. Evelyn
Belle4 Messersmith, born May 25, 1909; died March 13,
1981.
+ 132
ii. Collins Potter
Messersmith, born June 27, 1911; died July 14, 1996.
+ 133
iii. Donald Luther
Messersmith, born July 21, 1913.
+ 134 iv. Ray Brookins Messersmith, born
September 09, 1921; died May 19, 1990.
42. Howard W3 Potter
(Brookins2, William Wilson1) was born March 01, 1890, and
died May 1965. He married Leona
Jackson 1910, daughter of William Jackson and Martha Stoddard. She was born 1890, and died
1970.
Burials:
Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing Twp., Bradford Co., PA
Child
of Howard Potter and Leona Jackson is:
135
i. Gladys Pauline
"Polly"4 Potter, born April 22, 1912 in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania; died
August 18, 2001 in the Sayre House, Sayre, Pennsylvania.
Burial: September 25, 2001, Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing Twp., Bradford
Co., PA
43. Clinton3 Potter
(Brookins2, William Wilson1) was born October 25, 1892,
and died October 05, 1959. He
married Pansy Louise Smith July 03, 1915, daughter of Maynard Smith and
Debbie Vargason. She was born March
11, 1894, and died August 18, 1994.
Burial:
New Era Cemetery, Bradford County, PA
The
Daily Review
August 20,1994
Pansy
L. Potter Messersmith, 95, of Camptown, PA. went home to be with her Lord
Thursday evening August 18,1994, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda.
Born
February 11, 1899, in Moxie, Terry Township, Pa., she was daughter of the late
Maynard and Debbie Vargason Smith.
In
early years, Pansy was employed by the Johnson City Shoe Company and later was
employed by the former Arey’s Hardware in Wyalusing, Pa. for many years. She was preceded in death by her first
husband, Clinton Potter in1959 after 44 years of marriage, and by her second
husband, Arthur Messersmith in 1985 after 25 years of marriage.
She
devoted her life to her family.
Mrs.
Messersmith was a member of the Johnson City First Baptist Church, Johnson City,
N.Y.
Surviving
are a son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Elnora Potter of Wyalusing RR 2
(Terrytown); three daughters and sons-in-law; Marie and Jacob Hoffman of
Fillmore, N.Y, Betty andRay Fowler of Endicott, N.Y and Joan and Robert Jayne of
Safety Harbor Fla.; a step-son, Lloyd Messersmith of Binghamton, N.Y; two
daughters-in-laws Jean Remine of Johnson City, N.Y and Frances Potter of
Binghamton, N.Y; a son-in-law, Harold Northrup of Drewysville, Va.; 16
grandchildren; 42great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren.
Two
sons; Clifford and Gerald Potter also predeceased her in Feb. 1994; and recently
a daughter. Doris Northrop on Sunday, August 14, 1994; two stepsons Boyd and
Ivan Messersmith; astepdaughter, Mary and three grandchildren.
The
funeral service will beheld at 11 a.m. Monday, August 22, 1994 at the
Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home 217York Ave. Towanda, Pa. with the Dr. Gerald Stokes,
pastor of the Christian Evergreen Church, officiating.
Interment
will be in the New Era Cemetery, Terry Township, Pa.
The
family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m Sunday afternoon at the funeral
home.
Children
of Clinton Potter and Pansy Smith are:
+ 136
i. Doris
Debbie4 Potter, born June 21, 1916; died August 15,
1994.
+ 137
ii. Clifford Clinton Potter,
born June 11, 1918; died 1970.
138
iii. Gerald Potter,
born September 18, 1920; died February 21, 1994. He married Frances
Brown.
Gerald POTTER
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1920
Death
Date: 21 Feb 1994
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 13905
Localities: Binghamton, Broome, New York,
Broadacres, Broome, New York Choconut Center, Broome, New York Dickinson,
Broome, New York Hinmans Corners, Broome, New York West Chenango, Broome, New York
Westview, Broome, New York
+ 139 iv. Glenn Smith Potter, born August 09,
1922.
+ 140
v. Marie Mamie Potter,
born January 03, 1926.
141 vi. Betty Lou Potter, born June 27,
1927.
142 vii. Joan Louise Potter, born July 26,
1932. She married Robert Lloyd
Jayne; born February 09, 1933.
Generation No.
4
45. Lewis Lynn4 Potter
(Emery Charles3, William Wellington2, Wilson
William1) was born June 02, 1897, and died September 25, 1947. He was the son of Emery Charles and Eliza Jane (Gamble) Potter. He married Susan "Susie" Mildred Kintner, daughter of Floyd Lee Kintner and
Eva W. Miller, on March 29, 1920 in Tunkhannock, PA.
She was born June 20, 1895 in Oak Hill, Wilmot Twp., Bradford Co., PA
(From Dick Hunsinger) from Evelyn Keeney 6-20- 1896, and died August 29 at Sugar Hill, Wilmot Township, Bradford County, PA.
1946.
Burials:
Quicks Bend Cemetery, Sugar Run, PA
Children of Lewis Potter and Susan Kintner are:
+ 143
i. Dorothy
Marie5 Potter, born February 05, 1922.
+ 144
ii. Joseph Kintner
Potter, born June 23, 1926.
+ 145
iii. Janet Ilene
Potter, born April 26, 1934.
46. Genevieve Mandana4
Potter (Emery Charles3, William Wellington2, Wilson
William1) was born January 11, 1899, and died January 01, 1968. She married Joseph Maransky May
03, 1927. He was born April 23,
1898, and died November 01, 1982.
Burials:
Quicks Bend Cemetery, Sugar Run, PA
Children
of Genevieve Potter and Joseph Maransky are:
+ 146
i. Marian
Alice5 Maransky, born August 20, 1928; died August 02, 1996 in
Cheyanne, Wyoming.
+ 147
ii. Bethel Joan
Maransky, born March 10, 1935.
+ 148
iii. James Emery
Maransky, born May 03, 1936.
47. Belle Kathryn4 Potter
(Emery Charles3, William Wellington2, Wilson
William1) was born February 12, 1909 in Sugar Hill, Wilmot, PA, and
died September 12, 1989 in the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Towanda Memorial
Hospital, Towanda, PA. She married
Reuben Jacob Neuber June 06, 1936 in Elmira, New York, son of Jacob
Neuber and Belvia Hunsinger. He was
born December 25, 1908 in Wilmot Twp., Bradford Co., PA, and died April 21, 1997
in the Towanda Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA.
Burials:
Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing Twp., Bradford Co., PA
Child
of Belle Potter and Reuben Neuber is:
+ 149
i. Charles
Lewis5 Neuber, born April 09, 1938 in the Towanda Memorial Hospital,
Towanda, Pennsylvania.
48. Margaret "Maggie" Delle4
Bowman (Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane3 Potter, William
Wellington2, William Wilson1) was born June 04, 1886 in
PA. She married Herbert
Rorick March 01, 1916. He was
born 1895 in New York.
Herbert Rarrick is the spelling used by Evelyn
Keeney, Rorick is used by Dick Hunsinger which is supported by the LDS
site
Listed
in 1920 census of Barton Twp., Tioga Co., N. Y. with wife and 2 daughters.
Listed
in 1930 census of Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., N. Y.
Children of Margaret Bowman and Herbert Rorick are:
+ 150
i.
Katherine5 Rorick, born December 23,
1916.
151
ii. Helen Rorick, born
about 1919.
49. Horton Bernie4 Bowman
(Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane3 Potter, William Wellington2,
William Wilson1) was born December 03, 1888. He married (1) Mattie
Albrick. He married
(2) Florence Lazier.
Dick
Hunsinger records her name as Albricht where Evelyn Keeney records
Albrick.
Child
of Horton Bowman and Mattie Albrick is:
+ 152
i. Donald5
Bowman, born May 08, 1920.
50. Beatrice4 Bowman
(Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane3 Potter, William Wellington2,
William Wilson1) was born May 25, 1895, and died 1958. She married Harry Schoonover May
07, 1905.
Children
of Beatrice Bowman and Harry Schoonover are:
153
i. Pauline
Mae5 Schoonover, born August 08, 1909; died September 22, 1914 in
Lockwood New York, killed by a train.
+ 154
ii. Eleanor Helen
Schoonover, born October 20, 1911; died June 02, 1965.
+ 155
iii. Arthur Schoonover,
born February 05, 1914 in New York; died August 1969.
53. Ethel4 Potter (William
(Willie) Lansing3, William Wellington2, Wilson
William1) was born March 04, 1894, and died December 06, 1979. She married (1) Harry
Williams. She
married (2) Theodore Custer before 1920, son of Henry Custer and Anna
Fisher. He was born November 12,
1889 in the Tunkhannock, PA area, and died July 1970. He is buried with his
parents, no stone for Ethel can be located
in the Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, PA
Ethel CUSTER
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1894
Death Date: Dec 1979
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18657
Localities: Center Moreland, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Ethel
Potter Home in 1900: Wilmot, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Age: 6
Estimated
birth year: 1894
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Relationship
to head-of-house:
Daughter
Image
source: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Wilmot, Bradford, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1383; Page: 1A;
Enumeration District: 54.
Theodore CUSTER
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1889
Death Date: Jul 1970
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18657
Localities: Center Moreland, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Child
of Ethel Potter and Harry Williams is:
156
i. Carl5
Williams, born December 12, 1915; died August 20, 1988.
Carl Williams
Age: 4 years
Estimated birth
year: 1915
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Home in
1920: Tunkhannock,
Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Image: 0297
Children
of Ethel Potter and Theodore Custer are:
+ 157
i. Paul5
Custer, born June 05, 1920.
+ 158
ii. Glenn Custer, born
December 12, 1926.
54. Helen4 Potter (William
(Willie) Lansing3, William Wellington2, Wilson
William1) was born June 16, 1895, and died April 1981. She married (1) George
Santee. He was born June 16,
1895, and died 1929. She married
(2) Frank W McGinnis after 1929.
He was born March 25, 1885, and died September 08, 1960. George Santee
and Frank McGinnis are both buried in the North Flat Cemetery, Laceyville, PA.
No record of Helen being there.
Helen MCGINNIS
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1895
Death Date: Apr 1981
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18657
Localities: Center Moreland, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Death Benefit Localities
Zip Code: 18657 Localities: Center Moreland,
Wyoming, Pennsylvania Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Helen's
second husband is buried in North Flat Cemetery, there is also a Potter Santee
buried there with a date 1912 on the headstone, nothing more recorded. This
is another child of George and Helen Potter Santee, per Lois Neuber. He was born Nov 13, 1912
and died .Nov 14, 1912 As indicated, he is buried in North Flat Cemetery, Windham Twp, Wyoming Co, PA.
Children
of Helen Potter and George Santee are:
159
i. Arthur5
Santee, born July 09, 1911.
160
ii. Elizabeth Santee,
born January 14, 1914. She married
Donald Kintner November 08, 1936.
+ 161
iii. Kenneth Santee,
born November 25, 1915; died March 1968.
+ 162 iv. Mary Santee, born November 23,
1916.
+ 163
v. Evelyn Santee, born
December 25, 1917; died October 04, 1991.
+ 164 vi. Neva Santee, born September 22,
1919.
165 vii. Bethel Santee, born March 03, 1921;
died August 17, 1921.
55. Mary4 Potter (William
(Willie) Lansing3, William Wellington2, Wilson
William1) was born July 25, 1897 in PA Or January 26, 1897, July 1898
by census. She married Arthur
Weed March 17, 1920.
Child
of Mary Potter and Arthur Weed is:
166
i. Phyllis5
Weed, born August 02, 1923. She
married Howard Glenwright.
57. Frances Willard4
Custer (Vesta Louella3 Potter, Winfield (William)
Scott2, William Wilson1) was born December 28, 1897, and
died April 12, 1984 in the Methodist home in Binghamton, New York. She married Ralph T James April
12, 1919. He was born
1900.
Children
of Frances Custer and Ralph James are:
167
i. Louella5
James, born April 12, 1921; died March 11, 1931.
+ 168
ii. Arline James, born
January 26, 1928 in Duryea, Pennsylvania; died November 09,
2002.
58. Ernest4 Dikeman (Vesta
Louella3 Potter, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born August 09, 1904 in Peckville, Pennsylvania, and
died November 26, 1976. He married
Frances Moger November 15, 1933.
She was born September 08, 1910, and died January
1987.
Ernest DIKEMAN
Birth Date: 9 Aug 1904
Death Date: Nov 1976
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18452
Localities: Peckville, Lackawanna,
Pennsylvania
Frances DIKEMAN
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1910
Death Date: Jan 1987
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18452
Localities: Peckville, Lackawanna,
Pennsylvania
Child
of Ernest Dikeman and Frances Moger is:
+ 169
i. Diane5
Dikeman, born December 05, 1946.
59. Marjorie B4 Dikeman
(Vesta Louella3 Potter, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born August 14, 1906 in Peckville, Pennsylvania, and
died October 13, 1993 in PA. She
married Timothy Evans August 14, 1926. He was born August 14, 1902, and died
June 1976. Burial:s Prospect Hill Cemetery, Peckville, PA
Marjorie EVANS
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1906
Death Date: 13 Oct 1993
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18510
Localities: Scranton, Lackawanna,
Pennsylvania
Timothy EVANS
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1902
Death Date: Jun 1976 State or Territory Where Number
Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18452 Localities: Peckville, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Children
of Marjorie Dikeman and Timothy Evans are:
+ 170
i. William
Miles5 Evans, born August 21, 1927.
+ 171
ii. Joanne Evans, born
October 26, 1937.
60. Kenneth Dewight4
Dikeman (Vesta Louella3 Potter, Winfield (William)
Scott2, William Wilson1) was born September 12, 1908 in
Peckville, Pennsylvania, and died May 16, 1995. He married (1) Octavia Owens
October 02, 1930 in PA, they divorced May 17, 1960. She was born October 02. He married (2) Mary Grippe
Mancenelli after May 1960. She
died July 30, 1978.
His
obituary states he was survived by three sons; Dr. Richard Dikeman, Kenneth
Dikeman & Ray Gene Dikeman and a step-daughter, Louise Dikeman. However it
does not indicate who the mother's were.
The obit also records that 13 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren
survived him.
Kenneth DIKEMAN
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1908
Death Date: 16 May 1995
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18411
Localities: Clarks Summit,
Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
Children
of Kenneth Dikeman and Octavia Owens are:
+ 172
i. Kenneth
Laurence5 Dikeman, born March 30, 1938.
+ 173
ii. Ray Gene Dikeman,
born October 07, 1940.
61. Emma4 Dikeman (Vesta
Louella3 Potter, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born June 20, 1913, and died May 1979. She married Rendal Davey. He was born March 15, 1909, and died
June 10, 1982.
Emma DAVEY
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1913
Death Date: May 1979
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Children
of Emma Dikeman and Rendal Davey are:
+ 174
i. Judy Ann5
Davey, born March 10, 1943.
+ 175
ii. Betty Jan Davey,
born May 24, 1944.
63. Hazel Irene4 Potter
(Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born June 24, 1909 in Berwick, PA. She married Pierson Henry Plows
June 1934, son of William Plows. He
was born November 14, 1908, and died September 17, 1983.
Peirson PLOWS
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1908
Death Date: 17 Sep 1993
State or Territory Where Number
Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18642
Localities: Duryea, Luzerne,
Pennsylvania Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Children
of Hazel Potter and Pierson Plows are:
+ 176
i. Keith
Ellery5 Plows, born January 08, 1936 in Duryea,
PA.
+ 177
ii. Marilyn Ann Plows,
born May 11, 1937 in Duryea, PA.
64. Kenneth Reeser4 Potter
(Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born April 20, 1911 in Colley, PA, and died November
24, 1978. He married Marion
Elizabeth Saxe, daughter of Samuel Saxe and Anna M. She was born January 08,
1919.
The
Sullivan Review
November
30, 1978
Kenneth
Potter, 67, of Vestal, NY formerly of New Albany RD, died Nov. 24, 1978, at
Wilson Memorial hospital in Johnson City, NY.
Born
in Colley, he was a son of Ellery E. and Roseanna Jackson Potter. When living in
the New Albany area, he was a school bus driver for Wyalusing Valley schools.
Leter, in Vestal, he drove bus for the Vestal High School.
He
is survived by his wife, Marion Saxe Potter; two daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Rose
Patterson of Triangle, NY, and Mrs. Terrell (Joan) McCarty of Conklin, NJ; a
son, William at home; five sisters, Hazel Plows of Duryea, NY; Dorothy Sick of
Lovelton; Ethlyn VanDeMark of Sugar Run; Evelyn Keeney of Wyalusing; and Ruth
Conner of Dushore; two brothers, Donald and Ford, both of Sugar
Run.
Funeral
serivces were held in Wyalusing Nov. 27 with Rev. Keith Plows of Graterford, PA,
officiating. Burial was in the Wyalusing cemetery.
Children
of Kenneth Potter and Marion Saxe are:
+ 178
i. Rose Ann5
Potter, born October 07, 1937.
+ 179
ii. Joan Marie Potter,
born April 28, 1941.
180
iii. William Kenneth
Potter, born December 17, 1951.
65. Donald Irvin4 Potter
(Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born May 17, 1912 in Colley, PA, and died November 23,
1990. He married Anna Winifred
Prichard November 07, 1933, daughter of Burton Prichard and Nora
Miller. She was born October 11,
1914, and died January 13, 1993.
Burial’s
were in Colley Cemetery, Colley, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania
Children
of Donald Potter and Anna Prichard are:
+ 181
i. Patricia
Ann5 Potter, born October 11, 1934.
+ 182
ii. Mary Louise Potter,
born December 15, 1938 in Sugar Run, PA.
Ford
Woodrow4 Potter
(Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born June 23, 1913 in Was born at Colley, PA on the
Reeser farm, later known as Spruce Lodge, and died July 19, 1984 in the Towanda
Memorial Hospital, Towanda, PA, age 71 years. He married Helen Marie Keeney
September 23, 1941, daughter of Rhea Keeney and Alice Secules. She was born June 14, 1921 and died April 2, 2006. Burials were in the Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing Twp.,
Bradford Co., PA
The
Sullivan Review
July
26, 1984
Ford
W. Potter, 71, Sugar Run RD 1 died July 19, 1984 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital,
Tunkhannock.
He
was born in Colley, the son of the late Ellery and Rose Shock Potter, and was a
lifelong resident of the area.
He
owned and operated his farm on Sugar Hill, retiring in 1972; was a member of the
Hollenback United Methodist Church; and was an avid baseball fan and
participant.
Mr.
Potter is surivived by his wife, the former Helen Keeney; three daughters, Mrs.
Melanie Adams, Laceyville, Mrs. Sharon Pickett, Sugar Run; Mrs. Peggy Steier,
Tunkhannock; four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Plous, Duryea, Mrs. Dorothy Sick, Dushore,
Mrs. Evelyn Keeney, Wyalusing, and Mrs. Ruth Conner, Dushore; and one brother,
Sugar Run.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Evelyn Van DeMark and two brothers, Harold and Kenneth.
Funeral
services were held on July 21 at the Kenneth D. Kerr Funeral Home, Wyalusing
with Rev. William Parsons officiating.
Interment
was in the Wyalusing Cemetery.
June 14, 1921 - April 2, 2006
April 2, 2006
P. Dean Homer Funeral Home Web Page
Mrs. Helen M. Potter, age 84, of Sugar Run, PA, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, April 2, 2006, with her family at her side, at the home of her daughter Melanie Adams of Stowell.
Helen was born on Sugar Hill, Wilmot Twp., on June 14, 1921 a daughter of the late Rhea & Alice Secules Keeney. She graduated from the Wyalusing High School, a member of the class of 1939. She married Ford W. Potter of Sugar Run, on September 25, 1940. He predeceased her on July 19, 1984.
Helen was engaged with her husband in farming most of her life. She also worked at the Wyalusing Rocks, Bendix Corp. in Montrose, PA, the American Meter Plant in Wyalusing, and also as an aide at the Wyalusing Elementary School. Helen served as a tax collector for Wilmot Twp.
Helen was an avid gardener. She loved to cook and bake, and especially enjoyed serving her friends and family at her home. Helen was a member of the Hollenback United Methodist Church and a member of WSCS.
Surviving: Three daughters and sons-in-law: Melanie & Gale Adams, Stowell, PA; Sharon & Donald Pickett, Sugar Run, PA; Peggy & Philip Steier, Factoryville, PA; sister and brother-in-law: Mrs. Anne & Lawrence LaRue, East Rush, PA; Hugh O’Mara Sugar Run, PA; sisters-in-law: Marie Keeney, Wyalusing, PA, Phoebe Keeney, Wyalusing, PA; nine grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by brothers: Burton Keeney, Dennis Keeney, James Keeney and Charles S. Keeney, a sister, Mrs. Beverly O’Mara, and a great-granddaughter Amanda Fulmer.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, PA with the Rev. Diane E. Prentice, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Wyalusing Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 11:00 A.M. until the time of the service.
To send condolences or sign the e-guestbook, please go to homerfuneralhome.com.
Here is a family tree for Ford Potter, designed by Carol Brotzman, that shows the links between his ancestral families:
Children
of Ford Potter and Helen Keeney are:
+ 183
i. Melanie
Ruth5 Potter, born June 23, 1943 in Sugar Hill, Bradford County,
PA.
+ 184
ii. Sharon Ann Potter,
born April 02, 1944 in Sugar Hill, Bradford County, PA.
185
iii. Margaret Ellen
(Peggy) Potter, born July 01, 1949 in Sugar Hill, Bradford County, PA. She married (1) Daniel Brown before 1983
in PA, they divorced. She married
(2) Philip Edward Steier December 31, 1983.
67. Dorothy Eleanor4
Potter (Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2,
William Wilson1) was born November 26, 1915, and died September 14,
2003 in Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA. She married Robert Henry Sick
July 05, 1935. He was born October
05, 1907, and died April 19, 1983. He was the son of Guy Loren Sick and Eliza Henriette Woodruff.
Daily
Review
September 16, 2003
Dorothy
Eleanor Potter Sick, age 87, of Lovelton, PA passed away on Sunday, Sept. 14,
2003 at the Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA.
Dorothy
was born in Hollenback, Pa. on Nov. 26, 1915 a daughter of the late Ellery &
Rose Shock Potter. Her dad passed away when she was young and her mom married
Edgar Jackson who helped raise her.
Dorothy
was a homemaker and devoted spouse of the well known Wilmot Township farmer,
Robert Henry Sick who predeceased her on April 19, 1983.
She
was a member of the Hollenback United Methodist Church and a member of the
Lovelton Grange.
Surviving
are a son, Norman R. Sick of Falls Church, Va.; three daughters and sons-in-law,
Edith Goodwin of Mehoopany, Pa., Joyce & Ronald Roland of Edgewood, Md.,
Connie & Thomas Bliss of York, Pa.; sisters Hazel Plows of Duryea, Pa.,
Evelyn Keeney of Wyalusing, Pa.; brother-in-law Reese Conner of Dushore, Pa.,
sisters-in-law, Helen Potter of Sugar Hill, Pa., Marian Potter of Vestal, N.Y.;
six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by brothers Harold Potter, Ford Potter, Donald Potter and
Kenneth Potter; and sisters, Ethlyn VanDeMark and Ruth
Conner.
Funeral
services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. at the P. Dean Homer
Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa. with the Rev. Russell C. Pierce,
her pastor, officiating.
Friends
may call at the Homer Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9
p.m.
Memorials
are directed to the Hollenback United Methodist Church or to the Forkston United
Methodist Church.
Robert SICK
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1907
Death Date: Apr 1983
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18614
Localities: Dushore, Sullivan,
Pennsylvania
Children
of Dorothy Potter and Robert Sick are:
+ 186
i. Edith
Esther5 Sick, born June 23, 1936 in Lovelton,
PA.
+ 187
ii. Joyce Marie Sick,
born August 30, 1943 in Lovelton, PA.
+ 188
iii. Connie May Sick,
born May 09, 1946.
189 iv. Norman Robert Sick, born February
19, 1951.
68. Ethelyn
Virgilia4 Potter
(Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born July 04, 1917 in Hollenback, Bradford County, PA,
and died September 01, 1982. She
married Raymond Stanton (Pat) VanDeMark in Pennsylvania, they divorced,
son of Raymond VanDeMark and Myrtle Stoddard. He was born August 01, 1917 in
Hollenback, Wilmot Twp, Bradford County, PA, and died June 10, 1992. She is
buried in the Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing PA. Raymond married again and was buried in
the Bradford County Memorial Park. His second wife is Edith Eddy Galloway. They
had one son Richard who died December 24, 2004. Raymond was the owner of the
Hotel in Wyalusing at one time [see picture below].
Wyalusing Hotel
Wyalusing, PA
An Old Postcard from the Early Twentieth Century
Raymond VanDeMark owned the hotel at one time.
Contributed by Carol Brotzman
The
Sullivan Review
September
9, 1982
Ethlyn
Van DeMark, 65, of Sugar Hill, died unexpectedly Sept. 1, 1982, at her
home.
She
was born July 4, 1917, in Hollenback, PA, a daughter of Ellery Ernest Potter and
Rosanna Sevilla Shock Potter. Ethlyn had resided in the area her entire life.
She was a member of the Hollenback United Methodist Church and the United
Methodist Women.
She
is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Salsman, Sugar Run, Mrs. Phyllis
Seamans, Wyalusing, Mrs. Neta
Repsher and Mrs. Carol Franklin, Laceyville, Mrs. Cathy Lee, New Albany;
two sons, Ellery, Athens, and David, Sugar Run; 21 grandchildren; one
great-grandson; four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Plows, Duryea, Mrs. Dorothy Sick,
Lovelton, Mrs. Evelyn Keeney, Wyalusing, Mrs. Ruth Conner, Dushore; two
brothers, Ford Potter, Sugar Run, Donald Potter, Sugar Run; several nieces,
nephews and cousins.
She
was preceeded in death by two brothers and two grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Saturday at the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, with the Rev. W.
James Pall officiating. Interment was in the Wyalusing
cemetery.
Children
of Ethelyn Potter and Raymond VanDeMark are:
+ 190
i. Ellery
Nelson5 VanDeMark, born February 06, 1935 in Sugar Run, PA; died
January 09, 2005 in his Athens, PA
home in his sleep.
+ 191
ii. Eleanor Gertrude
VanDeMark, born January 03, 1937 in Sugar Hill, Pennsylvania; died February 08,
1995.
+ 192
iii. Phyllis Ann
VanDeMark, born June 08, 1938.
+ 193 iv. Carol Audrey VanDeMark, born April
09, 1944.
+ 194
v. Neta Louise
VanDeMark, born March 21, 1946 in the family home at Sugar Hill,
Pennsylvania.
+ 195 vi. David James VanDeMark, born January
08, 1951.
+ 196 vii. Cathy Lynn VanDeMark, born January
02, 1953.
69. Evelyn Virginia4
Potter (Ellery Ernest3, Winfield (William) Scott2,
William Wilson1) was born July 04, 1917 in Hollenback, Bradford
County, PA, and died September 30, 2004 in the Towanda Memorial Hospital Skilled
Nursing Unit, Towanda, PA. She
married Harry LeRoy Keeney March 01, 1940, son of LeRoy Keeney and Ruth
Bunnell. He was born January 07,
1914 in Colley, Pennsylvania, and died January 01, 2002 in the Wyalusing
personal Care Home. Burials were in the Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing,
PA.
10/7/2004
Rocket-Courier
Wyalusing, PA
Mrs.
Evelyn Virginia Keeney, age 87, of 205 First Street, Wyalusing, PA, passed away
on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004 at the Skilled Nursing Unit of Memorial Hospital,
Towanda, after a brief illness.
Evelyn
was born in Hollenback on July 4, 1917, a daughter of the late Ellery and
Rosanna Schock Potter. She graduated from Wyalusing High School and from
Mansfield Normal School. She later received her bachelor’s degree after several
years of continuing education from Mansfield University.
She
married Harry Leroy Keeney of Colley on March 1, 1940. She was a loving spouse
of 62 years. Harry predeceased her on Jan. 7, 2002.
Evelyn
taught for many years in the Wyalusing Elementary School System. She also
traveled extensively throughout Europe during her working career and also in
retirement. Evelyn was a member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church and a
member of the United Methodist Women. She also held membership in the Fortnight
group, the Bradford County Republican Women and the retired teachers’
organization.
She
taught Sunday school in her home and was a Girl Scout Leader and Brownie Leader.
She was very involved in Wyalusing community organizations over the years. She
was an excellent needle worker and also was accomplished in many crafts, and she
really enjoyed bowling. She also kept many scrapbooks and photo albums.
Surviving
are a son, Robert Harry Keeney, Lewes, DE; a daughter, Barbara Heyman,
Wyalusing; sister, Hazel Plows, Sidney, NY, and a granddaughter, Christine
Evelyn Heyman, Baltimore, MD. She was predeceased by four brothers, Harold
Potter, Donald Potter, Kenneth Potter and Ford Potter and three sisters, her
twin, Ethlyn VanDeMark, Ruth Conner and Dorothy Sick.
Funeral
services were held on Monday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral
Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Diane E. Prentice, her pastor,
officiating, and the Rev. Keith Plows, her nephew, participating.
Interment was in the Wyalusing Cemetery.
Friends
called on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 3 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home and on
Monday from 10:30 until the time of the service.
Memorials
may be directed to the United Methodist Women, PO Box 155, Wyalusing, PA 18853
or the Wyalusing Public Library, PO Box 98, Wyalusing, PA
18853.
Evelyn
Potter Keeney was the family historian to whom we are grateful for the bulk of
this data.
Harry
Leroy Keeney
Jan.
1, 2002
Harry
Leroy Keeney, age 87, of First St., Wyalusing, PA, died on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002
at the Wyalusing Personal Care and Retirement Home.
Harry
was born Jan. 7, 1914 in Colley, a son of the late Leroy B. and Ruth Bunnell
Keeney. He spent his childhood on Sugar Hill and attended the Sugar Hill and
Sugar Run Elementary Schools and later the Wyalusing High School. On March 1,
1940, he married Evelyn Potter of Sugar Hill and they moved to Wyalusing. The
couple is well known in the Wyalusing area, where Evelyn was a teacher and Harry
worked driving truck for Robert Capwell, the Wyalusing Planing Mill for Earl
Gamble, McCarty’s Garage and in the wintertime, cut ice at Mountain Springs. By
the time of his marriage in 1940, Harry was working for Glenn Arey Lumber in
Wyalusing and later in Wysox, from which he retired as a foreman after over 35
years of service.
Harry’s
hobbies include fishing, hunting, baseball and bowling. He belonged to several
fishing and hunting clubs, played baseball for the Sugar Hill traveling team and
was one of the first bowlers at Mountainside Lanes in Wyalusing when it
opened.
His
memberships include the Wyalusing Methodist Church, the IOOF (Odd Fellows) and
the Wyalusing Valley Fire Company where he was honored last year as the 2001
Veteran of the Year.
Surviving
are his spouse, Evelyn, at home; a son, Robert Harry Keeney, Lewes, DE; a
daughter, Barbara Heyman, Wyalusing; two brothers, Norman Keeney, Sayre and
Walter Keeney, Allentown; a sister, Mrs. Mary Green, Orlando, FL; one
granddaughter, Christine Heyman, Baltimore, MD; numerous nieces and
nephews.
Funeral
services will be held on Friday, Jan. 4 at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, One
Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, his
pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Wyalusing
Cemetery.
Friends
may call at the funeral home on Thursday, Jan. 3, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m.
Memorials
may be directed to the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, PO Box 155, Wyalusing,
PA 18853.
Here is the Sugar Run School in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, just over the line from Sullivan County, PA. This picture was taken in 1939, and later reproduced in the Wyalusing Rocket-Courier on Jaunary 4, 2007. This was the school that Harry Leroy Keeney attended:
Sugar Run School
Wilmot Township, Bradford County, PA
1939
The school was located overlooking the Susquehanna River on a hillside not far from today’s Wilmot Township Fire Hall.
Front row, l to r: Marilyn McCarty Dibble, Aloha Franklin Mosier, Bob Swingle, Bill Gamble, Bob Franklin, Willard Franklin, Gerald Hibbard and Milton Hibbard.
Back row, l to r: Emma Swingle ______, Naomi Werts ______, Norma Gamble Baldwin, Nina Preston _____, Jean Swingle Wetmore, Doris Reed Madill, Albert Franklin, John Werts, Edward Franklin, Roger Sharts and Miss Agnes McDonough [teacher].
Photo Contributed by Carol Brotzman
Source: Wyalusing Rocket-Courier, January 4, 2007
Children
of Evelyn Potter and Harry Keeney are:
+ 197
i. Barbara
Elneda5 Keeney, born October 06, 1940.
198
ii. Robert Harry
Keeney, born October 08, 1943. He
married Betty Lou Timmons Walsmith October 08, 1977 in PA, they divorced; born
October 26, 1940.
70. Grace Dyer4 Potter
(Louis Milton3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born October 09, 1905, and died March 19, 1990. She married Edward Gillette
Peck. He was born November 13,
1905, and died May 13, 1969.
Children
of Grace Potter and Edward Peck are:
199
i. Edward
Gillette5 Peck, born 1926; died 1930 in
Diptheria.
+ 200
ii. Ruth Eunice Peck,
born January 01, 1931.
+ 201
iii. Alice Margaret
Peck, born January 01, 1931.
+ 202 iv. Ann Elizabeth Peck, born July 05,
1932.
71. Miles Buttles4 Potter
(Louis Milton3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born June 05, 1909, and died October 05, 1984. He married (1) Helen Rose Bocci
December 31, 1937 in PA, they divorced in 1973. She was born November 25, 1913, and died
June 19, 1986. He married (2)
Fredalynn Wasserman after 1973.
She was born July 14, 1935.
Children
of Miles Potter and Helen Bocci are:
203
i.
Jacquelin5 Potter, born 1938; died 1938.
+ 204
ii. Patricia Carol
Potter, born August 24, 1938.
+ 205
iii. Barbara Ann
Potter, born March 24, 1941.
+ 206 iv. Donna Helen Potter, born October
30, 1942.
+ 207
v. Miles Milton Potter,
born September 05, 1945.
73. Winfield4 Potter
(Louis Milton3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born March 07, 1916. He married Theresa.
Child
of Winfield Potter and Theresa is:
208
i. Dr Gary
Winfield5 Potter, born August 11, 1950. He married Karen Miller; born November
15, 1956.
75. Lewis Milton (Johnny)4
Potter (Louis Milton3, Winfield (William) Scott2,
William Wilson1) was born September 12, 1923. He married Beatrice Haverly.
Child
of Lewis Potter and Beatrice Haverly is:
209
i. John
Lynn5 Potter, Adopted child.
76. Lenore Dorcas4 Potter
(Burton Clarence3, Winfield (William) Scott2, Wilson
William1) was born June 13, 1913, and died May 06, 1993. She married Warren Smiley. He died April 16,
1982.
Child
of Lenore Potter and Warren Smiley is:
+ 210
i. Ronald
Potter5 Smiley, born November 14, 1935.
77. Burton Clarence4
Potter (Burton Clarence3, Winfield (William) Scott2,
William Wilson1) was born April 02, 1917. He married Donna Marie Laurence
August 03, 1946. She was born May
06, 1920.
Children
of Burton Potter and Donna Laurence are:
+ 211
i. Carol
Ann5 Potter, born October 17, 1953.
+ 212
ii. Susan Dee Potter,
born September 18, 1959.
78. Bertha4 Prichard
(Orin I., or perhaps L.)3, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born January 08, 1896 in PA, and died March 08, 1968 in
Oregon. She married Jack
"Roscoe" McCracken 1918. He was
born June 21, 1890 in PA, and died August 1975 in Oregon.
Bertha MCCRACKEN
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1896
Death Date: 8 Mar 1988
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Oregon
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 97538
Localities: Selma, Josephine,
Oregon
Roscoe MCCRACKEN
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1890
Death Date: Aug 1975
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Oregon
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 97538
Localities: Selma, Josephine,
Oregon
Child
of Bertha Prichard and Jack McCracken is:
213
i. Loretta
Ruth5 McCracken.
80. Burton Feeson4 Hodson
(Clara Jane3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born June 20, 1897 in Santa Ana, Orange Co.,
California, and died August 1963 in Orange County, California. He married Geraldine Prichard
August 17, 1921. She was born
1901.
Children
of Burton Hodson and Geraldine Prichard are:
+ 214
i. Melvin5
Hodson, born January 06, 1923.
215
ii. Mary Elizabeth
Hodson, born August 07, 1930; died August 07, 1930.
84. Marjorie4 Prichard
(William Christian3, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born March 28, 1912. She married Harold Dickenson
1931.
Child
of Marjorie Prichard and Harold Dickenson is:
216
i. Marlene
Ann5 Dickenson, born November 16, 1931.
85. Hazel4 Sackman (Vesta
Cora3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born July 20, 1900, and died September 06, 1980 in
Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon. She
married Frank Martin Pesterfield.
He was born April 03, 1904 in Toro County, Oregon, and died December 25,
1967.
Children
of Hazel Sackman and Frank Pesterfield are:
217
i. Laurence5
Pesterfield, born October 03, 1923 in Orange County,
California.
218
ii. Leonard James
Pesterfield, born June 26, 1925 in Orange County, California; died May 10, 1988
in Tucson, Arizona. He married Ruby
Sarthou August 04, 1945; born July 31, 1928 in Placentia,
California.
The couple has 5 children.
219
iii. Dorothy Mae
Pesterfield, born July 07, 1929 in Orange County,
California.
220 iv. Bobby Pesterfield, born July 21,
1929.
86. Richard4 Sackman
(Vesta Cora3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born December 06, 1901 in Santa Ana, Orange Co.,
California, and died October 1979 in Downey, Los Angeles, California. He married Alice Russell
1922.
Child
of Richard Sackman and Alice Russell is:
221
i. Dorothy5
Sackman, born 1923.
87. LaVerne Maybelle4
Sackman (Vesta Cora3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2
Potter, William Wilson1) was born April 21, 1904 in Santa Ana, Orange
County, California, and died May 09, 1985 in Westminster, Orange County,
California. She married (1) Carl
Lorraine Trapp. He was born
1900 in Capistrano Beach, California.
She married (2) Ralph Buster 1920 in They divorced, son of Al
Buster and Sarah Pesterfield. He
was born 1898 in Oregon, and died December 1968 in Los Angeles,
California.
Children
of LaVerne Sackman and Ralph Buster are:
222
i. Richard5
Buster, born October 16, 1921.
223
ii. Marion Buster, born
January 08, 1923.
224
iii. Virgil Buster,
born October 03, 1925 in Santa Ana, Orange Co., California; died January 23,
1988 in Lake Elsinore, Riverside, California.
Burial: June 27, 1988, Lake
Elsinore, Riverside, California (LDS DATA)
225 iv. Justeen Buster, born March 11,
1928.
88. Leslie Frank4 Sackman
(Vesta Cora3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born August 21, 1906 in Santa Ana, Orange Co.,
California, and died December 09, 1950 in Santa Ana, Orange Co.,
California. He married (1)
Lucille Dooley after 1921. She
was born January 09, 1901 in Indiana.
He married (2) Margaret Elizabeth Shane April 24, 1943. She was born May 21, 1921 in La Habra,
California.
Child
of Leslie Sackman and Lucille Dooley is:
226
i. Harold5
Sackman, born October 31, 1921 in Los Angeles, California; died July 29, 1998 in
Everett, Washington.
Harold was born to Lucille
Dooley and adopted by Leslie Sackman
Children
of Leslie Sackman and Margaret Shane are:
227
i. Child5
Sackman.
228
ii. Child
Sackman.
229
iii. Child
Sackman.
93. Jessie Ethel4 Bast
(Emily Tressa3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born October 04, 1909 in Hueneme, California, and died
October 13, 1991 in Madera, California.
She married Clarence Edward Vogel. He was born July 08, 1887 in Newport,
Campbell, Kentucky.
Children
of Jessie Bast and Clarence Vogel are:
230
i. Edward5
Vogel, born September 21, 1926.
231
ii. Ethel Vogel, born
December 05, 1927.
232
iii. Glen Vogel, born
December 19, 1930.
98. Addia Mae4 Kiefhaber
(Lizzie Belle3 Prichard, Mary Elizabeth2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born May 12, 1907, and died March 13, 2001 in Sanger,
Fresno, California. She married
Arthur Embree Nagels January 10, 1931. He was born January 06, 1899 in Kansas,
and died December 26, 1950 in Fresno, California.
Children
of Addia Kiefhaber and Arthur Nagels are:
233
i. Child5
Nagels.
234
ii. Child
Nagels.
101. Andrew George4
Glosenger (Flora Belle3 Abbott, Celinda2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born November 02, 1894 in Colley, PA, and died May 28,
1979 in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA. He married Freda Struhm December
05, 1914. She was born March 12,
1896 in PA, and died May 30, 1955. Burials were in the Tioga Point Cemetery,
Athens, PA
Andrew
Glosenger
Age: 35
Estimated
birth year: abt
1895
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation
to head-of-house:
Head
Spouse's
Name: Freda Glosenger
Race: White
Home
in 1930: Sayre,
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Image
source: Year: 1930;
Census Place: Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2006; Page: ; Enumeration District: 36; Image:
670.0.
November
28, 1926
George
H. Glosenger
George H. Glosenger of Waverly R.D.1 died at his home yesterday.
He
is survived by his widow, his father, Charles Glosenger; one
son,
Andrew
of Sayre; one daughter, Mrs. Eva Conklin of Wilkes-Barre;
three
sisters,
Mrs. Mable Rebcop of Carbondale, Pa.; Mrs. Netty Perry of
Ariel,
Pa., and Mrs. Pear Hurd of Gravity, Pa.
Funeral
services will be held from the home of his son on Mille
street,
Sayre, at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. F.W.
Connell
officiating,
and at 2:20 o'clock at the church of Christ. Burial will
be
in Tioga Point cemetery.
Tioga
Point Cemetery data:
Glosenger,
Andrew G. Nov. 2, 1894 Colley, Pa.- May 29, 1979 Sayre, Pa. Son of George H. and
Flora Belle Potter Glosenger.
Wife;
Freda Struhm 1896 - 1956
Children
of Andrew Glosenger and Freda Struhm are:
+ 235
i. William
"Max"5 Glosenger, born August 17, 1915 in Sayre, PA; died November
23, 1978 in Sayre, PA.
+ 236
ii. George "Rex"
Glosenger, born October 06, 1918 in Sayre, PA; died January 25, 1983 in New
Albany, PA.
+ 237
iii. Andrew "Carl"
Glosenger, born March 02, 1920; died July 20, 1991.
+ 238 iv. Donald "Burr" Glosenger, born June
23, 1921 in Sayre, PA; died April 16, 2002 in home at 222 Chestnut St., Athens,
PA.
+ 239
v. Edna Glosenger, born
May 7, 1926, and died September 14, 2007.
+ 240 vi. Ruth Glosenger, born November 02,
1928 in PA; died December 10, 1996.
+ 241 vii. Richard Glosenger, born about
1930.
+ 242 viii. Helen Glosenger, born January 04,
1932.
+ 243 ix. Mary Glosenger, born
1936.
103. Eva Joy4 Glosenger
(Flora Belle3 Abbott, Celinda2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born January 09, 1898 in Bradford County, PA, and died
November 16, 1989 in New Milford, Susquehanna County, PA. She married LeRoy Brock Conklin
October 28, 1919. He was born
October 12, 1896.
Eva CONKLIN
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1898
Death Date: 16 Nov 1989
State or Territory Where Number
Was Issued: Pennsylvania
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 18834 Localities: New Milford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Children
of Eva Glosenger and LeRoy Conklin are:
+ 244
i. Russell
LeRoy5 Conklin, born September 18, 1920.
245
ii. Walter "Irwin"
Conklin, born February 23, 1922; died April 03, 1923.
+ 246
iii. Freda Belle
Conklin, born December 18, 1924.
+ 247 iv. Bruce Lambert Conklin, born May 03,
1926.
+ 248
v. Georgia Belle
Conklin, born February 20, 1928.
+ 249 vi. Charles Conklin, born January 04,
1932.
+ 250 vii. Carol Joy Conklin, born August 04,
1934.
+ 251 viii. Shirley Joy Conklin, born December
02, 1935.
105. Melvin Llewellyn4
Abbott (Lilbern W.3, Celinda2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born December 31, 1905 in Tunkhannock, PA. He married Dora "Myrtle" Manzer
April 02, 1929 in PA. She was born
April 02, 1903 in Lenox Twp., Susquehanna County, PA.
Child
of Melvin Abbott and Dora Manzer is:
252
i. Irene
JoAnne5 Abbott.
106. Ethel Lavina4 Abbott
(Lilbern W.3, Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1)
was born November 19, 1902, and died September 29, 1965. She married Arthur William Kisner
July 13, 1921, son of Adam Kisner and Malinda Thrasher. He was born February 27, 1899, and died
May 15, 1951.
Children
of Ethel Abbott and Arthur Kisner are:
+ 253
i. Kenneth
Lee5 Kisner, born May 22, 1922; died May 09,
1990.
+ 254
ii. Donald LeRoy
Kisner, born July 17, 1924; died July 14, 1983.
255
iii. Lewellyn Gene
Kisner, born January 11, 1926. He
married Nancy Quinn.
Nancy had two daughters, Helen and Patricia from a previous marriage that
they raised.
256 iv. Margaret
Kisner.
108. Ethel Mae4 Zacharias
(Clara3 Abbott, Celinda2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born February 24, 1902 in New York, and died June 29,
1982 in Sayre, PA. She married
(1) Joseph J. Nolan in PA; they divorced. He was born January 15, 1903 in PA, and
died February 1978 in Duryea, PA.
She married (2) Joseph Wywoda February 17, 1928. He was born March 1893 in Inkerman, PA,
and died 1967 in Bethlehem, PA.
Ethel
had three Nolan children. She was buried in the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
PA
Joseph
J. Nolan was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., PA as a
WWI Veteran
Children
of Ethel Zacharias and Joseph Nolan are:
257
i. Mary
Clare5 Nolan, born July 06, 1929; she was still living in 2007. She married C. Johnson.
258
ii. Donald Joseph
Nolan, born November 13, 1931; died March 24, 1997. He served in the Air Force. His wife, Joan was still living in 2007. They had three children: Lori; Debra, who is deceased; and Douglas.
259
iii. James Edward
Nolan; he was still living in Sayre, PA in 2007.
Editor's Note: We are grateful to Tara Drake for the preceding update on the Zacharias and Nolan relationships. She can be reached at Tara Drake and her site on Ancestry.com is located at Pennsylvania Connections. Her husband's great-great grandmother was Mary Clare Nolan.
109. Donald4 Zacharias
(Clara3 Abbott, Celinda2 Potter, Wilson
William1) was born May 03, 1906 in PA, and died December 1968. He married Helen Hardenger May
03, 1924. She was born 1907 in New
York.
Lived
in Brodsheadville, Monroe Co., PA. Listed in 1930 census of Sayre, Bradford Co.,
PA
Social
security has another date for him. I used Dick Hunsingers and Evelyn Keeney's
date
Donald ZACHARIAS
Birth Date: 3 May 1905
Death Date: Dec 1968
State or Territory Where Number Was
Issued: Railroad Board
Her
name is recorded as Zelma or Helen but neither Helen nor Zelma appear on Social
Security death index.
Children
of Donald Zacharias and Helen Hardenger are:
261
i. Donna5
Zacharias, born February 24, 1925.
262
ii. Patricia Lee
Zacharias, born October 20, 1928; died January 23, 1929.
263
iii. Sally Elaine
Zacharias, born February 09, 1931.
110. Georgia4 Abbott (George
B3, Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born
April 22, 1906 in PA, age 3 in 1910 Sayre, PA census, and died June 04,
2002. She married Ellsworth
Shirley. He was born October
04, 1907, and died April 1977.
Georgia SHIRLEY
Birth Date: 22 Apr 1906
Death Date: 4 Jun 2002
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: New York
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 13159
Localities: Otisco, Onondaga, New York Tully,
Onondaga, New York Vesper, Onondaga, New York
Ellsworth SHIRLEY
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1907
Death Date: Apr 1977
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: New York
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 13205
Localities: Colvin, Onondaga, New
York Colvin Elmwood, Onondaga, New York Syr, Onondaga, New York
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Children
of Georgia Abbott and Ellsworth Shirley are:
264
i. Georgie
Ellsworth5 Shirley.
265
ii. Ronald
Shirley.
266
iii. Bruce
Shirley.
112. Erma Belle4 Abbott
(Milton D3, Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1)
was born 1910. She married (1)
Arthur Bensley. She
married (2) Thomas Durante.
Children
of Erma Abbott and Arthur Bensley are:
267
i. Jean
Arlene5 Bensley, born March 21, 1931.
268
ii. Virginia Ann
Bensley, born March 20, 1934.
113. Gilbert4 Abbott (Milton
D3, Celinda2 Potter, William Wilson1) was born
1913. He married Kathryn
Malamisky 1931.
Child
of Gilbert Abbott and Kathryn Malamisky is:
269
i. Dawn
Machelle5 Abbott, born June 26, 1936.
123. Hazel4 Arey (Leah
May3 Potter, Brookins2, William Wilson1) was
born January 17, 1903. She married
Bernard Ames March 27, 1922.
He was born November 21, 1902, and died November
1967.
Bernard AMES
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1902
Death Date: Apr 1967
State or Territory Where
Number Was Issued: Pennsylvania
no proof but I think this is
him
Children
of Hazel Arey and Bernard Ames are:
270
i. Beulah
Jean5 Ames, born May 29, 1923; died July 06,
1923.
271
ii. Doris Ames, born
November 05, 1924.
272
iii. George Herbert
Ames, born June 21, 1933.
124. Gertrude4 Arey (Leah
May3 Potter, Brookins2, William Wilson1) was
born January 19, 1905 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, PA, and died October
25, 2002 in her home at Wyalusing, PA.
She married Robert F Kunkle May 1924, son of Eli Kunkle and Anna
Thrasher. He was born August 1898,
and died June 12, 1970. Burials in the Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing,
PA
Daily
Review
October 27, 2002
Gertrude
M. Kunkle, 97, of Wyalusing, Pa., passed away on Friday evening, Oct. 25, 2002,
at her home.
She
was born on Jan. 19, 1905 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pa., a daughter
of the late Elmer G. and Lela Potter Arey.
On
May 28, 1924, Gertrude became the bride of Robert F.
Kunkle.
Her
husband preceded her in death in June of 1970.
She
has lived her entire life in this area.
Mrs.
Kunkle was a member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, and was a member
of the United Methodist Women.
In
1975, she served as Past Matron for Wyalusing Chapter No. 523, Order of the
Eastern Star, and was a present member of Meshoppen Chapter No. 70 Order of the
Eastern Star.
She
enjoyed time-spent sewing, making her home, and tending to her flowers and
gardens. She especially loved time spent with her
grandchildren.
She
is survived by: her daughter and son-in-law, Reta and FLoyd Oliver of Wyalusing,
Pa.; three sisters, Lydia Vose of Orlando, Fla., Gladys Storrs of Elmira, N.Y.,
and Margaret Arey of Wyalusing, Pa.; a sister-in-law, Genevieve Arey of Wysox,
Pa.; her five grandchildren and their spouses, Robert and Irene Oliver, Linda
and Dennis Brown, Curtis and Tina Oliver, Thomas and Debbie Rounsville, and
Timothy Rounsville; her seven great grandchildren, Robert Oliver Jr., Jason
Oliver, Adam Oliver, Jenny Brown, D.J. Brown, Rachel Rounsville and Thomas
Rounsville; her three great-great grandchildren, Fontana Oliver, Janie Lynn
Oliver and Haley Elizabeth Hemmerly.
In
addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter and
son-in-law, Lois and Thomas Rounsville; a brother-in-law, Niles Storr; brothers,
Ralph Arey and Glen Arey; and by a sister, Mildred Arey.
Funeral
services will be held Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, at 11 a.m. in the Wyalusing United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Russell Pierce, her pastor,
officiating.
Meshoppen
Chapter No. 70, Order of the Eastern Star will be conducting a funeral service
at 9:45 a.m.
Friends
and family are invited to call on Monday, Oct. 28, 2002, at the Wyalusing United
Methodist Church from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral
service.
Interment
will follow in the Wyalusing Cemetery.
In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Guthrie Hospice, RD 1, Box 154,
Towanda, Pa. 18848 or the Wyalusing United Methodist Church of Wyalusing in Mrs.
Kunkle's memory.
Arrangements
have been entrusted to McHenry Funeral Home of Wyalusing.
Children
of Gertrude Arey and Robert Kunkle are:
+ 273
i. Lois
Aileen5 Kunkle, born September 20, 1927; died January 22,
2002.
+ 274
ii. Reta Arey Kunkle,
born May 06, 1929 in Wyalusing, PA; died April 13, 2004 in
Florida.